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    17.5 Larson bowrider drive.

    I have a 1985 Larson Citation Bowrider Im restoring, It has the Mercruiser 140. When I got the boat it had a 1.8 ish drive on it that was blown out. It had a spare laying in the boat that is 1.94? ratio. My question is, which drive should be on this rig? The last several owners were pretty rough...
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    What kind of drive?

    A friend sent me this pic, Wondering what type of drive it is, He says merc, I say Volvo?
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    Does this look like a poor stringer job??

    Looks better than mine, of course I cant find the pics of the tabbing in at the moment.
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    Bad weather up north

    Been a bad week so far, up to 11 inches of rain in areas up here, most roads washed out, and we lost Saxon harbor for the most part. I hope they get the boats rescued, and actually find the missing ones. A few areas are still out of power, and the flooding hasn't subsided nearby. At least our...
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    85esl 73m johnson troubleshooting

    Having a bit of trouble figuring out this one. ​Model 85ESL 73M Serial: 03893787 First I had no spark, was working on that and now I lost cranking also. Checked for power at the start solenoid, Power there on both lugs for activating the solenoid. Bench tested the solenoid and...
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    2010 E-tech 150 shift rod

    How do I disconnect the shift rod so I can drop the lower unit?
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    Getting clost to a ham dinner...

    Yup, the ham is almost done, Family here, and I'll be a stuffed lazy couch potato shortly! Merry Christmas!
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    Coating over minwx Polyurthane

    Not a boat but boat related, I'm re-doing a table from a boat, Maple and mahogany top, maple,teak and holly base, I coated the table with Minwax polyurethane but ran out. I still need a few coats of varnish to finish up, and have some Epifanes I could use. Will it affect the minwax? Of course...
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    Yanmar 3gm plugged exhaust.

    Working in a Yanmar 3gm. Did not get the serial numbers yet but it's about 20 years old. The boat came from California to northern Wis. She has been sitting about 4 years. Well the owner want's it running for next season, we pulled it in the shop, removed impeller and fired it up. Not good. Ran...
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    j25ecne no spark.

    Attempting to locate a troubleshooting procedure for a friends outboard. 1982 Johnson 25 hp. No spark. Owner stated it overheated and quit twice. Second time was no spark. I looked it over, it has no indication of an overheat, and just cranking it over it spits water pretty good. Could be a...
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    response timeout

    Why is it, When I'm typing a response to a question, suddenly my complete webpage, and answer goes away. It refreshes or something? Never happens anywhere else.
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    Busy day yesterday!

    Well it was busy yesterday,35 mph winds. A call came in at the marina,boater in trouble just off the east of the marina,Went and took a look, yup, headed for the rocks....We managed to get some timbers and planks between the hull and the rocks to help from damaging it to much. We had called the...
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    Loose steering

    I acquired a 1983 chapperal bowrider the other day, had her running on the hose and checked her out a bit. Found that the steering is rather loose, the wheel turns really easily, to easy. There is no play in the cable or on the steering arm at the lower unit. Is there an adjustment on steering...
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    115etl77s pdf manual

    Good morning all. I'm looking for a PDF manual for this motor. 115etl77s J4801365 I belive I found them on here before, but lost all my info when the I-pad went south.Since upgraded to surface pro 3 so I should be good for awhile😁 Looking to change out a piston and gaskets,ect. any help...
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    Johnson 115 overhaul.

    My son is looking to re-do a Johnson 115. Model number: 115etl77s Serial number j4801365 Anyone know where I can get the PDFs version of an overhaul manual? It always ran fine,but it decided to let a ring land go away,and now it of course has a miss. He pulled the heads after doing...
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    Gardner 8l3b deisel

    Well, it looks like one of our boaters is stepping up a bit. He is currently looking at a 97 foot Santa Margarita,1983 vintage.With twin Gardner 8 cyl deisel engines. What he wants to know is how long to these engines hold up? They have 10,000 hours on them now. I have been looking online,since...
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    Pontoon trailer plans

    I recently purchased a 20' pontoon,no trailer. Rather than buy brand new,I'd like to build one to fit.used ones are hard to find around here. I do have a couple trailers tgat could be re-fit to accept the toon,but then I would not have them for other uses. Is there a site that has toon plans to...
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    Mercriuser 140 timing gears

    Mercruiser 140, 1985 Serial number:6920193 I'm in the process of " refreshing" the gaskets/seals in my 140. Upon removing the timing cover,found a couple chipped teeth on the fiber cam gear. No big deal...or so I thought. Ordered the new gear,found it to be about .30 thousands larger in...
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    Website forums

    Suddenly when opening I Boats,main page I get this,see screenshot. I cannot find the forum link at all. The only way I get here is to google i boats and find a link to bookmark directly. Is it me or has something changed?
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    1992 mercruiser 3.0 stalling when shifting into gear and trouble getting up to speed

    Sound's like you have a choke or carb issue. A sticky choke will cause it to load up-to much fuel-and stall out,or run to rich and have no power due to fuel overload and not enough air. A plugged up carb will seem about the same. On another note,not enough fuel could do it also,plugged filters...
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