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    Volvo AQ125a Solex 44 PA1 carb issue

    I have a solex 44pa1 carb on an AQ125a the engine is a fresh rebuild and so is the carb. The boat runs fine at idle but when you accelerate it wants to die and sometimes backfire as a result of struggling and too much fuel going in, if you do it quckly it wont die, unless your in gear in the...
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    Volvo Penta AQ125A Head Replacement

    Had the exhaust manifold fail on me (started spraying water out of the manifold), so I went to change it out and got the old one off easily but noticed that the 4th port exhaust is corroded really bad. I know the casting number on mine is 1000398 but I was wondering if there is another...
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    Question for all you Hvac guys or anyone else who knows about furnaces

    Heres the scoop. I have a Bryant plus 80 furnace that intermitantly works. Sometimes it will fire up just fine other times it will do its 3 attempts then give a 3 hour lockout code and another code. 14 and 34 are the codes. A/C end of it works great. Furnace is an older unit installed in 1998...
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    Volvo AQ125A Exhaust Manifold Leak and Tapping Noise

    I have a 1984 Volvo AQ125A engine. I noticed last night while running it, it has a loud tapping noise coming from the back of the engine :facepalm: in the process of locating it ive noticed an exhast leaking coming from the 4th cylander. Im picking up a mirror to see if its a blown gasket or...
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    AQ125a Coil Voltage Question

    I have an 85' Volvo AQ125a engine. I installed a pertronix kit cause the points were burnt. Before i started the wire running to the points was getting 12v. Now the wire running to the pertronix kit is at like 2.5volts. There are 2 purple wires running in the engine harness one runs to the +12...
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    Vector 3000/6000watt inverter wiring

    Didnt get a response in the electronics thread so i will try here.... I got an inverter 3000/6000 watt. And was wondering on the hook up. It has 4 posts on it 2 positive and 2 negative. When i go to wire this do i need to hookup both negatives and both positives. Or just 1 positive...
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    3000/6000 inverter wiring

    I got an inverter 3000/6000 watt. And was wondering on the hook up. It has 4 posts on it 2 positive and 2 negative. When i go to wire this do i need to hookup both negatives and both positives. Or just 1 positive and 1 negative. I have pleanty of battery 4 of them, so thats not an issue. The...
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    Water Intake pipe on AQ270 Volvo

    I am going to replace the intake pipe PN 854031 on my AQ270 volvo drive. And i come up with 2 different ones. One pipe has 6 bolt holes in it sierra 18-2778 and one that only has 2 bolts Sierra 18-2777 And also on this drive is bellows adhesive needed on it? Bellows show it as having a lip...
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    Volvo 270, u joint bellow

    I have a Volvo Penta AQ125a Engine with a AQ270 drive. I was doing some pre-spring checking on the boat and noticed my u-joint belows had a nice rip in it, not very big though my pointer finger made the hold bigger. Is this something a novice can do I know that you have to be careful of...
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    Weird brake assembly.

    Hello, I just acquired a trailer off craigslist its a utility trailer but thought i would ask here. Its a double axle. When i pulled the drum off the brakes i saw a setup i never seen before the magnet is a giant ring. The rings in it are all wrong. The magnets and rings inside the hub seem...
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    Disc break question

    Working on some disc breaks on an older for pickup. I put new calipers, shoes and rotors on. Without the calipers on the rotors spin freely. The calipers go on but are really snug and its hard to rotate the rotor when installed is this normal? I havent tried it with the tire on yet. Any...
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    Puget Sound Crabbing

    Heading out to puget sound to dump the crab pots and try for some dungenes crab. We are heading to marine area 11, which is north from the narrows bridge to the tip of vashon island. Any tips or tricks or good places to crab. We are either gonna launch out of pt defiance or another marina my...
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    Kicker motor bracket on a Bayliner Capri

    Hi, I asked on another forum and didnt get any responses so thought i would try here. I have a bayliner capri 1985, bow rider. I want to mount a kicker motor bracket to the boat but i am unsure where. I was thinking in the blue area on the Port side, behind that is a board to beef the...
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    1985 Bayliner Capri Kicker Motor Mount

    Hi, I have a 1985 Bayliner Capri 1950 bow rider. I was wondering if it is possible to mount a kicker bracket on this and where it should be mounted to? What one do you guys recommend? Also will this boat need a long shaft or short shaft motor? Here is a picture of the back end of the boat...
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    Fuel Gyser without the flame

    This is a new one for me. Got the raw water pump fixed. Went to start the AQ125a engine, it struggled (like it does when it sits for more than a few weeks). Anyway i did my normal 2 pumps of the throttle and crank, nothing. Crank again nothing, pump crank then poof gas shot out of the carb no...
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