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I just purchased a little runabout looking boat..it is a 1967 "blue bay" boat 14'5" anyone know anything about this type of boat..I searched the web and kept coming up with sail boats and ships?
I bought a 25 hp suzuki (1987) the motor was getting hot so I changed the t-stat and the empeller, still getting hot after about 4-5 minutes running...there is an exhaust/water cover plate on the port side of the motor...well when I attempted to take this off it already had numerous bolt heads...
I just purchased an 88 or 89 25 hp suzuki...$ 200.00 the motor is running hot so I changed the thermostat for it was ejecting water from the p-hole. after changing the thermostat it would not eject water out the p-hole much and got too hot to touch in 2-3 minutes in a barrel of water (turned off...