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  1. John Vinzant

    Mariner 90, Lost spark

    1989 Mariner, OC206545. Friend of mine bought a boat with this engine on it, sight unseen. he brought it to me to see what I can do to fix all the patch jobs on the boat and motor..... been tinkering on it for a year now.... Time to get this up and running... Engine would run but not enough to...
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    Propeller Gap causing prop slippage in water

    1980 OMC 140 with a 400 Stringer, came with a 13x15p prop, can get 4800 WOT, GPS had speed at 19 MPH. With engine running sounds like the engine has no load on it, lots of cavation at cavation plate. There is a large gap about 3/8 in between prop and lower housing. plus the prop sits about the...
  3. John Vinzant

    1960 Stamas Titan

    1960 Stamas Titan, according to Stamas, only a limited number was built. Found stringers were rotten and the transom had been a home for wood ants years ( After I got it home). It has a Chrysler 125 on it. Owner said it was running, engine rotates by hand ( did not do a full rotation on it) ...
  4. John Vinzant

    OMC Power Pointer Steering

    Trying to find a parts breakdown for a OMC Power Pointer Steering.wanting to get evrything back to original if possible. Looks like i may be missing some parts. Found some photos on the net, but not want i'm looking for.
  5. John Vinzant

    Possible carb problem?

    Bought boat couple years ago, motor was out of it, and in pieces. Owner had motor bored .030 over and redecked. Head was resurfaced and a valve job done. I was a former auto/diesel mechanic years ago, so reassembling the engine was not an issue. Have an 1980 OMC 3.0L with an 400 Stringer...
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    How can I check the drive clutch with out tearing things down

    Have a 1980 OMC 3.0 with 400 Stringer outdrive. At higher rpms, it seem like the prop is cavatating, the cavation plate is below the bottom of the transsom. So I was hoping that it was not the clutch pack. Is there a way to check the clutch pack without taking everything apart?
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