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    Are plastic props junk?

    No. I think you may be not far off to be fair. Might be wrong…but for some reason it’s in my head that some of the small force shared certain parts with omc perhaps. Not sure why i think that at all. And could be way off. Only ever seen one of these in real life. Almost sure there is a pin in...
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    Mariner 9 HP compression issues

    Floats sticking. Clean the carbs well. She’ll be fine. It will be a 9.9hp you have. Made by merc. Can also be converted to 15hp fairly easily. Great engines. Check the fuel primer operation she has. Not technically a choke, rather a prime system they have. Make sure it’s not sticking and working...
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    Are plastic props junk?

    Ah. You’ve maybe got a point there jimmbo. We’re some of these smaller force not actually a collaboration with omc perhaps. Just came to my head, they might be right enough. Just looking at the pic of it there. Top end of it doesn’t look too merc like. Some of the shaft components might be merc...
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    Are plastic props junk?

    Good to know. Think this is partly based on a merc though, perhaps. Any of the smaller merc engines I’ve had or had in bits, have a wee shear pin that goes through the shaft and sits home and mated to the back of the prop. This could be different of course. Never had a force before. Tried to...
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    1999 75hp Fuel Prime Issue

    Hi. Very much sounds like your float is sticking. Give her a proper carb clean and try again. I’d also make sure the fuel line is going the right direction and it’s not able to draw air from its fittings too. Check the arrow is going the right direction on the primer bulb. Also wondering about...
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    45 and 47 PSI Mariner 9.9 HP

    I’d suggest that your mechanic’s gauge is way out of calibration and/or leaking. The cynical man, might even think that your mechanic could be changing his arm, in the hope of getting himself a hold of a now very sought after machine, for a bargain price perhaps. Why don’t you buy yourself a...
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    Are plastic props junk?

    Be fine. But, given it’s likely components there…I’d absolutely take it off and have a check of the shear pin, it’s most likely to have behind it. If the engine is unknown to you, well worth a check and having a spare. Wouldn’t believe how often I’ve found shear pins only just holding on…or...
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    Prop Question

    Fair play. Horses for courses I suppose. Must admit…little bit envious reading that. Alaska is a place I’m obsessed with, most of my life. Would love to go one day. Best of luck.
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    Volvo Penta 2003 Injector Sleeves

    Sure sounds like it. Well done.
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    Volvo Penta 2003 Injector Sleeves

    Yeah. The elbow is the well known common cause of issue. But suppose they are considered consumable after a while…especially in the salt. Like to be worked hard, these things. Get them up to temperature quickly and make sure she’s not running cold. If you have the crankcase breather can on...
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    Volvo Penta 2003 Injector Sleeves

    They can be a pain to remove for sure. Known them to be stubborn enough that they had to be cut out to remove them. It’s actually sometimes easier to do by taking the head off, should there be another reason to, definitely worth while. The tool for removing them can be a 50/50 for success. All...
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    03 yamaha Vmax 225 rattling/noise

    I can hear it. My best guesses would be the prop hub rattling, the metal engine cover/hood securing latch rattling…or something else inside rhe hood. Flywheel cover or cdi cover etc etc.
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    drain 9.9 fourstroke float bowl?

    It will be underneath the bowl. But for all the time it will take you…I’d take the whole carb off and clean her out.
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    Prop Question

    Hi. The way that engine is set up…has a fair bit to do with a few issues, I’d imagine. Not to mention that it’s a canoe, haha. The engine is too heavy and too high mounted for that thing for sure. Must be a hell of a thing. I’d be almost certain that she’d go just as well with a 6hp set well...
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    Chaparral Mercruiser Prop Question

    Hi. From what you’ve said. Just a few things to add. You’re going well to see 50mph with that load and engine/boat set up. I’d encourage you to not stray too far from what you have. If that’s with an ally 19” 3 blade. It screams to me that you might just be almost as good as it gets, if you put...
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    Bayliner engine swap??

    Possible for sure. But if you mean permanent straight thorough with no option to close and quieten. It can be an easy way to gather dirty looks from those who aren’t enamoured by such things.
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    Bayliner engine swap??

    Excellent. Get practicing at the wonders of glassing in the new mounts…she’ll be a quick machine in no time
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    What engine in new boat

    Just maybe because it’s maybe not what’s usually found on a VP like that, of that era, from new perhaps. Could be wrong. Not saying what you have is in anyway a bad thing at all. Just some observations perhaps. Hope you enjoy her either way. That’s what it’s all about after all. If she is a...
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    What engine in new boat

    looks like an aftermarket repower 5.7 to me. One that’s had a VP shiny red paint job to suit. The carb and ignition system parts (like the diz) also add reason to my thinking. I’d almost bet my life that there is black paint to be found under that shiny red
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    Bayliner engine swap??

    It will definitely fit. I know of a bowrider with a sb v8, the same model. But because you have a 3.0 now. There are lots to change before it can be thrown in. The mounts for a start. The exhaust horns to the inner transom shield. The outdrive ratio too. Your 3.0 drive ratio will fast run out...
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