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    Best type of Boating Dock

    So we just inked the deal on a new house purchase - 2 acres on the lake, with a house, three garages (one heated for use as a workshop), and a private boat launch. We are moving from a small, sand bottom lake, to a large muddy bottomed lake that is part of a chain of lakes. When walking on the...
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    How to clean a gasket off an aluminum intake manifold

    The title says it all. I've pulled apart an intake manifold that has two gaskets on either side of a metal plate. How do I clean the gaskets, and do you normally replace or reuse the metal plate between the two? Is there anything I should avoid doing, such as scraping with a razor blade scraper...
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    Honda B100 BF100 10hp Fuel Pump Replacement - 16700-935-325, 16700-935-024

    I have a B100 Honda four stroke 10hp outboard. The B100 Hondas appear to be a Canadian sold model, essentially the same as the BF100. The B100 (BF100) I have has a fuel pump on it, part number 16700-935-325 that is obsolete, unavailable anywhere. This fuel pump was only used for a few years...
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    How do I test and run a 165 Mercruiser out of the boat

    I've pulled out a 1974 ish Mercruiser 165 from a boat, and I want to test it to see if it runs, and what the compression is. How do I set this up to run? I get attaching a gas tank to the intake for the fuel pump, and attaching a hose to the water tank, but I have no idea how to wire this up...
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    Alternatives to Photobucket

    Photobucket has been slow of late - it repeatedly requires me to log in, then won't upload many of my very small pictures. Are there any decent alternatives out there?
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    Skeg Repair with JB Weld

    I've got an old mid-80s Johnson that I have up and running fairly well - still some tinkering left to do on it. I went out for a run in it tonight to celebrate sorting out all the issues with it.....and while backing up, nailed a rock, and broke about half the skeg off (about a 2" x 3" piece)...
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    PT 305 - Now this is a restoration project.

    Wow.
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    Indmar engines

    Anyone know anything about this brand of engine, and whether it would be compatible with a mercruiser keyhole?
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    Honda B100 - Year, Spark Plug and Parts Question

    I picked up this motor last year, and it ran poorly - seemed to be starving for gas. I've cleaned the carb and the fuel pump - there was a lot of varnish in the carb, and the fuel pump flushed out a lot of yellow crud. Compression is good. So three questions. 1) The serial number is...
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    1986 Johnson 9.9 Frankenmotor

    I picked up this motor, non-running for parts, with several other old motors. The powerhead and housing looks like a 1986 9.9 Johnson. The lower unit isn't original to the motor. The transom mounting bracket is from a 1971 60hp Johnson. It had apparently been sitting in someone's shed for...
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    1955 Johnson QD 16 won't idle

    I can't get this QD 16 to idle properly. Adjusting the low speed mixture knob makes minimal to no difference, no matter how rich I make it. Any ideas? Carbs have been cleaned several times. https://youtu.be/FHoRBF0NJVQ
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    How do I remove the Lower Unit from a 1948 Johnson TD20

    I have a late forties of early 50s Johnson TD20. How do I remove the lower unit?
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    Yellow Submarine

    After four years of looking, the 2700 km (1650 miles) round trip road trip starts tomorrow after work..... I'll let you know when I get to Sudbury whether I've got thousand bucks of nothing, or a viable project. First order of business when I get there (after a once over, and some pics to...
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    Advice wanted on Bearing Repack

    I had planned on just doing a bearing repack on a trailer with no brakes, but discovered that the bolts were so rusted onto the existing studs that the studs span in their sockets. Also discovered that a previous owner had used some threaded studs, and some press in studs. Some bearings and...
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    Inline Spark Tester

    I currently have a spark tester like this. I'm not happy with it. It has never been easy to see the spark except in low light conditions. The spring obscures the spark. What spark tester would you recommend?
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    Mercruiser compression OK?

    Hi Everyone, I had started a thread over in the non-repair IO forum - but this question is best placed here. I've been looking for a donor boat with an Alpha Mercruiser 5.7. I found one, and had it inspected by a marine mechanic, who spent an hour and half going through it. The motor is in a...
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    Boat Bunk Replacement

    I was planning on just replacing the carpet on a pair of 90" boat bunks (the bunks carry an aluminum boat). However, when I got into it tonight, I discovered that both the hardware and bunks themselves were rotten. This job isn't rocket science, so I'll finish it up tomorrow, but I have three...
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    What Boat is This

    This is being sold locally for $2k Canadian. Doesn't look like a Starcraft Chieftain. Owner thinks it's a Chrysler. It has a Chrysler 150hp on the back. Anyone recognise it. It's a 24 footer.
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    Identify a Mercury Outboard

    I have what I believe to be a 20hp Mercury Outboard, perhaps a Canadian model, with a serial number on the transom of 7183895, and a serial number on the motor of 7202509. Can anyone help me identify the year of this motor?
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    Honda B100 (BF100)

    I just picked up a pre-1997 Honda B100. The owner's manual has a copywright date of 1977. The manual indicates to use 10W-40 oil, which I don't generally keep around. Can I use 10W-30?
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