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    very cool carb and intake manifold causing moisture

    Are you sure you have a working thermostat? The temp is way cool...
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    Honda BF75L cooling water issues

    I had a 1978 27ft oday sailboat with a BF75 and found the motor adequate to power the boat but it wasn't used often. I gave the boat to the boy scouts last month as a project. The motor still ran well but the boat needs love that I couldn't give it...
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    Close on the formula

    You'll make it fit!
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    Lowering the bunks . . .

    Back in the young days I was a rigger for a sailboat distributor mostly Hunter, Catalina and J boats and we sometimes had to launch in lakes that had no deep water. We would back in as far as we could, tie a stout line to the trailer and fire up the boat and back the whole rig until the boat...
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    1998 Four Winns 4.3 wont turn over

    Yep a boat that old you can bet that several electrical connections are corroded. My boat is a 95 model and I clean connections in my spare time.. eventually I'll get em...
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    Close on the formula

    Nothing I have found tastes good after brushing my teeth....:) You have your glass slipper and I hope it fits!
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    Popped through the intake.

    The slag on the points may be throwing the timing off enough to cause the popping..
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    Honda BF75L cooling water issues

    That diagram came from an old factory manual I have lying around from 1979..
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    Lowering the bunks . . .

    I'm probably missing something but how is an inch and a half gonna help? Your ramp must be almost level..
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    Fiberglass cracking - BRAND NEW R4 Surf 2023

    Sloppy layup schedule and a good chance that additional flaws will show up soon...
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    Need to check shutters… any tips?

    If you're confident in the condition of the elbow then do it leaving the elbow in place. Mine were rotten from rust so I got new ones..
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    Need to check shutters… any tips?

    I would loosen the clamps at the Y pipe remove the water feed hoses to the elbow then pull the elbow bolts and remove the elbow and down elbow as a single unit.. nothing gets misaligned so it will go back easy...
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    Replaced Bellows now gears won't engage fully?

    Yep I'm guessing that the bell crank and cable got separated during drive install..
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    Advice Needed on Boat Repair.

    Yep just a couple of inches above the water works fine for most...
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    Replaced Bellows now gears won't engage fully?

    disconnect the lower cable from the shift plate and see if you can shift it by hand. You may need a new cable even if it looks fine on the outside its the inside that counts...
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    Honda BF75L cooling water issues

    The intake is always cooled by the excess and that's good..
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    Honda BF75L cooling water issues

    If you look at the diagram I posted you will see the fresh water goes directly to the block and excess goes to the telltale.. when the water in the block reaches operating temperature the thermostat opens an allows the water into the head and then out the exhaust..
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    Honda BF75L cooling water issues

    I think that what you don't see is if the thermostat is not there the water just flows freely thru the motor and offers very little cooling..
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    Honda BF75L cooling water issues

    You're lost me but maybe this will help you
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    Is there a way to tell if the impeller is working?

    Ok, big old bucket and a swimming pool for most of us is two different things. But yeah, if you have a couple hundred gals of water in your tank your probably good..
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