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    Bubbles on outdrive?

    I put my new to me boat in its slip and the next day noticed hundreds of tiny bubbles on the surface of my Volvo 280 outdrive. This is my first sterndrive boat, all others were outboards or straight inboards, not my first time wet slipping either. I initially thought I was having some sort of...
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    No limber holes

    not sure if this is the right place for this.... My new to me 20’ glass cabin skiff with Volvo outdrive has ZERO limber holes. The hull appears to be a have water tight sections below deck. No holes from the bow aft, between the keel, stringers to keel, frames/bulkheads. The engine area looks...
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    Volvo 280 new to me

    My head is spinning... this is my very first outdrive boat, all others have been straight inboards or outboards, but no inboard/outboards. Just bought a boat with a Volvo 280 drive and AQ135. I was told and can see that the boot/bellows for the driveshaft is starting to tear. I can easily...
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    Opions on shaft lengths

    I know outboard shaft lengths have been talked about since the dawn of time, but I'd like some input nonetheless. I've got an 11' RIB/inflatable boat. It calls for a short shaft motor. I've used my Yamaha F8 shorty with success. I'd like to put a larger motor on it so it'll plane with more than...
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    Parts required for "Homemade" trailer?

    I'm in the state of Washington. I acquired a small trailer for my inflatable boat. No title, no registration, data sticker faded beyond recondition. Trailer was made my King trailers as there is still a logo sticker on the tongue. I sent an email to King and they had me look in a particular...
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    Going to a smaller OB?

    I have a 20’ plywood cabin cruiser that weighs 1100lbs empty from the factory. It was made in 1966 and is “rated” at 110hp. It came new with twin Merc 500’s. I’m assuming that the Boat was designed with twin OB’s in mind in ‘66. It has a very wide transom notch and splash well. I yanked the...
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    Switching BACK to mechanical fuel pumps?

    I have older pre-vortec inboard mercruiser carbed 350's. They both run well, one of them was just rebuilt in fact. The problem I'm having is with the fuel pumps. Someone before me converted over to electric pumps, like these https://www.summitracing.com/parts/crt-p4389. That in itself isn't...
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    Carb 350 different idle speeds

    I've got a '96 Mercruiser 350 with an edelbrock 1409. I'm not sure how long ago the carb was rebuilt, but it's rusty and missing the choke coil. It starts right up and runs good. It's fed by a sierra electric fuel pump. The problem is the idle speed is all over the map. When warmed up it...
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    Are these manifolds regular or dry joint?

    My mechanic tells me these are dry joint manifolds. When I pressed him about it he says the manifold itself is the same between the two, it's just that a dry joint manifold has a different riser and that a blocking gasket is used between the manifold and riser. I think these manifolds are old...
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    351/Paragon transmission dies in reverse

    I have a 351 with paragon transmission. It started stalling in reverse but did ok with a little throttle. Today it stopped going in reverse completely. Happened when docking. Luckily it's just me at the boathouse so no audience as I got sideways in the slip. I reved it up to 2k in a desperate...
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    F8 stalling second opinion

    Hi, so I used my new to me 2011(ish) F8 today for the first time. Got it started, it wouldn't really do a low idle without pulling the choke to keep it running. So I figured it needed the idle jet cleaned out, but after some high idling it ran ok at low idle. It has tons of power and will throw...
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    Just bought a new motor for my RIB but didn't realize it was a high thrust

    So as the title states, I bought a new(used) Yamaha 8hp 4 stroke for my RIB and didn't notice until I got home that it says high thrust on the cowl.. Can't get the exact model number since the sticker is worn away, but the motor looks new. I got a number off the emissions label but that didn't...
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    351W Died then won't run right

    I have an old Palmer Thermo Electron 351W that has been running great. Then one night around 12/23 it start surging and stalled. It kinda started again, with difficulty, then died again never to restart. The next day it started fine. I let it warm up and it surged again and died after about...
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    C.G. Certificate of Doccumentation?

    I'm not sure if anyone here knows the C.G. regulations or not, but I'm having a hard time getting that info online. I bought a C.G. registered vessel with an expired Certificate of Documentation(C.O.D.) The previous owner said that he tried to send a check to renew the COD and it got returned...
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    Why do I have two thermostats?

    I replaced all the hoses on my starboard engine and in the process discovered two thermostats. I'd like to know why, and try to figure out if I might have installed one backwards(I reused the old thermostat). After I replaced all the hoses I refilled the antifreeze and now it seems I'm running...
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