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    Looking for an independent marine mechanic in central Alberta

    I don't know where to post this, so I'll try here. I have bought a 1973 boat with twin Penta AQ130C / AQ270T sterndrives. I believe they've been sitting for a couple of years, and I'd like to find a small shop or independent mechanic in the Edmonton, Alberta area to go through them and bring...
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    Outboard mounting problems

    I have a 1984 Starcraft Islander 191V with a Tohatsu 9.8 4-stroke kicker. I inherited the whole setup from the Previous Owner. Due to Covid and teething problems we have only just got her going, and in a recent visit to a shallow rocky shore I wanted to put her on a shallow water setting/angle...
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    Are press-in rubber hubs still obtainable?

    I have an otherwise good prop that has spun its press-in rubber hub. It is a Michigan SMC prop for a short-shaft 17 spline Penta 280 leg. I can buy new props with the rubber hubs, but nowhere can I find a listing for a rubber hub. Am I looking in the wrong place, or are they unobtainable?
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    A quick way to measure pitch

    I have a prop that I believe to be 14x15, but although the diameter checks out, I have no idea of the pitch. Online gives me a bunch of complicated ways of calculating this, and one or two that simply don't work, so I'll have a go at figuring it out on simple first principles. My calculating...
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    Islander prop problems

    First time in the water with our 1983 Islander 191V and we didn't get very far. The AQ145A started to rev very fast, and we slowed down. The prop was spun. Limped back to shore and removed the prop from the Penta 280 leg to find the hub was a kind of rubber which had become unbonded to its...
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    Urgent request: dealing with a fuel tank spillage on my '83/4 Islander

    Stoo-pidditty day today. Pumping old fuel directly out of the fuel level sender hole I slipped and spilt at least a quart if not half a gallon around the sides of the tank. Not wanting to blow my boat up, not to mention myself, I would like to know what the simplest and quickest solution to...
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