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    Winter Boat Storage Moisture, Just Saying.

    We had a exceptional warm day here in the Canadian Maritimes today 19 degrees C, took advantage to go in under the boat cover and tarps to check things out, boy was it damp in there, I can see why plywood seat bottoms, electrical connections and other non moisture loving items wrough and...
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    Replacing Bowrider forward cusions and back rest cusions ?

    The curved back rest cusions were not with the boat I bought, so im in the process of going to construct them, anyone have any links or suggestions on how to do the curved back and attaching it to the curved fiberglass sides.
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    OMC 1984 Stringer Lower gear case repair?

    I finally found out how water is getting into lower unit after submersing in water tank. Down in the water well next to the lower drive housing i see a string if small bubbles, a bit of a confined space for sure, can this be welded or can I pour epxoy down in there to seal it, at 5 psi it dosent...
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    84 Stringer 800 swivil bearing housing

    Resealed the lower unit last summer but still getting water in gear oil. Put new seals in Swivil housing too. Question on the swivil housing seals are they supposed to keep water from getting down to the main vert drive shaft bearing housing. Tks Frank
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    Difference between 400 and 800

    Can anyone explain the difference between a OMC Stringer 400 and 800 outdrive?
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    84 Stringer 800 reseal but got oil/water leak when tilted up??

    Completely tore down the outdrive, couple new bearings and all new seals, seals back to back with permatex, followed manual and exploded views, put muffs on and now got oil water leak comming out the front anode area when tilted up. What did i do wrong?? guess something in the upper unit. Very...
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    OMC 84 Stringer 800 mechanical cable shift housing assembly install info

    Ready to install the shift housing, had info on it but my pc died and cant retreive it. at what position should the rachet rod be in and which cable should be pulled to engage it when you lower the housing down on lower unit? The cable already attched to pulleys off a donor drive. There was a...
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    Permatex 2

    Assembling stringer outdrive, so we use permatex 2 on metal portion of seals and all bolts, what about gaskets? Frank
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    84 stringer lower bearing carrier removal revisited.

    Getting very testy now trying to remove lower bearing carrier, puller, penetrating fluid, slide hammer and heat and cant budge it, i have been heating with a standard home depot propane torch around the prop end of the housing, is the inner end of the carrier fit the inside of the casing tight...
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    84 stringer 800 lower unit bearing carrier

    Doing inspection and resealing outdrive, question boys, the bearing carrier behind the prop, removal,I have the 4 bolts out at the back end of the carrier, but of course its bound up with permatex, heated the outside casing around it and a little pressure with a puller, but noticed what looks...
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    84 Stringer exhaust housing removal.

    Any good tricks to removing the ex housing from the lower gearcase, 7 botls removed but seemst to be stuck around swivil housing bearing. Used lots of WD40 and heat. any suggestions? Frank
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    84 OMC Stringer 800, seal info required

    Tearing down my above mentioned outdrive, At the top of the swivil housing and below it is what looks like a rubbery seal or whatever around the outside swivil housing the housing, its pretty much destroyed, is this leftovers from a seal or is there someything special that goes there to seal...
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    OMC 1984 Stringer lower shift cable part Id

    Ok i need some help, I have 1984 3.8 liter omc with stringer outdrive, I have to make some identifications, Im assuming it mechanical shift, not hydro shift, the actual cable part number on the cable is 982795, but from what i can see the parts list calls up a 982563, this difference is prob do...
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