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    Prop appears to have too much "play"

    I have a 1995 Four Winns 258 Vista with a 5.8 liter King Cobra and OMC outdrive. The boat was purchased with an aluminum prop on the drive. I have beat up the prop and it needs to be changed. Upon purchase, the owner gave me a stainless steel prop in the box that he said was the original prop. I...
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    Prop has forward/back play and electrical/noise question

    I have a 1995 Four Winns 258 Vista with a 5.8 liter Ford with a OMC Cobra outdrive. I "stuck" the boat and beat up my aluminum prop real bad trying to get "unstuck." I was using this prop for just in case this type of thing happened. I purchased the boat last year and it came with the "original"...
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    new manifolds - filing the paint????

    Like a kid a X-mas, I just got my new manifolds and risers in the mail. The only verbage sent was a page stating that filing the surface was necessary. I noticed that the connecting surfaces were very bumpy and were painted (like the remainder of the unit). What should I use to file and to what...
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    oil is chocolate milk - H20 mixture

    I have a 1988 Ski Nautique with a 351 Ford. Engine has 700 hours and has been serviced regularly. Put boat in H20 today and after starting, the oil pressure gauge was bouncing erratically from one end to the other. Fearing a major problem, I shut the motor off after about five minutes (did not...
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