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    transom leak

    quick follow up. It's several months later and though I essentially did nothing to fix the leaking transom seal, it is better now. I did pull EVERYTHING out, and used a little shoe-goo around the new transom seal when installing it, and of course torqued everything nice and tight. I let the...
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    Mixing Lights and Grounding questions

    Sounds good, I'll replace both brake/turn signals with LED but keep the existing markers that still work. Probably will keep the ground connection at the tongue since it's already there, but remove the rest. This poor boat/trailer has lead a nice sheltered life of fresh water and garages...
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    Mixing Lights and Grounding questions

    I've got a 1987 trailer (19ft boat, single axle painted steel trailer with surge drums) that is in good condition, but it needs some work. In this project, the wiring is getting a re-do. The existing wiring uses trailer chassis grounds for all the lights, and all connections are the blue scotch...
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    transom leak

    Just popped in here to research something and did not realize quite how long it's been since I took this thing apart! Anyway I finished putting a new SEI lower unit on it last weekend and it fired up with no leaks or weird noises on the earmuffs in the driveway. Just a few more small things and...
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    transom leak

    yeah, I was not impressed. He had some bad information about the OMC shifting issues too (that I already know about from researching it and adjusting everything last year). It's rough right now, everyone is busy and doesn't want to work on old stuff. This guy was someone off Craigslist, no...
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    transom leak

    many months later...., I had someone do a pressure test and take a look at the drive leg, he says it's definitely leaking (i know this, lol) but it is not coming through the seal at the prop. He thinks the bearing carrier, or lower leg housing, is cracked. His suggestion is to buy a new lower...
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    transom leak

    I did a few test drills into the transom from the inside, it is solid. Here's a few pics (assuming I got the picture thing working...) outside: inside close: inside further back: clean shavings: transom plate:
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    Test Thread For Photo Attachments

    just testing and
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    transom leak

    1987 Searay Seville 19', OMC 4.3 Cobra. So after a minor freshen up last fall of new bellows and shift cable adjustments, the boat was taking on water. I could see when filling the bilge with water, it would drip out at the bottom of the transom seal. I assumed rotten transom, and slowly over...
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    OMC Cobra freshen up

    Wish I had thought to take a few pictures on the water, all I have is this one as I was walking down after parking the truck. Easy ramp, I just dead launched and un-launched (motor off, walk boat on, winch up). It was SUPER windy when coming back in, wind one way and current the opposite, made...
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    OMC Cobra freshen up

    ok so I see here: http://www.hastings.org/~stuart/cobra/sb4052_5.jpg that I used the adjustment procedures for the shift arm shown in pic 18, but I have the shift arm shown in pic 19. So I guess I need to find the correct cable installation instructions for my setup.
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    OMC Cobra freshen up

    Roughly speaking, it was: 1. with drive off I set the outdrive shift cable with the Midnight Wolf tools. I don't think there's any room for mistake here, it was pretty simple. I did not measure drag, but it was very low. The cable is easy to slide, and it did not bind when tightening up the...
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    OMC Cobra freshen up

    I'm getting a little garage time this weekend, and am pulling off the pivot housing. Quick question, I removed the nut on the water hose nipple, but the fitting is not pushing back. I whacked it with a 2x4, but not too hard yet. I'd there anything else that is holding that during in from the...
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    OMC Cobra freshen up

    Trying pics again,
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    Test Thread For Photo Attachments

    did this work? Resized on my phone then uploaded as attachment.
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    OMC Cobra freshen up

    Hi all, I've done a ton of reading here and elsewhere, and feel ready to dive in to this 18' SeaRay Seville bowrider with an OMC 4.3 Cobra. I'm not sure of the year, but it's around 1987 +/- a year. With 380 hrs on it and presumably stored dry, it looks to be in great shape. No damage to the...
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