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    Near new old 1996 Mercury 115

    Back in 1998 I owned a super clean 18ft Starcraft Holiday with a then nearly brand new Mercury 115 two stroke motor. I absolutely loved that boat and motor. Work moved me to a lake area that didn't allow two stroke motors, it was four stroke or electric only at that time. The 115 is an oil...
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    Screwed up trailer

    Over the weekend, a buddy called me and said that the bass boat and trailer he bought a few weeks ago was eating tires. I told him to swing by and I'd have a look at it. I was pretty much expecting a misaligned or bent axle. What I found was beyond belief. Who ever owned it before must of...
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    Moving large quantity of outboards

    I am looking at a big move soon. I've accumulated a lot of stuff here over the past 45 or so years and now am looking at moving everything to a new location. My biggest concern is how to move roughly 1,000 to 1,500 various size outboards safely over 1000 miles. The big machines are no...
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    185 psi compression in a 1970 60hp?

    A few years back I cleaned out an old OMC dealer who had closed up back in 1972. In the many parts were several factory new power heads, all for electric shift motors. Most were 55hp and 60hp three cylinder models. They sat on a shelf for a few years but I finally found a use for the one 60hp...
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    Tohatsu 40hp M40C

    I became the new owner of an earlier Tohatsu 40hp long shaft outboard last week. It runs fine but its missing it's manual recoil starter assembly. What years interchange? This motor is blue with a silver top. The cowl has a cutout for the pull handle, I can see at least three points where it...
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    To sell or not to sell?

    About two years ago I picked up an 18' Starchief project boat. I say project boat because the original motor had a bad power tilt/trim unit, the deck has a few soft spots, and it needs paint. It was on a boat lift, in freshwater it's whole life, and I was able to drive it roughly 25 miles home...
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    Added one to the fleet today

    Another Starcraft joined the rest today, sort of by accident but it turned out to be a better deal than I had expected. So far the best I can tell it's a 1960 Voyager, someone has redone the deck with new plywood with two layers of glass over top, and done a poured transom using what appears to...
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    Force 50 compression difference

    More than 10% difference in compression in any cylinder would indicate a problem to me. It could be carbon but chances are with an older motor like that your looking at bigger problems. (Not sure how this happened but my reply is showing up as the first post here)?
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    Top Mount Kit?

    I picked up a box of misc 9.9 and 15hp parts at a flea market last weekend, in it is a box marked OMC Top Mount Kit. The kit consists of a red lever, another small bracket with a pulley, and some bolts. The part number is rubbed away. Most of the stuff was all from the late 70's. Does anyone...
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    35hp outboard ID?

    I picked up a Mercury 35hp Oil Injected motor today in what appears to be pretty decent shape. The things been sitting for a long while but it's got no sign of saltwater use and good compression. Where can I find the model number on one of these? I don't see any number tags on the bracket area...
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    Mercury Keys?

    Might anyone know what info I need off an outboard control to order keys? I picked up a pair of motors but no keys with the controls. Both are mid 80's motors. I don't see any numbers on the ignition switches at all? I took both down to a local locksmith and he couldn't even find a blank to fit...
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    side mounted steering?

    I've been knocking around a few ideas lately on how to set up my 17' Duratech Sportboat, I was leaning towards stick steering and a forward mounted pedestal seat but was wondering if anyone has ever used a standard helm and wheel mounted on the side in place of the stick steer set up? I sort of...
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    81, Evinrude 60 twin stuck

    A buddy of mine came over today with his 1981 Evinrude 60 which he's been running for a few years now. Someone told him the starter was bad so he showed up with the motor on the boat and a brand new starter. To make a long story short, the motor is was stuck, I pulled the head, found what looks...
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    5 1/2 hp shift lever

    Might anyone know if the shift lever off of a 1961 Evinrude 5 1/2 HP will fit on a 1964 Johnson 5 1/2 HP CD21? (The old one on my good running Johnson has been gone for years, I've been shifting it with permanently attached vise grips for about 20 years now, I have the chance to buy a seized...
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    Gale or Sea King 15hp???

    I bought a lot of motors today, all running, but there's one 1960-61 15hp Gale or Seaking that lacks all tags and decals. It's been completely stripped and repainted in fresh white paint, and there's no decals or markings saying what this was other than a gold foil sticker inside the cover...
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    Anyone ever sold a project midway?

    Let me start by saying that I was about to give my 16' Starcraft SS a final light sanding, a dusting of primer, and the first finish coat today, I had pulled it out of the garage, emptied out all the interior pieces, seats, cushions, and any of the other parts that got tossed in the boat after I...
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    Starcraft Seafarer seats?

    I picked up a 1972 Starcraft Seafarer 14' boat yesterday for almost nothing. Other than the fact that all three bench seats are broken, the rest of the boat is super clean. The original seats are 5/4" x 12" teak or mahogany planks with aluminum boxes attached below for strength. Might anyone...
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    Honda BF75 and BF100

    I picked up a baker's dozen of these motors the other day, they were leftover from a rental or guide service that shut down years ago. All are mid 80's era motors, a few run, none pump water, two are siezed, and two won't shift and have missing parts. Two of the BF75 motors look new but are...
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    Transom cap material?

    This has been brought up before, but I figured I'd see if anyone has any new ideas. I'm in the process of redoing several transoms, one a Starcraft SS, for which its thin aluminum transom cap is no longer usable, and two other smaller boats, also both aluminum. For the one, I'm raising the...
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    Ideas for repairing cut down aluminum transom?

    I picked up a super clean 16' aluminum boat today but a former owner apparently wanted it to be a 15" transom vs the original 20" transom and took a Sawzall to it. They cut out a trapezoid shaped section 5" down and about 18" across the top, leaving bare wood and metal exposed. I need it to be...
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