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    gear oil in bilge

    brought my boat in late sunday evening . had to get up early mon morning n get to work early worked daylight to dark next few days and neglected the boat. left the outdrive up. went out this evening to clean it up n spray it off. jacked it up so i could spray out the bilge and i noticed some...
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    water intrusion

    had the boat out 5 or 6 time this year, every time i trailor it n pull the plug ,, i get bout half a gallon of water coming out the drain hole, is this normal, or should i be worried , its never enough water to kick the pump on n ive never seen any water leakin anywhere appreciate it
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    running a little warm

    thanks to everyone on iboats thats helped me out. being a first time boat owner ive had my boat out 4 times this year and got her running good for a 84 model 3.0, just got a couple easy questions that im a little concerned about,if i run about half throttle it runs about 170 when i open her up...
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    steering issue

    hey guys got the ol boat out for the second time this year n noticed that the steering was extremly hard to turn left at bout half throttle, its cable steering, any idea on what that could be, also got the boat up to almost wot and went to trim it down, didnt want to work, got it home, played...
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    serial number

    division of waterways is wanting me to bring my boat down and get it looked at before we ca tag it said they need a bill of sale for the boat and the motor and i have to find the serial number on the motor but does have numbers on the flame arrestor says outboard marine corp 980032 i...
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    water temp

    whats the normal operating temp 0f an 84omc 3.0 just put in a new thermo stat n gaskets didnt have one in it im running bout 170 that sound bout right
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    outdrive ?

    just seen a pic of a omc stringer 800 looks just like mine on top of mine it says omc 800 185 and i no i got a omc 3.0 been buying parts for it ? is is that a factory setup or has my outdrive been replaced at some time or another sorry wont let me post any pictures
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    omc gm part number

    does anyone no where i can find the gm part number for a valve cover gasket on a 84 omc 3.0
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    idle question

    got another ? cant get my boat to idle at norm when i get er down blow a 1000 rpm she wants to die now i got new plugs gapped .35 wires cap button points at 19 rebuilt carb takes gas just fine idles great bout 1800 drop er any lower she wants to miss n sputter 84 omc 3.0 does this...
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    exaust manifold question

    had what i thought was a bad manifold gasket went to the boat store ,bought me one n tore her down,now when i got the manifold off i noticed that the little pipe thats in the middle or so exaust port was completely cracked in half ,this little pipe is for my choke,runs top to bottom,and its...
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    torque specs?

    i no this is a simple question i couldnt find the answer on here but whats the torque specs for a 84 omc 3.0 sterndrive exaust manifold and the exaust riser elbow on top of the manifold is it 25?
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    A few words of thanks

    i bought me my first boat about a month ago an 84 thundercraft citation runabout i spent the past month working the bugs out of it and getting it ready for the water i didnt have a clue on any thing about it until i found this forum took it out on the lake yesterday with my ol lady and...
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    toggle switches

    hey guys got a question bout the toggle switches on my 84 thundercraft citation runabout just bought it n it had been sitting outside all winter uncovered none of the toggle switches work except the blower the navigation n anchor switch dont seem to work i can run a hot wire straight off...
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    first time boat owner

    hello everyone im a first time boat owner in search of some answers hopefully some one can help me i recently purchased a 84 thundercraft citation runabout guy i bought it off of said the only thing wrong with it was that the carb was flooding out so i bought a carb rebuild kit n put a...
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