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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    I have my weight balanced pretty well I can hold plane down to about 15mph and I can get on plane at 1\4 throttle it takes a min but you can feel her crawling up outta the water. And I know it's a few hundred pounds heavier. She would cruise with that 90hp. Knowing what I know now I am happy...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    I am hitting the bottom if the RPM range for WOT. 4750-5250 is what mind has for a range and I am at about 4800. I have though about going to a slightly shallower pitch prop. I am by rocks a fair amount so Stainless Props I think would be like russian rouletter for me. I didnt even think about...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    I havent been on much to update. Been enjoying the boat ALOT. Got another trip planned for my step sons birthday. We are taking him down to the chesapeake bad for some striper fishing with his new rod and reel he is getting and taking him by boat for his birthday dinner. Its been awesome last...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Well the boat did awesome out on the Chesapeake. We spent alot of time in the open bay. Saturday there were storms brewing and th bay was really rough. 3 foot white caps rough so we stayed in protected waters. But the boat did absolutly amazing. The wife was estactic. We went to lunch and...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    She helped with the boat from the beginning never complained never said it was to much work or to much money just enjoyed it. They were having fun we were out fishing again today but got skunked. I think they were having fun learning to drive. I was out of frame and had the wheel from the bottom...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Well got married Saturday morning. Went fishing Saturday evening first time running the motor since the mod. Sounded beautiful couldn't get over 4,000 rpm. Adjusted the timing still did it. Just returned it back to a 75hp. This coming weekend it's a honeymoon on the Chesapeake bay
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Yeah they were nice. We caught about a dozen over 4 hours
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    I'm in Western Md
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Oh at got reverse working properly now too. The controls had a stop in them that was out of adjustment
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    And we caught some fish
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Got the 90hp conversion done turns out it's just carbs and 2 more degrees of timing and your max rpm goes up 500 rpm
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Finally remembered
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Very odd. It's acting like the cables inside the sheath are stretched. Or and this is what I think it is. The cheap Chinese controls have a lot of slop. Forward has enough travel to over come it but reverse doesn't. My other option is to put a return spring on the throttle assembly in the motor
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Everything works as expected at the engine. It's just slop. I can adjust it to where everything works perfectly except it won't quite return to idle it only goes down to 1500rpm if I push it with my finger at the motor I can get idle. I can adjust it to get idle as expected but then I don't have...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    They are the same controls and cables from last year. I bought them new last year. I had a little rpm in reverse last year but still barely above an idle. I have the original Merc ones and 2 replacement sets they all do the same. I'm gonna pull the cheap Chinese controls apart this weekend and...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    So now I am on another issue. 93 merc Gen 1 controls and cables. They are new but seem to have enough slop that in forward I can still acheive WOT but in reverse nothing just an idle.
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Remembered to get some on the trailer today. With the wind it's been hard to get one with it sitting in the water
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Got the motor raised I think it's about right. Just started to cavitate at the top of the trim range. Next up 90hp mod. I'll be surprised if the extra 15hp gets me 1200 rpm but we shall see what it does. If I am still not getting proper rpm it'll be time for a new prop with less pitch. Hopefully...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Yeah I never thought about it before this but my only option right now is vice grips which is hard on the line
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    It was the thread tape I have the leak fixed. Just trying to figure a good way to reseal the wood that was basically soaked in gasoline for 24ish hours
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