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    1985 28ft Wellcraft Monte Carlo stringers and transom

    Both engines and outdrives are removed. The stringer is saturated and rotten up to the fuel tank and no telling how much farther, cant get to it. With a mercruiser outdrive, which pushes on the transom, must the stringer be solid in front of the engine mounts? The boat is pretty nice beside the...
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    Mercury 4.5

    This little Mercury has me at a standstill. 90 pounds of compression with 4 pulls, clean carb passages, carb full of fuel, new insulator block on maker points, strong spark, wont run. I had it running when I had the foot off, while I was waiting for the water pump impeller to come in the mail...
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    What pitch for a 21' 79 Century 250hp 351 Windsor with Stringer 800

    Hey, I have a 79 Century 21' boat with an OMC Sterndrive 351 Windsor 250hp and a stringer 800 that has the correct pinion teeth ratio. I have a 17 pitch prop, that won't plane with a load in the boat unless some people get up front, and planes slowly without a load. I'm thinking about drilling...
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    79 Sterndrive Trim Ram Question

    My engine trim ram on the port side is 1/2" lower in the down position and 1/2" lower in the up position. The housing of the ram actually goes down 1/2" more in the down position and doesn't come up as high in the up position. As you can probably tell I am new at working on these things. Does...
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    Will a 66 20hp Evinrude powerhead work on a 70 18hp Evinrude?

    I have a 70 18hp Evinrude and I'm wanting to know if a 66 Evinrude 20hp Powerhead will fit on it. Does anybody know if it will work? Thanks
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    Will a 78 lower unit work with an 86 outdrive?

    I have a 78 hydromechanical foot from a model #981918 outdrive that came behind a 78 ford 240hp engine and I need to know if it will fit a 86 V6 4.3 model #984210 outdrive.
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    OMC Sterndrive Identification

    Hey, I have what I think is a 1979 Century boat that has a 351 in it. I am needing to identify my outdrive so I can look up part numbers. The Model No. is 982436 and the Serial No. is W217061. I need to figure out the exart part numbers for upper gear set, water pump, seals, bearings...
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