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  1. mtfoyre

    Friend is barred from piloting the boat now

    It's really his SHT, but since it was on my boat I guess I vicariously get to take some of the credit for this. I was out on Lake Pleasant, AZ with my 2 kids (16 y/o son - 7 y/o daughter), a friend and his fiance. We went out for some tubing and whatever else sounded fun. My son is pretty good...
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    acceleration takes a looooooong time - prop related?

    Yesterday was only my second trip to the lake with my boat. The first trip ended w/ a gasket failure and 900 dollars worth of work to the sterndrive :( Anyway, I noticed it takes a really long time to get to 4000 RPMs. Somewhere between 60 and 90 seconds. It immediately jumps from idle to 3000...
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    21' 1968 Thompson - chime in if you don't mind

    Hey all. A few months back I bought a 21' Thompson cuddy that seemed too good a deal to pass up. I did some minor restoration work on the interior and engine whilst I waited to put her on the water. The first time I had her out, the sterndrive siezed up and left me stranded on the water :/...
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    disassembled my stern drive *couple pics*

    I have 2 faults: One is an extreme curiousity. I will take almost anything apart in the interest of learning how it works. The second is frugality. If I can fix it myself, even if it may take a little longer, I will make an attempt. Long story short: two weeks ago while trying to figure out...
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    my sterndrive is growling at me

    I recently bought a 1968 Thompson 21' cuddy with a model 1967 OMC SternDrive and noticed something this weekend that hadn't happened before: I had the boat at home just to run through some things before taking it out the next morning. When I started the motor up I almost immediately noticed a...
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    newbie - need help tracing a starting problem

    Hey all. I just bought a 21' 1968 Thompson with either one of two engines:<br /><br />Original 283 c.i. V-8<br /><br />or<br /><br />Aftermarket 327 c.i. V-8<br /><br />Please, don't bash me because I'm not certain. I was told it was a 327 when I bought it, but after staring at the manuals...
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    new member, maiden voyage and 1st SHT

    So I just bought a 1968 21' Thompson cuddy a week ago. I was anxious to try it on the water but took the week until Saturday to make sure everything I knew of was lake-ready.<br /><br />Saturday I got to the ramp with my wife, kids and brother. I was a little nervous about the launch, but it...
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