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  1. Grub54891

    True story

    Yup.
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    Well it happened. Water in oil

    My old beater boat finally went a bit south. I've always winterized it and serviced it properly. It's a 1983 Chapparral, and is my beater for the kids to run hard and pt away wet,lol. Mercruiser 120. I'm betting on headgasket issue myself. I need to pressure test the cooling system yet, and...
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    Don’t do this please.

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    Painting my transom assembly.

    Can I use rustoleum on my transom assembly after I sand/prep/ prime it? Or will it fail fairly quickly? There is no corrosion on it, just the paint is wearing through due to age.
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    Bravo two water tube

    Question is, the water tube that was removed is just the hose with the tapered insert that screws in. The new bellows/ tube kit containers the water hose, but the transom end is the hard plastic type that has the grommet and set tool. Is the new one an updated version or did I get the wrong...
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    Anchor light wiring

    I'm currently working on an older Chris craft, as it is the nav lights work fine, as does the anchor light. The issue is they are on two separate switches and in order to have the anchor light working the nav lights have to be on also. It's a dual use light with aft and fwd bulbs. At anchor I...
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    470 front pully removal

    Does this take a special puller? Not mine a friend is asking. Yeah I know about the seals and speedi sleeves.....
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    Mercury 35hp leaking.

    35 hp, Model number: 6492172. Last summer the motor ran ok at first, then started acting up. It would cut out slowly and not idle properly. upon looking there was water coming out of the upper mount, just below the powerhead, and water dripping out the pan itself. I don't see any water leaking...
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    TV propane regulater

    My propane regulater on my 1977 Dodge motorette rv took a dump. I can rebuild it if I knew where to get a kit but, I haven't found one yet. Regardless, is this a high pressure regulater or low pressure? All it runs is the stove/oven, heater and water heater. It's presently got a Helco model...
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    1973 Johnson lost spark

    Model number- 85eslm73m Serial number-j3892787 Yup, lost spark to all cylinders. This is not my boat but I'm trying to help out a buddy. He pulled the stator, and trigger and stopped by, I ohmed the stator, I get around 600 ohms on the yellow wires, I get basically nothing on the other pair of...
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    1991 Evinrude tiller

    A friend of mine wants to convert his Evinrude 28 hp to a tiller. E28eslei3 is the serial he gave me. I've searched a bit, can't come up with a good match myself. Any one know how to find one? Apparently he took off the tiller years ago and converted it to helm steering. Now he is wanting to...
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    mercruiser steering cable replacement.

    How does the cable come out of the tube at the actuater? I have the pin and big retaining nut off, but it don't come out.
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    1977 dodge motorette motorhome, hard starting.

    As the title reads, this rig is starting hard in cold weather. 318 motor. Little backstory: When we went to check out the rig, it was early spring, it cranked slow, but after messing around cleaning connections, and jump starting, it fired up ok. Bad starter. Replaced that the same day as...
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    Another "new" boat

    Yeah. Drove 200 miles round trip yesterday. Picked up a 1985 sylvan 21 footer. Free. Yup break out another thousand. But after sitting three years, battery was still hooked up, she started right up. Did 't run it long as I gave to pull lower unit and go through everything before a test run, for...
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    Can't get to my mesaages

    When trying to check my messages, the "stay connected" box is covering them up. Can't get it to move our of the way. It's been 4 days now. I think it happened right after the last glitch that occurred earlier this week. Oops, I see this is being addressed in here.
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    Johnson trim ram issue

    Asking for a friend, he lives quite a distance away and is having an issue with the motor not holding up, The model # isj50tlccs, serial number, g 7733400 Is there a repair or rebuild kit for the rams or check valves? It don't appear to have any external leaks. Thank's for any info,
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    Subscribing to threads

    Seems I can't subscribe to any threads I take interest in. I get a message: Can't subscribe, please try again. Also all the forums come up with light/faded lettering. All other places I go on the net are fine.
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    Mercruiser 3.0 issues

    The USGS brought in their boat for repairs, running poorly on both port and stb motors. Determined that there was water/gunk in the fuel, ethanol fuel. Recommended rebuilding carbs, port ran perfect after that. Stb carb When I cleaned it up, had a hole in the bowl, apparently the gunk kept it...
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    Evinrude E110Tlcdc running poorly.

    I've been working on getting this outboard running properly, Not winning. So far, have checked compression, 110 Lbs. Rebuilt carbs, installed a new vro. Has good spark, reeds are good. Running out of ideas, synk and link check out fine. It will seem to run good for a few minutes at idle...
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    Superior wi oil refinery burning

    I'd imagine some of you saw this, it's about 80 miles northwest of here. http://kstp.com/news/emergency-situation-at-superior-refinery-in-duluth-prompts-evacuation-superior-fire-department-douglas-county-husky-refinery/4882234/
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