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  1. 57whitehouse

    First Fin Boat

    Hello everyone. I just noticed there is a whitehouse section here now. I suggested one about a month or 2 ago. People are listening. Thanks:) Here is a pic of my '57 Whitehouse. It has since been sold to a real nice guy.
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    1959? johnson superhorse 50

    Just bought a 1959 fleetform commodore with, what the guy said he thought was a 1959 johnson 50hp. SR# is 1954803. I was thinking the 1954 part made it a 1954 motor. Am I ignorant? The model is v4s 11 Also, I tried to upload a pic of an oil leak out of the lower unit, but the pic was...
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    update your profile

    I really enjoy reading peoples profiles when I see new people in the forum. Take a little time and fill it out. I feel like I'm friends with jasonh and dhath because we go to the same lake. Animal lives in my old stomping grounds. I'm buying JB a drink of his choice next time I'm in his...
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    I've been demoted

    Who demoted me? Earlier today I had 202 posts and was petty officer 1st class. Now i'm back down to 197 posts and p02nd class. Was it something I said?:eek:
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    Denver to Dallas

    Just bought this boat in Denver off craigslist. My brother in law lives there and picked it up for me. He is going to come to Dallas for Christmas and bring the boat. I want it NOW!!!! Is anybody driving from Denver to Dallas that wants a little gas money? Would you consider pulling my boat here?
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    Pride?

    If you swallow your pride, doesn't that make you full of pride, and doesn't that defeat the purpose in the first place?
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    1959 mercury super thunderbolt 400

    I'm trying to find a picture of a 1959 mercury super thunderbolt 400. I've googled and found nothing. Can anyone help?
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    1965 Skeeter bass boat

    I just picked up this old classic 1965 Skeeter. Payed $125 for it and got a 1970 selectric shift 40hp evinrude o/b thrown in with it(said to run). I don't know much about these old Skeeters, but do you all think it's a good deal? I don't know for sure the 75hp Mccullock o/b was original to the...
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    no sparky sparky

    breaf history on "57 Gale 25hp. sitting for 25yrs. started and ran well on the lake first tim out. put new water pump on. stopped running well (sneezing), squeeze primer bulb helped for a short time. replaced bad fuel pump(holes in diaphram) with brand new pump. still sneezing, can't get rpm...
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    have you heard of a mcculloch 3 cyl?

    a guy has a 196? skeeter boat with a mcculloch 3cyl motor on back. Are they good motors? Any info would help.
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    Happy Birthday 57whitehouse!

    well today is my 42nd birthday and i surprized my dad by showing up in kansas. comming from dallas, it's an 8 hour drive. borring drive i might add. while i'm here, i think i'll pull my boat down the cimmaron river with my tractor. you know there's no water in Kansas. Have a good day y'all.
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    did you all get this private message?

    I had a private message from buddah2 saying he's new, and then plugging his religion (buddahism). Is this against the rules to use this website to plug stuff like this? Did anyone else get this? Hello, I'm new here and just wanted to say "hi" How's it going? "Buddhism has the...
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    starting carb rebuild, questions?

    1957 Gale 25hp I started tearing down my carb the other day. Took the float bowl off. There is a brass part in the center of the float that takes a screwdriver to remove(don't know the name of the part). It was stuck real good. Took my "new" big screwdriver and started to loosen it, when part...
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    evinrude 40 Lark selectronic shift

    I'm trying to by a motor off this guy. He said it's an older model but he can't find the numbers to give me so i can look it up. All he can tell me is it's an evinrude 40 lark with selectronic shift. Can you help me tell him where to look for the numbers so i can identify this motor?
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    spark plug wires

    I have the flywheel off of my '57 gale buccaneer 25hp motor and i don't see how to get the spark plug wires off to change them. They seem to go under the plate where the coils sit. does anyone have a diagram on how to change them? I was taking off my carborater and noticed a cylinoid looking...
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    still missing

    1957 gale 25hp I put a NEW pump on this morning (forget the old one) and it's still missing. I know it needed a new pump anyway so no big deal. it idles up (roughly) and then sputters back down, up and down up and down. i pulled the plug wires off one at a time and it didn't make a lot of...
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    temporary fix old fuel pump

    '57 gale 25hp with original fuel pump. i ordered a new replacement pump and put it on last night. it leaked like a siv. the parts store said keep tightening the center screw (where it was leaking) 1/4 turn at a time until it stopped leaking. it snapped the screw, now i need another new...
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    leak in new fuel pump

    i just got my new fuel pump in tonight. when i went to prime it with the primer bulb, gas spewed out the center screw than hold the round outer plastic outlet housing on. the part # is 438562. this is off the 57 gale 25hp. I took the screw out and examined the o-rings and they look fine. i even...
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    fuel pump failed 57 gale 25hp

    yes it is me again. how are you guys? to the question. i mentioned last week about the idle going up and down, then running fine while squeezing the primer bulb. i took the fuel pump off and discovered it is ran off the exhaust. Is that right? i saw the membrane that looks like 2 membranes...
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    charging voltage

    what voltage should the magneto be charging at on my 57 gale 25hp. when i had it out the other day it was 12.6v
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