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    Excessive oil pressure / oil cap

    I have an 86 OMC 4.3L. The original owner was a race car mechanic. He rebuilt it, bored it out, put in bigger pistons and new parts. I've had it for many years now. It has always gone through oil and the oil pressure gauge has always pegged the oil pressure guage. No running problems, just a lot...
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    1986 OMC Cobra Drive alignment

    I replaced the lower transmission cable on a 1986 OMC cobra drive 4.3L, but could not get the drive back in when I was done. I had to loosen the engine from the mounts to install the cable because the motor position put to sharp of a kink in the cable to install it. Now I can' get the lower unit...
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    rust in trailer

    My trailer has slowly been rusting away. the previous owner used it in salt water and it isn't galvanized. I spray some anti-rust product on it from time to time. The front beams on the trailer have some holes now. I'm wondering if there is a process to wrap material or to reinforce or...
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    shift cable broke

    I have a 1986 or 1987 4.3L OMC drive. The shifting in my boat was stiff so last year I replaced the shift control device and two cables. The shifting remained stiff. I then realized that the resistance was coming from either the transmission or the remaining cable that goes from a shift...
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