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    Losing Throttle at 1/2 tank???

    1986 Searay Seville Mid cabin cruiser with 4.3l OMC cobra Got the boat last August... Blew up the outdrive, rebuilt that... Had major issues burning through ignition coils, plus the carb (original Rochester 2bbl) was missing tons of linkage. Boat was super hard to start, but eventually would...
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    A couple more Dumb questions...

    So, I'm still working on getting my first boat ship-shape :) I recently had the boat out, running great, about 30-35 mph, on the return trip she started dying out, turned the key nothing....tried again, she fired up, ran a bit and died again...got towed in. I started reading the forums, as I...
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    Not sure it is working right

    I have an 86 searay seville, 4.3l with an OMC Cobra outdrive.... First boat....I listened to what they told me at Cabellas, changed the outdrive oil, replacing it with 1 quart (before I had the manual), ran it in the driveway on muffs for a week while I was getting the engine running...
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    First Boat

    Just got my first boat...first mistake....put it on the water the day I got it, found out it didn't run good, then found out it was about 90 degrees out of time, rebuilt the carb, all was looking good running in the drive way. Took it back out, lost the ignition coil, and she was running...
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