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    OMC Cobra 350 Water in bellows

    Just pulled the outdrive because I had clunking noise when turned to extreme left or right and was getting clicking when sustained @> 3k rpm under load... the bellows was flooded with water. The odd thing is that there is no play on the u joints, no noise when I spin the gimble and the...
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    Help with OMC Part# 986955

    I am getting ready to put in a new shift cable for my 5.7 OMC and am studying the hastings site http://www.hastings.org/~stuart/cobra/kw-shift.html and I have determined that I have a KW-AR model. According to the site I should be looking for part# 986955 which will upgrade me to a GD-RG style...
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    89 5.7 OMC Starter Replacement

    Does anyone have any tips on getting the bolts out from underneath the starter. I soaked it with penetrating oil, and the only wrench I was able to get onto it was a 13mm and I had to hit it with a hammer to get it onto the head but it still rounded it off. Now I am down to vice grips clamped...
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    Exposed metal on lower shift cable

    89 OMC Cobra 5.7 My lower shift cable (red) has about 1/8" where the metal underneath the red plastic jacket is exposed (under the waterline). It still shifts OK, and I'm not sure if this is a common negligible failure... however I am going to pull the drive for other maintenance and while I...
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    89 OMC Cobra 5.7 Noise when turned hard right and hard left

    Is it normal for there to be a slight rumbling when the steering wheel is turned to the extreme right or extreme left or is it an indication of something wrong. Also... (it's not in the title) but I removed an old flapper that had been stuck in the exhaust bellows but now that the boat is in...
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    OMC round plastic disk pulled out of exhaust bellows

    I was preping my drive for paint today when i stuck my finger in one of the holes on the bottom of the exhaust bellows because i saw something loose in there. It looked like it might have been an oyster shell or large clump of barnicles that grew inside of the exhaust bellows and was not...
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    OMC cobra interrupter adjustment

    I have a carbed 350. I have a problem where I cant adjust the interupter so that it will work in forward and reverse. I have used the procedures in the SELOC manual which said to shift into forward full throttle and then use the black spin nob to adjust till the interupter roller until it is...
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    1990 200 Yamaha problem

    I ran a can of spray decarb through the carbs while running the engine, the directions ask that the engine then be shut off and started again after a period of sitting. When I started the engine it began to miss "hard" I imediately shut it off, and restarted it and it ran fine. <br /><br />It...
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    Water Pressure 1990 200HP PLEASE HELP

    Got great help regarding another post, but yet again... I need help.<br /><br />History... Pressure readings dropped down to 4 pounds at an idle. Pulled boat out of the water for bottom paint and yearly maint. Got a sierra pump kit impeller / housing / 2 ring gaskets replaced my old pump and got...
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    Cant Get Lower Unit Back On

    I was getting low water preasure readings,(1990 200 Yamaha), I decided to replace the impeller. Took the lower unit off switched out the impeller put it back on, and got a big fat 0 on my preasure gauge. <br /><br />My problem was impatience... I screwed up seating the pump, I should have used...
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