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    Finding a leak???

    Thanks for all of the input. I may end up taking the floor up, but first, I will try to find the leak by #1- Fill the boat with water then raise and lower the front end to see if I can locate it this way. #2- Try to let my grandson drive the boat in a calm bay and I can look under the floor...
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    Finding a leak???

    The leak is pretty bad when I am underway with the boat, but sitting still, there is hardly any water. I am trying to figure out why I am getting a lot of water when the boat is underway. The faster I go, the deeper the water gets behind the rear bench set. i have a 14 ft. Aluminum Lowe deep...
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    Finding a leak???

    Quick question guys. I have a 1991 Lowe riveted aluminum boat. It is new to me. Took it out and it has a small leak somewhere. It has a floor in the boat. I installed two round inspection plates in the floor so I could try top see where the leak is. The boat is dry in between the front and...
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    Problems AGAIN!!!

    No, it sure doesn't. On mine, there are some parts on one side that have to go inside the correct (exact) way into grooves on the other side. Very difficult for me to see if the parts are belnding together just right so the nooks on one side are fitting into the crannies on the other side so to...
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    Problems AGAIN!!!

    Thank you. If I cannot get my fast idle lever acting right, or if I cannot get the reverse gear to get more than idle speed, I will check this out. I am thinking I do not have something right inside the box when I put it together. Everything looks great in the box. Nothing broken, everything...
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    Problems AGAIN!!!

    Yep, I think they were just adjusted incorrectly, 'cuz I turned the thumbwheel so the shift mech. pushes back a bit farther under the cowling and it is actually pushing the switch in more than what is was, and the shifter is still in neutral, but it is now contacting the switch enough to...
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    Problems AGAIN!!!

    Thank you for your help. First off, I thought I was asking questions in all of my post above, especially post #13. In school, I was happy to get a D rather than an E (or F in Catholic school) I never claimed to be too bright. I am almost 75 years of age, and I di o.k. thru life but never very...
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    Problems AGAIN!!!

    O.K. I took my OMC box apart. I removed what I think is the neutral safety switch. It is a white little nylon block with a small black plunger (button) that goes in & out. I removed it and made sure it was working in & out, which it is, however, there are NO WIRES at all connected to it...
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    Problems AGAIN!!!

    I went to the site you recommended. I think I will look into my old box first (nothing to lose I suppose) before I take it to my mechanic to order what he thinks I need. I went on line & watched a few videos on how to make repairs to the OMC remote. it is beyond what I want to attempt myself...
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    Problems AGAIN!!!

    TY Will do
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    Problems AGAIN!!!

    Thank you. I am about 25 miles Northeast of Detroit, Michigan. A town named Macomb, Twp. zip code 48044. I have been trying to find an older OMC control box on Craigs list and our local trading/selling site here, but there are no working OMC controls around. If someone on this site has one...
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    Problems AGAIN!!!

    Thanks again guys. I best leave it to an outboard mechanic. The guy that changed my throttle & gear shift cables works strictly on older Johnson & Evinrude motors. I am seriously thinking about replacing the entire control box, but I cannot find a good used one anywhere I looked. I saw some...
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    Problems AGAIN!!!

    Hey guys, The lst time I posted was because my motor quit and I had to be towed in, however, I found it was a plugged gas cap (not venting) and that problem has been taken care of. now a different problem I have a 35 H.P. 1983 Johnson with a remote box for the controls at the side wall...
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    Fuel filter

    Sorry, Should not have posted this. I was out of line.
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    Fuel filter

    Interesting, but really has nothing to do with the subject matter of this thread, does it? Should have started your own thread somewhere to posting this info.
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    Fuel filter

    Yes, my fuel pump has a very fine screen filter built right into the pump housing. I added the glass inline filter just so I can observe the gas flowing thru it for my own personal, visual, satisfaction I suppose, and see if the filter is actually catching any contaminants, but it probably will...
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    Fuel filter

    I will probably leave it before the ball then if it's normal. I know if I put it on the discharge side of the ball. it would probably stay filled then as the ball has a check valve in it.
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    Fuel filter

    Thanks dingbat. I currently have it on the suction side of the primer ball (between the ball and fuel tank, down stream). I am going to move it to above the ball, as you suggest I do, which will put the filter between the ball & the motor, (upstream from the ball). However, after running it...
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    Fuel filter

    One more question concerning my fuel line on my 35 H.P. Johnson motor. I have a 6 gallon portable tank, single hose line. I just had a problem with the gas cap (no vacuum) that you guys helped me solve, and I now added an in-line fuel filter (NOT a water separator, but just a clear glass...
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    Fuel line problem

    Thanks. The filter I used for my motor is an inline 10 micron filter made by Seachoice. I could not find a flow rate of this filter, but I do not think it is small enough to restrict the demand of my 35 H.P. Johnson outboard (unless it is clogged). It is made of clear glass so I can see...
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