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    exhaust manifold from 1984 sea swirl v6 800 stringer motor

    Can someone tell us if all four of these channels are supposed to be open and clear. As you can see two are not. Actually this picture was a week ago and now we have the one on the right side clear but the one on the back side is like welded closed or something. Also if someone could be nice...
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    exhaust manifold question OMC 800 Stringer v6

    Our starboard side exhaust manifold had a crack in it. We had it welded and then where the gasket goes wasn't a perfect flush fit do to the weld. It may not work but we have not been able to find one for the v6 so we thought we would give it a try My question is what type of permatex gasket...
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    can't figure out where these go

    So now we are putting water pump back in our 1985 omg stringer 800 and apparently these fell out and my husband cannot figure out where they go! He thinks that they go somewhere in the swivel housing and he thinks they are all together where ever they go. He's looked at all the drawings but...
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    Need to replace retainer clip but cannot find number, please help?

    Can someone tell me what this clip is exactly so I can replace it as I broke mine when trying to get the water pump housing out. It is in between 22 and 23 but has no number in this attached photo. Thank you for your help.
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    Engine clicking/knocking until spark plug boot removed

    When we were going to take our 1985 Sea swirl 6 cylinder boat out yesterday from the time we turned it on we heard a clicking /knocking sound that was new. We were already out on the water but we didnt go out long and it actually seemed to run fine. The noise did not get any louder or anything...
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    tilt motor on OMC stringer motor

    On an OMC v6 Stringer type(1984) motor is the only way to take out that tilt motor to take the sterndrive off? Thanks in advance.
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    Tilt Problem on OMC sterndrive

    We just got a used 1984 seaswirl spitfire with a gm v6 and OMC Sterndrive. The Sterndrive is model 983487 serial No.J362544. Anyway it went great on the water and started right up however we cannot get the engine to go back up. Brand new battery too. We did notice some water in the tilt...
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