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    Replaced the shift cable and a simple outdrive stand

    I was able to do the job by myself with the dolly. I got my wife to help me the last time and her fingers got mashed (thought I would never hear the end of that). Dan
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    Replaced the shift cable and a simple outdrive stand

    The shifting on my 1990 Four Winns got so bad that I had to change the shift cable before the season was over. I lubed up the cable with Ruglyde (tire mounting lube) and was able to feed it through with no help from the inside. I got a kit that had everything, but the bellows and gimbal bearing...
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    Wandering heading at slow speed

    I put smart tabs on mine to help it get on plane and they also helped a lot with wander. It's an 18' four winns with a V8 so it's stern heavy and with people in the back seats it took forever to plane out. Huge improvement in this. Putting it on the trailer I would pull it back into neutral when...
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    Winterizing time!

    Thanks for the info. I didn't think about the upper one being a vent. I think one of those on that side leaked at some time and did in the shift cable. Dan
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    Winterizing time!

    Lou- Great write up on winterizing. I had my drive off recently to replace the shift cable and I don't see the purpose of the drain screw on the left side (which is drilled thru to the hole for the fitting for the raw water hose) and the upper one on the right (seems to drain the same cavity as...
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    Cobra shift detent

    Not new, but my first post in 14 years. I have a 1990 Four Winns 180 with a 5.0l HO Ford and a Cobra drive. We've had it 26 years and it doesn't have a ton of use. It's been pretty much trouble free- I got rid of the points and put a Pertronix in way back, did bellows and a gimbal bearing and I...
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    40 horse Johnson bogging under load

    My dad has an '89 40hp Johnson that has sat about 5 years. I got it going for him without too much trouble, he used the valve stem looking fog thing when he put it up. I replaced the plugs and ran a little seafoam through it. On the hose it starts instantly and runs great- revs all the way up...
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