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  1. matt167

    Stuck Transom Wood

    Was hard to see what I was looking at, but now that I see what I see, I’d call the boat scrap. The reason that your transom isn’t coming out great is because you’re trying to do it from the backside cutting the transom skin off, and you haven’t removed the cap. You need to cut/ remove the cap...
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    Distributor alternatives

    Issue with EFI rears its ugly head with the marine side. Need to get an O2 sensor in it for learning. They don’t like water. It has been done but lots of hurdles. The Holley EFI is as good as any but you won’t be without more headaches than carb
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    03 Chaparral 263 Center Windshield Glass Broke out

    Center windshield isn’t flat? I have a good local glass shop that has been in business forever, and I know they have done boat windows out of acrylic.
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    Gamefisher 7.5 coils

    If it’s one of the Tecumseh power heads, than the coils for a tech 2 stroke will work. The problem is, said coils are hard to find/ NOS/ used only
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    Boat age vs financing.

    Well. Wife and I are looking at having a local marine shop go through the offshore over winter to work the bugs out and tidy up a little bit of what’s done. The islander I found was just about perfect for what I want but I ended up backing out because things went sour
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    Toyota/Lexus Timing Belt Change Thoughts

    Napa just private labels the same stuff that other places get. But I’ll venture a guess that the one you had before was A1 Cardone as they have a high failure rate.
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    Carvana

    I’ve looked into them. I’ve had customers come in with Carvana cars and they are so-so but Carvana actually pays to fix things. I was very close to buying a Ford Fiesta ( 5spd ) from them until I found my Mazda 2 My buddy sold his WRX to them for about $4k more than any other dealer.
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    Ford 302 distributor

    Distributors for marine applications are what is called ignition protected. You will find the alternator and starter are also ignition protected as well as the ventilation blowers. J1171 certifies that there cannot be a spark to cause ignition in the bilge.. Remember that gas vapors collect in...
  9. matt167

    1977 Ford 302 Rebuild Tips and Advice

    What I would do, and only if your manifolds are still good Is buy a crate 347 stroker and put that in or build yours into one. Keeps everything the same. Longer stroke will help your economy as it will make torque at a lower hp. If your manifolds are bad or anything else. Switch to GM with...
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    Ram down....uggh

    Well the 2.7L is the replacement for the 4.3L. To get a 5.3L, it’ll run $1,500 more on the sticker. When trucks are $50k to start, and the ratings are close that’s why. It’s an interesting engine. It is a little anemic until the turbo spools up. It’s a lot less responsive than the 2.3 in my...
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    Boat age vs financing.

    Boat was pretty sweet but seller ended up being questionable
  12. matt167

    I have a 1990 sunbird stinger with the 4cyl Cobra it's steering very hard

    Cable may be marked what its measurement or you can measure for it. Distance from helm to the transom and then side to the center of the transom. Round up to nearest foot. You’ll likely need a new helm not just cable
  13. matt167

    I have a 1990 sunbird stinger with the 4cyl Cobra it's steering very hard

    Probably needs a new cable/ helm. If it has power steering, it would be suspect
  14. matt167

    Why I do not have new boats.

    I was glancing at some end of summer sales from a nearby boat dealer. They had Scarabs that were like $23k from $50k and I was like wow that’s a good deal. I clicked on it and they are little 15’ Jet boats that fell out of style 20 years ago. I wouldn’t mind having one of those little jet...
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    Boat age vs financing.

    Oh I know about the image hosting issue.. I can’t get the Facebook pictures to download from my phone. I can get images linked elsewhere.
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    Boat age vs financing.

    Looking like as long as this boat is what the seller says it is, It might just happen. I still can’t figure out how to post a picture of it, but I also can’t download the pictures
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    When do you pull your freshwater boat?

    I generally like boating more in September- October. No ramp follies ( unless it happens to be me, then nobody’s there to see it usually lol )… I haven’t even been out yet but have a few trips planned after Labor Day. I’ll run till November with my little outboard
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    Boat age vs financing.

    Biggest concern is where to put it, and then what to do with the Offshore. Right now I have 4 boats. One is a parts boat, and another just needs chopped up… I just chopped up parts boat #1
  19. matt167

    tricks to push outdrive in

    Make sure both the shift lever on the outdrive is in forward and the shift control is in forward. Also you need to make sure your engine is alligned
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    Another Motor mount repair question

    My Medallion 195 seems to have solid floors as well. But they are wavy so I question their structure
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