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    What would you pay for a parts motor

    I got one of those, a 73 model in the Home Depot parking lot for free. Was in amongst a trailer load of outboards headed to the scrap yard. After cleaning carbs and replacing coils, runs perfect. A low hour motor. I had several I didn't need one time I put on Craig's list for free and no one...
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    Rec gas prices???

    I know, that's why it's converted to US dollars and gallons.
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    Rec gas prices???

    Saw a guy in Russia with a video on what their gas costs presently with the sanctions that were put in place. $1.80 US per gallon for 93 octane and $2.00 for 95 octane. However, take that with a grain of salt since it could be propaganda. Unreal if true, ha ha. Not sure what the average salary...
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    Rec gas prices???

    Forgot to add, saw a guy on a YouTube video fill up a fast boat in Florida with a 450 gallon tank the was empty when he started. This was at a marina and it was around $2400. 😬
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    Rec gas prices???

    I paid $4.20/gallon yesterday for 87 octane ethanol free gas for the mower and boat. E10 was $3.79 at that station and $3.69 a few miles up the road near the house. This is in MS.
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    alumacraft 175 prowler

    I just replaced a transome in a 2016 ALUMACRAFT boat. There was almost nothing left of it. I'm pretty sure they do nothing to try and preserve the wood they use in these boats.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I've painted galvanized stuff before and you could easily scratch the paint off with your fingernails. I think you are supposed to acid etch it or use an acid etching primer. I touched up a few places on one a year ago with acid etch primer and cold galvanizing spray and it stuck solid.
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    Johnson 115 ocean pro running on one cylinder

    This is probably what's going on.
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    Wiseco Pistons

    I've got one now with a 0.044 piston that has slight slack in the wrist pin. Not sure if it's a wiseco though I'm going to run it till it lets loose, ha ha. It's a salt water special. I've run them like that before and had other things kill it before the rod let loose and they ran for years...
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    new to me 1970 Johnson 25hp tiller short shaft. locked up

    You say that, but I've seen Cody Bass pull the head on several and hone them with the piston still in there. Often times, it increased compression. Put the head back on and cranked her up. I've cleaned them up with light sand paper before when there was galded aluminum stuck to the cylinder...
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    Persistent leak with paper gasket and form a gasket #2

    I had one like this that was leaking and as soon as I run it in the Muddy Mississippi river it stopped leaking. Seems fine silt is an excellent stop leak.
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    Boat identification help needed!

    Don't leave the Evinrude control in there if you trash it. It's worth something to somebody.
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    1956 Johnson 30 / Starter won’t turn flywheel completely

    There are many things that can cause this. The top two are a bad starter and or bad wires. Had one recently that had high resistance on the battery leads and was completely fixed after replacing them. They had been in salt water and turned to red dust inside the insulation. As far as the...
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    HULL REPAIR QUESTION

    In my opinion, this is one of those boats from one of those YouTube videos that fell off the trailer at the ramp and they decided to either push it on to the water or drag it to the top of the ramp. No way would I have even considered buying something looking like that
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    1975 Johnson 115 air box cover required?

    I like having the silencer on my engines. It quiets them down a little and keeps all these oily left over fuel from running down into the motor pan out down the leg. Probably cuts down the possibility of a fire as well.
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    What is the year, make, and model of this boat?!

    It does seem to be a lot of funny business going on with the boat and it's numbers and registration etc. Out of curiosity, does the floor and transome appear to be rotted out and unusable in it's current state?
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    What is the year, make, and model of this boat?!

    In Mississippi all you need is a bill of sale to prove ownership. In Louisiana, you need a title. Every state is a little different. In Mississippi, you don't have to even register a boat to use it if you don't put a motor on it. I say that, in reference to your statement about registration...
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    What is the year, make, and model of this boat?!

    Where I'm from, you get the game and fish folks to come inspect boats without serial numbers or HIN numbers, and if it's not stolen, they assign it a number, then you can register it. I've done two that way
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    40 hp evinrude (year unknown) selectric shift model. HELP setting points and timing!

    Yep, the points should break contact just as the timing marks on the flywheel pass between the marks on the mag plate. That's when the spark is generated as explained above. A properly attached multimeter will tell you precisely when the continuity of the points ceases.
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    1972 Checkmate MX-15 Rebuild

    I seen a guy heat up the rings on a pistol like that with a map gas torch and remove the stuck rings. He even cleaned up the groves and reused it all and it ran well. Crazy stuff, but what he was working on was rare with no parts in sight. Amazing what some folks are capable of.
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