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    Manual Tilt Lock Kit?

    I just bought a 1973 Evinrude 25 H.P. outboard and after putting it on my boat realized it doesn't have a tilt lock. Well, it does but it seems totally useless. It is supposed to work. with friction. You tighten the bolt, but how many bumps travelling down a road before the bolt loosens and...
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    1973 EVINRUDE 25 HP

    I found an electrician to install.
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    TRANSOM ISSUES!!!!

    Hi Mike, I am afraid it will be too tight because I had to buy a plate with tilt tube because the motor doesn't have one so I can run my sterring cable through it. I have to put that between my transom and the tighten down bolts.
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    1973 EVINRUDE 25 HP

    Its a 1973 and I think the starter is on one side and the rest on the other.
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    TRANSOM ISSUES!!!!

    The transom didn't expand because it was wet, I added layers and layers not knowing what I was doing . I made it so wide the motor wont fit now. I am not going to rip out my transom. I just need to make it not so wide and am asking how to do that. I cut the fiberglass out so my motor will fit...
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    1973 EVINRUDE 25 HP

    Thanks I have the manual and can find wiring diagrams. I need information on where the starter solenoid sits, where its attached, how to get the remote start harness and battery cables through to the motor.
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    TRANSOM ISSUES!!!!

    Hello, I had to repair a very little of rot out near the top of the outer edge my transom a few years back and when I re-fiberglassed(which I was new to doing) my transom became much bigger and wider. My Mercury still fit on the transom so no problem. But I bought another motor and it won't...
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    1973 EVINRUDE 25 HP

    The last owner took all the electric start parts off the motor and I want to put them back on. Its pretty obvious where the starter goes but the rest??? What wires to what? I can't read wiring diagrams. I have the controls and harness with key and sart/choke button which all look in good shape...
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    1973 Evinrude 25hp stering

    I am thinking of replacing my Mercury with a older evinrude but not if its a huge hastle. I have cable stering set up ith my Mercury but this 1973 Evinrude uses an old pulley system, which I am not into using. I there adapters so this evinrude can use my exsiting cable? Or something? I have...
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    CRACK IN KEEL

    I'll post pictures as I go along....any comments and/or suggestions are welcome!
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    CRACK IN KEEL

    Guess, I just have to buckle down and just get her done.
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    CRACK IN KEEL

    I wish! I would love to be apprentise to a boat builder for a year!
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    CRACK IN KEEL

    Anyone, going on a road trip by Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada! Ha Ha!
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    CRACK IN KEEL

    upon inspection, wood from the keel is sticking out of the fiberglass all the way to the back.. from the rollers i'd imagine, and it feels like silicone was used. What a mess!
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    CRACK IN KEEL

    Thanks guys, but I don't have a garage. The boat sits under a shelter logic. I managed to get a neighbour over to help me take the boat off the trailer and put it on blocks, and that was a lot of work. I hope my neighbours back it ok! By how that went I am asuming 4 strong guys and myself...
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    CRACK IN KEEL

    Wow, major job! I did not make this boat. I just have done a little work to it. I put in a floor, re-built part of the tramsom, and put a new deck on it. Sorry Scott I don't know what your abbreviations stand for. Could your please write out in full. Flip the boat upside down...! Not going...
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    CRACK IN KEEL

    The inside of the boat is bare, exposed ribbing. Can't see any damage from the inside. No cracks. Its fairly difficult to fiberglass over and around something isn't it? without getting bubbles and gaps?
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    CRACK IN KEEL

    Hello, I have a homemade 14' boat and it is leaking water right now. I assume it is from the crack in my keel. The piece is lose, and I want any suggestions as to how to repair this. Should I go back to where ist is still firm and attached and make a cut to remove the piece and then make a...
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    modify my boat trailer for a longer boat

    Hi, I have a 12-13 foot homemade boat which I tow on a roller trailer and I want to put a 17-18 foot homemade boat on ny trailer to get it home. The boat has no motor. Can I extend the tongue and move the bow stop to hold 18 feet? I am not so worried about weight as the boat is super light...
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    WATER JACKET/HEAD GASKET 1987 25 HP 2 STROKE MERCURY

    My readings are considered low? Great!
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