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    converting 1981 15HP fm short to long shaft

    bought a long shaft lower gear on ebay and am ready to install it on my 1981 short shaft 15 HP evrinrude. have not done this before so need lots of help. Mostly wondering if i need more parts to complete the installation. the only things in the long shaft showing are the gear shaft and the...
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    converting short to long shaft

    recently bought a lower case long shaft to change out into my short shaft 15 HP 'rude'. Pics are included. Bought this on ebay and am a novice at this. Don't know if I am going to need more parts or not. As you can see from the pics the shift rod is visible...but nothing else (other than the...
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    Serious cooling problem?

    Have my Clymer's manual and the no. 2 manual from the manual website on this forum and have been trying to winterize and 'layup' and winterize my boat (302 ford model 888) for the months of Nov through Mar. Can't believe the recommendations...sure need to be mechanically inclined to own and...
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    Vibration when underway

    Haven't had this boat long. Posted another question about my sterndrive. Sorry to be redundant. Wanted to post this different under a different subject. When idling this 302 sounds great! Everyone that has witnessed this gem comments about how good the engine sounds. Smooth and strong...
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    confused...again...about sterndrive

    Don't know if my Mercruiser sterndrive is a Mercruiser one or ???? My boat is a 1975 21 fter Mercruiser 302. Have been viewing the sterndrive manuals on this forum and it would appear the manual that would apply to my drive would be #2 1975 - is that correct? Someone suggested manual #4 for...
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    Uh oh...worried about winterizing

    Pulled my 1975 glasply 21 fter 302 mercruiser i/o out of salt water last weekend. Have been working on winterizing. Ran some salt-a-way with muffs couple of days ago. Has a closed loop fresh water system. Pulled the plug on the bottom part of the heat exchanger and tubes to/fro the H/E...did...
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    Antifreeze in my exhaust manifolds

    Tell me it is alright to have antifreeze in my exhaust manifolds. A newbie here and was draining fluids (not antifreeze in engine) from exhaust manifolds...nothing but antifreeze! My understanding was that salt water circulated through the exhaust manifolds through a heat transfer unit. Am I...
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    Trailer wobbler rollers...ribbed or smooth

    Have an old calkins trailer whose wobbler rollers have corroded so bad they do not turn. They are 5 in on a 3/4 shaft...two questions: 1) don't know how to remove the shafts. They are so corroded can't get a wrench on them or knock the pins? out to unbolt the shaft. so am considering 2)...
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