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    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    i think most of the responses here are saying its a bad idea to spend all your time and money to fix an old boat that has been left to the elements and with a broken motor as well. you will get plenty of experience doing the resto so go for it , there is plenty of good info on the internet ...
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    Water keeps filling boat cover, please help!

    my mate that lives where it rains a lot has the right idea , he removes the boat seats and lays a tarp on the floor with a few bricks to stop the wind blowing it away. jacks the front high and removes the plugs , one thing he does do is every now and then pokes the holes just to be sure no...
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    Questions about running 1991 Chevy 4.3 omc

    as posted , not a good idea to run dry on a fresh engine.
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    Looking for an independent marine mechanic in central Alberta

    hey mate , being older motors and drives there are not many shops that will do work on them , especially since they have sat unused , too many things to mount up a large bill to the owner. now with that said : if you are handy with a spanner and don't mind a bit of dirt on your hands , get a...
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    Large diameter, high output stator

    been up the shed and the Suzuki stator has gone so a measurement is not going to happen . a 4 stroke Yamaha is too small .
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    '69 johnson hydro electric shift V4

    in the thumbnail pic you can see the spring has dis lodged , this caused the motor to randomly jump out of gear.
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    '69 johnson hydro electric shift V4

    don't rule out the helm shifter , the switches may have corrosion causing the button to not make proper contact , there is also springs to hold the contact , if one is weak or corroded same issue , if this happens it will stop the gearbox will jump out of position.
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    Large diameter, high output stator

    from memory , the Suzuki DF 250 has quite a large stator. ill go up the shed later when it cools down a bit (39c here ATM) and see if i still have one in spares
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    383 FWC - Strong gas smell while idling, lower compression in one cyl. Any thoughts?

    i will also go with a bleeding injector that has now taken out an intake valve. you may be lucky and just have a very bad pitted valve seat "however" that would depend on how long ago you started to loose compression.
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    projects other than boats

    if you were to go 2.7 there are a few more options in front mount racks.. in regards yo the thread , my project car is a 06 HSV WL Holden Caprice with a 3.6 Alloytec V6. lots of mods have been done by me and the PO , the little LY7 V6 had some timing chain issues when i bought the car so that...
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    89 OMC 5.0 over heating

    my post was meant to be an example of where the air leak could be. an air leak anywhere between the water pump and the motor will not allow proper water flow. i have had cracked impeller housings act the same as well , "so along those lines " may also be worth investigating whilst the gear box...
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    89 OMC 5.0 over heating

    had a little 15 jonno that had a split in the water tube that goes into the impeller housing that would do the same thing .
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    Mounting Bolt Compression of Transom

    ha ha , good to see you still got a sense of humor about what you are facing. iv never seen a transom snap off during a jump test, so you should be OK?????. saying that , i was tightening a bolt last night and the breaker bar snapped the pin (never seen one snap before), i flew 4 feet through...
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    Mounting Bolt Compression of Transom

    not being familiar with the whaler as such , as Scott Danforth has posted above : in general ,once water gets in a hull it will waterlog foam , wood , etc break it down and turn it to a heavy sloshy mess . now : """all is not lost as yet"" , there are options . bounce test ( as should have...
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    Mounting Bolt Compression of Transom

    best is to remove the bolt with motor in down position, the weight in down position is distributed a bit more evenly . yes it is fine to leave the motor with 1 bolt missing although not recommended to leave top bolts out in the trailer position though. . don't drive or trailer without it in...
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    Mounting Bolt Compression of Transom

    there is some bad info here regarding transom saver usage. to set the record strait i will add info that people should be aware of before using a transom saver. a transom saver is one of the best things you can do /buy for your outboard boat """however "" there are a couple of important things...
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    454 information

    well i don't know about anyone else but this thread has taught me some things i was unaware of. thanks guys!(y).
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    Mounting Bolt Compression of Transom

    going against the grain here. you may have a rotted transom but the possibility that the trailering has weakened the glass and wood is more than likely. try bigger washers as IMO the ones there are too small , probably too thin as well. put the new washers and test the transom by standing on...
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    Replacing Keel rollers

    keel rollers are not so important with bunk trailers . most of the time they are just used to guide the boat on , after that the bunks take the weight.
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    Replacing starter bendix on 1990 evenrude 25 HP

    to true , till there is a short somewhere as i expect is the case with the OPs . we had a older V4 140 years back that the only way to get it to fire up was to do as above with a screwdriver , once it got past that initial load it needed to get it cranking it would spin the motor over no...
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