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    Draining exhaust manifolds?

    1984 3.8l v6, opened the lower drain cocks on manifolds and water drained out as usual, but also took 3/4 plugs hex key plugs out and a fair bit of water drained from them, never took these plugs out before. do these drain the same cooling chamber as the lower **** drains.
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    Distributor electronic conversion kit.

    84 3.8 liter omc. What the thoughts on replacing the points in my distributor with the electronic conversion kit.
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    Draining exhaust manifolds

    Whats the normal after a run with the 3.8l , do you drain the manifolds between outings or leave the water in them?
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    Stringer 800 tilt quadrant missing teeth.

    Tried to raise my outdrive and it wouldnt raise , seems the first 2 teeth and 7 and 8 tooth are worn down so its bouncing on the 7-8 tooth, rest of the gear is great, any idea why these teeth wore out? Got 2 used quadrants on their way.
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    Mounting trolling motor on bowrider?

    Just received a 92 evenrude electric trolling motor with foot control in pristeen shape for my Bday from my son, I have a flat area around the front of the hull, but not sure if more forward on the bow or back 3 feet from that, i can mount either place. does more forward mounting give better...
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    Trolling motor mount on my omc 800 bowrider

    Just received a 92 evenrude electric trolling motor with foot control in pristeen shape for my Bday from my son, I have a flat area around the front of the hull, but not sure if more forward on the bow or back 3 feet from that, i can mount either place. does more forward mounting give better...
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    1950 12 hp Elto outboard exhaust question

    I brought my fathers 1956 12 hp Elto back to life, new coils, condensors, plugs & lower seals, she seems to be running great, but my question is on the exhaust housing leg, there are 4 holes on each side for exhaust to flow out, my father was a mechanic and usually had a good reason for doing...
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    pressure test 84 stringer 800

    Done a reseal of top and lower unit last summer, but noticed last fall I had to keep topping up the lower drive. So took drive off and have been pressure testing in a tank, this is weird, pump to 10 psi and over 30 min lose pressure, i cant see for the life of me any bubbles comming out, ckecked...
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    Cuda fish finder cable extension

    Anyone know if I can splice my cable running from transducer to the fishfinder? where I would like to place it would require another 3 feet of cable. I have a piece of two wire shielded cable off a old one. Does splicing the cable degrade the operation of it?
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    84 Stringer 800 lower unit seal popped

    Resealed my 800 this past spring and all was good, no water intrusion, while winterizing I greased the fitting on the front of the lower unit and after the second shot of grease I heard a pop and it sounded like a little gush of air in the lower unit. Anyone had this experience? I have a feeling...
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    Winterizing v6 3.8 OMC Manifolds

    Living in Canada I normally use antifreeze in engine block and detach the cooling hoses to the manifolds and just drain them, are the manifolds better left drained and dry or should they have antifreeze in them to curb the rust?
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    84 OMC 3.8L coil heated up.

    I left my ignition key on by mistake with motor not running and notice a hot smell around the engine, the coil was too hot to touch, I have the external resistance wire in the circuit, the engine still fires up but wondering about damage to the coil.
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    84 Stringer 800 upper gear oil leak reposted. Help!!!!

    Removed upper and done the pressure test again, and it holds 12 psi for ever, yet when I top it up and run it on the muffs i see oil film on water output and no oil shows on the stick. Is it possible that the upper builds up pressure and forces excess gear oil out the bottom oil seal until it...
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    84 Stringer 800 upper gear oil leak.

    Resealed, pressure and vacuum tests all good , assembled the upper and lower together and after a hour of run time upper unit can take about 6 pumps of gear oil to top up, any ideas on leak when outdrive is running?
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    84 Stringer 800 intermitent tilt motor fixed.

    My tilt motor needed a bash with the hammer to get it to work so kind of tired of that, I was going to order a new motor but after removing and taking it apart I found out the brushed was barely making contact. My johnson dealer just happen to have a old stock set of brushes so cut the braid and...
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    omc stringer 800 mechanical shif goes forward in reverse gear and reverse in forward

    I replaced the mechanical shift cable and it came with the shift housing attached, i also replaced shifter/ throttle control cables, something is wrong, im hoping its the shifter/throttle control where the cables attach. When i pull shifter out to warm up it works and shifting works except goes...
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    Getting that idel down to 650 rpm.

    84 OMC 3.8L 2 barrel carb. Would like to get the idel down to 650, with idel screw turned below the idel 800 rpm engine dies, I want to adjust the screws at front bottom of carb but they are pretty much blocked from accessing by the the thermostat housing, even a flex driver dosent seem to...
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    Bildge blower indicator alarm

    I hear many newer inboard boats have a beeper alarm that sounds before startup to indicate to turn on bildge blower. My 84 Doral, 3.8 dosent have this as a reminder, is there a upgrade to buy that works for this?
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    84 OMC stringer 3.8 l log style water manafold replacement.

    So far mine are still good, but I see some center riser manifolds listed on a site that say they will work, also on youtube theres is a 3.8 with the newer center risers, anyone had any experience installing these?
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    Outboard Gas Can Pressure Vent

    Received a 5 gal outboard gas can with a quick coupler fuel line and screw type vent on the fill opening, question, when tank is not being used and in storage should the vent be open or closed? I left mine out in the sun today and cracked the vent and a lot of pressure build up in it, could...
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