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    Wilker Boats

    Anyone have a Wilker boat from late 60's early seventies? I am looking for pictures of how the galaxie originally looked. I have one and am trying to get it back to original. thanks Duane
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    Bayliner or FourWinds?

    thinking about buying new boat and pretty much have it down to either a Bayliner 175 or a Fourwinds 180le anyone have any idea which is better the bayliner I can get for 1500.00 cheaper. Bayliner is 145000.00 and the Fourwinds is 15999.00 what do you all think? Duane
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    Wilker boat ID?

    I have a wilker boat and the only thing to tell me what it is is the steel plate on the transom from the Department of Transport. On the plate the reg. number is MOT11785 model Galaxie 15 built by Wilker Boats LTD, Boat identifier on bow is ON2168772. Any idea when this boat was made? The Merc...
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    reverse woes are back

    okay so I got my boat running pretty good the reverse and the forwards were working. I lost most of my throttle when in forward so I adjusted the shifter cable and voila have the right power now going forward unfortunately now I lost my reverse again. Does it make sense that in order to have...
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    motor dies

    Okay you guys got me up and running when my reverse wouldn't work lets try again. Having 2 issues one is that the motor ('71 merc 65hp) will only go maybe half speed, but then I turned the boat around and it started to go full out, have checked and can't see the cable binding and now it won't go...
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    reverse woes

    Hey out there. I am having huge issues with my 71 merc 65hp outboard. It will shift into forward and neutral, but will not go into reverse if using the shift lever. I can however get it to go into reverse by manually putting it into reverse. When using the shifter the cable will not go all the...
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