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    '78 70hp rude only running on 1 cylinder

    Hi guys, I've been fighting with a 70hp rude it will start and run on the bottom cylinder only. It had a bad coil on the top cylinder that I replaced and both the top cylinders have great spark. I pulled all 3 carbs and cleaned and soaked in Chem dip and blew them out with compressed air. The...
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    mercruiser 470 trouble getting on the plane after launch

    i have a 79 galaxy with a mercruiser 470. when i launch the boat and get out of the no wake zone i get on the throttle a little it lifts the front of the boat up in the air, way up if you open the throttle up but your really not going anywhere even at wot it just cavitates really hard. after...
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    79 mercruiser 470 temp a little high

    i purchased this boat about a month ago and it had been sitting for about a year, first time out it got warm on the return trip about 190, i flushed the antifreeze side out and though i would try again, next day same thing but temp went a little higher. i took it to a shop and they put a new...
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