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    Awfull time launch & retrieve roller trailer

    Yep the rollers point load the hull, especially sitting all winter.
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    Random

    So how long?
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    Wealth preservation,....

    My ss is a big help, but I don't want to work, I've never found an occupation that I like or maybe am capable of That said, if My savings can generate along with SS I'm ok . Gold 30 years ago went for around 5 hundred an oz. But overall I think the stock market did a bit better. Dividends in...
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    Clunking and prop slipping

    Yep your description is rather vague, it might be as simple as water in the fuel.
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    Downsize Fuel Tank

    Brian makes a lot of sense, put the batteries forward and the talon pump in their place.
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    LiFePO Batteries ???

    $2200 holy ship! Did they pull the engine to get to it.
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    Wealth preservation,....

    CD's look good to me. As Long as the fed doesn't cut back. I'm barely keeping up with inflation. 5%. Looks pretty good. ..
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    1995 Searay 5.7 GM winterizing mods..

    I just put my boat back in service today, and no problems . The ball valves are working well for draining the block and steering cooler. Made life easy last fall winterizing and no leaks . I put a bit of silicone spray in the valves with a spray straw each time they sit for the winter. No drips...
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    Batteries

    I suppose you can get as fancy as you want, but I would get a battery switch at least to separate one of them.
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    1981 120 Mercruiser idles rough when hot

    Not uncommon for a coil to get hot, but if it burned you then too hot. May have a short in it. What Scott said is the reason I decided not to go that direction.
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    1981 120 Mercruiser idles rough when hot

    I had thought about doing that on my 1980 scorpion but ended up staying with the points.
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    CDI Shift Interupter

    May as well use it if it works. I didn't know that it existed.
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    1981 120 Mercruiser idles rough when hot

    Would he still have a resistance wire with the electronic ignition conversion
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    Limber Hole?

    Yep, the layup was a bit off, a limber generally is much cleaner than what you posted.
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    Limber Hole?

    Never seen one that looks like that. Is the bulkhead rotting.
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    1981 120 Mercruiser idles rough when hot

    Fuel pressure is around 5 psi . And how far into the carb did you go.
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    1981 120 Mercruiser idles rough when hot

    Sounds like a problem with the carb, that's where I would look, maybe a gunked up fuel tank.. try running it off a portable tank.
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    Leaf Spring Shackle Question

    Need to see it without the boat.
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