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    Getting the water out of the block after a sea trial?

    You're fine..
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    Garage Find 22 Starcraft Sport Center Console in real nice condition. Your thoughts

    Time to get a bigger garage. This boat was being stored in a massive warehouse because the owner was using his 24 ft INFLATABLE most of the time. You can imagine what those cost. He's loaded, didn't even use the Starcraft but 4 times over the past 3 years. Amazing... I got lucky. And just so ya...
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    Johnson 175 bad compression

    That was a very nice way of saying there's a 99.9% chance his motor is toast. :-)
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    Timing Adjustment 5.7 Vortec Slow Crank

    It's great when you find the culprit that's been causing the headaches. Good for you! Good job.
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    Getting the water out of the block after a sea trial?

    Only thing I'm going to mention is pouring antifreeze into the 4 hoses is a great idea 'as long as the thermostat is STILL open' If it closed during your ride home from cooling down, no antifreeze will make it into your motor. Just a heads up.
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    Starter issues

    I agree with Bondo... Check the wiring on the back of the ignition switch. Either the ignition switch is wired incorrectly allowing juice to go to red/yellow wire with key in ON position or the ignition switch is bad internally. In short, you shouldn't have juice going to the red/yellow wire...
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    Mercruiser 165 4cyl no spark - odd colored wires

    *****When in need of help always post Year Make Model of your motor Without knowing Yr/Make/Model and without viewing the actual wiring diagram for your motor and boat those choke wires are not something I can inform you about.... but to my knowledge there's (in many cases) only one wire...
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    Garage Find 22 Starcraft Sport Center Console in real nice condition. Your thoughts

    Just picked up an 1986 - 21 to 22 foot Starcraft Spot center console with a 94 Yamaha 130 V4 2 stroke. Previous owner just installed a new fuel tank and floor. Transom looks super. According to previous owner this boat spent most of it's life in a warehouse. He claims theree is less then 100 hrs...
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    Hydrolocked in the parkinglot

    When you remove the thermostat housing look down inside for holes like pin size holes or larger. Sometimes the intake manifold rots out just below the thermostat. Just some helpful info.
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