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    1969 Silverline Riviera - how would the inside stern be set up from factory?

    My Riviera came to me with with a portable 6 gallon fuel tank connected to the outboard, and no permanent fuel tanks, unless they're below the floor and now covered. Judging from the fuel fill caps on either side of the stern, I'm assuming this boat would have had a permanently installed fuel...
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    Is it OK to run without the check valve in the outboard fuel line?

    Had a bit of engine trouble on the lake this past weekend. Sounded like the motor was starving of fuel, checked the 6 gallon tank, and it looked like there was maybe a gallon in it. Thought maybe the pick up line wasn't going all the way to the bottom, so I added another 2 gallons from the...
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    Airguide tach pegs high

    New to me '69 Silverline with Johnson 85hp outboard. Has an Airguide Sea Speed tach installed. At idle, it will often read ~3000rpm, and anything above idle it will jump to the high peg and stay there. I can confidently say that there's no way this motor is spinning 3K at idle, and 7K+ RPM...
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    Tilt/run lever on old Johnson.

    I recently picked up a '69 Silverline Riviera, as the first boat I've owned. I grew up on the water, but only running Dad's old Thunderbird that he sold when I was a teenager, and have been off the water since, which was about 20 years ago. So I'm largely relearning it all again, and learning...
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