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    You guys have me very paranoid. Shifting issue

    88 Baja 180 Islander w/ a OMC 350 and Cobra outdrive. New Cap, Rotor, Plugs, wires, points and condenser. Dwell right at 30. Also just rebuilt the carb, runs perfect. One of the issues is with the timing. Initial according to my light is set at 18 with total advance at 30. It starts, runs and...
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    Quadrajet question

    I finally pulled my carb apart for a quick cleaning, and I noticed something. The carb doesn't have the secondary well tubes, and it doesn't look like they were ever in there. Doing some research, I have found one guy who said some marine carbs came without them, but it wasn't all that common...
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    New boat with a few OMC questions

    Well after a year and a half rebuilding a pontoon, I decided I needed a little more speed. After a month and a half of searching, I finally bought a 88 Baja islander 180 with a OMC 350/Cobra outdrive. The boat is nice and dry, the original interior is in great shape and everything works so I'm...
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    1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild

    Re: 1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild Well, the motor is on the stand and the transom is out. Time to get to work.
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    1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild

    Re: 1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild Well, trailer was rented for 2 days, tank filled and boat loaded. The first splash of the boat was all set. I figured the seats could wait, we had lawn chairs. Launched the boat, started and it ran great. Pulled away from the launch while someone else...
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    The 2 things I learned today

    I'll just start out by saying I'm new to boating. By me telling this may save another new boater from a afternoon of head scratching and cussing while others look on. Today was the first splash of the pontoon I've been repairing, it all started great. Unloaded and it actually floated, I was...
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    1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild

    Re: 1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild Well, it's coming along. Slowly. I have all of the bigger parts built, so all of the small things are left. When you finish a small part, you really don't get the satifaction of the bigger components. I did have it running this past Sun. It runs and shifts...
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    1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild

    Re: 1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild Carb is rebuilt and ready to go back on. I need to clean some of the wiring up on the engine, but it should run this weekend. The old carb parts are in the bag. The second picture is the wiring on the terminal block, the rest isn't any better.
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    1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild

    Re: 1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild The battery fairy just dropped a present off. 2 new batteries and a new gas tank. We are getting closer to making it float.
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    1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild

    Re: 1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild It really wasn't rotten, just soft. I didn't see any black mold, or what ever it is. It was green so I assumed it was treated. It was just soft where the pieces joined. I know the original owner and he bought it new, he just didn't cover it the last 5 years...
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    1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild

    Re: 1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild I figured the boat needed tunes while we are out on the lake. The only place I could think of is in the armrests to keep feet from kicking the speakers. All I did was copy the original armrest while adding a few braces to make sure they survived for a few...
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    1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild

    Re: 1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild On to the seats. I saved all of the old seats to use as templates for the new ones. Most of the seats were used with scraps from the pattern shop next door. If I could afford to use this wood, I would use it for everything ($350.00 per sheet) It is lazer...
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    1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild

    Re: 1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild Here is the console I built. This is the first one I have ever built, and I already want to build it over. I built it bigger than the original, but I should have went bigger. The pontoon never had gauges, but there will be a few when time permits. (money...
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    1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild

    Re: 1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild On to the railings. When I first removed them, I figured I could slide the thin pieces out of the railings. After about 3 hrs of trying, I gave up. We ended (wife and I) taping all of the parts we wanted bare aluminum off and spraying the flat pieces the color...
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    1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild

    Re: 1984 Aqua Patio budget rebuild After all of the floor was removed, I discovered that all of the fasteners that held the supports to the pontoons were a very low grade standard bolt. They were all loose without any washers. One of my friends had a bunch of stainless bolts leftover from a...
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