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  1. matt167

    1966 40hp Big Twin to Suzuki DF25 on 14' SC holiday?

    I agree it's a great motor. I do have to eventually get another lower unit end cap. Someone destroyed the one that is on it, and gooped it up with alumi weld. It holds and the skeg is still good, but it looks horrible. Also the choke solenoid quit working, so the manual choke is the only way...
  2. matt167

    Albemarle 24 - EFI maps and fuel return

    Water is hard on the sensors. A blown head gasket in a car can take them out from the steam
  3. matt167

    1966 40hp Big Twin to Suzuki DF25 on 14' SC holiday?

    My 40hp Johnson Super Seahorse Deluxe is a great running motor, but being from 1966 and has had some float flooding troubles ( sunk cork float ), makes me cross my fingers when I hit the key and I won't go out without aux propulsion. It does start almost instantly every time, even getting...
  4. matt167

    I think I'm another story of a bad boat purchase

    With a functional 4.3L, I would rebuild the boat.. Gonna guess 19'? It will cost ~$5k to rebuild it + your time ( Pro would be $100 hr at least ), but the boat market is so far flipped right now.. Covid made boating more popular than it's ever been but it also created supply chain issues and...
  5. matt167

    Tell-take won’t start pushing water until warms up.

    well if you do have a cooling problem, change thermostat and impeller before you fry your motor and create more problems..
  6. matt167

    Albemarle 24 - EFI maps and fuel return

    A spark plugs anti fouler from the parts store drilled out does the same thing.
  7. matt167

    Albemarle 24 - EFI maps and fuel return

    Right, because it runs in open loop. Getting a sensor to live long enough might be a challange..
  8. matt167

    Albemarle 24 - EFI maps and fuel return

    The spacer block ( you can drill a spark plug anti fouler fwiw ) will help the oxygen sensor live, but it's also going to skew the reading into being leaner than it should be . Your talking about sensors that are north of $50 being wide band
  9. matt167

    Albemarle 24 - EFI maps and fuel return

    Keep in mind that the Holley Sniper IS USCG rated, but also that a wide band oxygen sensor needed for self learning will not survive.. Holley's software will have a tune close enough to make it run, but you will never dial it in
  10. matt167

    Is talormade curved windshield really glass?

    Thanks for letting us know it worked out
  11. matt167

    35 hp Evinrude

    Quick and dirty way, you need a starter with a solenoid, a bracket and a push button starter switch. The flywheel needs the teeth, but I don't think they came without on the 20-35's.
  12. matt167

    3.7 470 amazing

    They are a nifty engine. The 4.3L was cheaper and proved more reliable so any advancements were halted until it was finally discontinued in 1990... If Mercruiser kept tweaking it, they could have perfected it, but instead they forgot it
  13. matt167

    Older Boats Not Welcome at Lake George, NY

    google will compile a list quickly based on the lake your interested in.
  14. matt167

    1964 Straker

    Hundreds of small companies existed from the 50's to the mid 70's.... Fiberglassics would have any information on it that is still out there in the library... If you have a title, and it runs and floats and is sound, then all is well.. It's missing the windshield
  15. matt167

    Is talormade curved windshield really glass?

    just not an emergency hammer, or your going to have a bad day
  16. matt167

    Is talormade curved windshield really glass?

    Depends on the year of the boat... Taylor Made has been around for a long time doing this. I have a 1966 Starcraft Holiday 14 that has a Taylor Made windshield, advertised as glass on the Taylor Made sticker but it is very obviously a curved acrylic bubble windshield from when those were...
  17. matt167

    1968 Slickcraft 19 foot Just Purchased!

    No it's not. You can see it's rotted. The staining on the drain plug gives it away
  18. matt167

    1968 Slickcraft 19 foot Just Purchased!

    It's an OMC stringer with a rotted transom. Tapping a hammer will probably confirm because it's visibly deteriorated
  19. matt167

    Transmission for a small diesel.

    Parts are super expensive for that thing, if you can even find them. Ruggerini is still around, but those old Wisconson branded motors were built in the 70's.. Ruggerini made water cooled diesels that were installed into marine applications but none of the air cooled I'd grab a Kubota off an...
  20. matt167

    Old v4 generations

    People on Fiberglassics have been doing that for a long time.
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