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I bought a used 18 foot allweld wide flat bottom boat to restore and use in skinny water. I put a short shaft Mercury 70 hs motor on it. It had the tunnel welded closed and i took a grinder and opened it back up. The first time i tried it at the lake it cavitated so i adjusted the engine a bit...
:mad: I have had to work on this engine ever since I got it, now after I got it runnung good the prop does not seem to go into forward like I think it should. It will spin in forward (with water ears on) but only at high RPM and does not make a definative sound or feel when going into forward...
