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    Can't get forward steering back together

    High, I have a basic little 13ft runabout with forward steering. It is like a little worm drive behind the steering wheel that winds the cable. The cables run down either side of the boat.<br />We loosened it off a little last night to adjust it and the coils that were wound around the worm...
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    Spraying outboard engine with WD40 ?

    As part of my after trip cleanup / maintenance, I have always sprayed around a liberal ammount of WD40 type spray around the engine block, electrics under the cowl of my small outboard engines to keep them nice and greasy hoping this would be a good deterrent against corrosion. On the last...
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    Corrossion bubbles on Aluminium Hull

    Hi, I have just bought a boat and there are some litle corrosion bubbles under the paint on the hull. They look a lot worse than what they are and when you scratch them and break the "blister"<br />it really isn't very deep. I would however like to treat them somehow. Is there any thing I should...
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    testing overheat alarm on Mariner 30hp

    Is it possible to test the overheat alarm on a mariner 30HP 1989 model. Not even sure it has an overtemp alarm ?
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    Is it better to use oil injection or mix direct ?

    Just wondering what the general concensus on the above is. I was always of the opinion better to pre mix.<br /><br />Many thanks in advance......
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    Info & year model on Mariner 30hp

    Does anone know the year model of my motor ?<br />Model 30 ELO<br />Ser 689 L 421046<br /><br />Is this a Yamaha or Mercury based motor ?<br />The condition of the motor is immaculate...no corrosion at all. Were these considered a good year / model ?<br /><br />Many thanks in advance........
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    Mariner 30hp Oil injection, can't find oil tank ?

    I have just bought a Mariner 30hp, which I believe is a 89 model.<br /><br />Model 30 ELO, Ser 689 L 421046<br /><br />It has oil injected on the side of the cowl but I can't find an oil tank anywhere ? I can't see any evidence that there has been one there either ?<br />Maybe I am missing...
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