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    Problem with 07' Lund Tyee 1750!!

    Today I was out on my 07' Lund Tyee 1750GS for a nice cruise with my 8 year old daughter and friend of mine. Very calm water, no wind lots of boats out and about so we crossed quite a few boat wakes at about 20mph. To the issue, When I went to winch the boat on the trailer I notice that the port...
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    2007 Lund Tyee Honda kicker steering question

    Hi all, I recently purchased this boat new. It's a Tyee Grand Sport with a Honda 115 and a 9.9 kicker. Right now the 9.9 is on a tiller. I want to use the Honda tie bar that mounts to the front of the motors to tie them together and then install a second set of controls for the kicker. I have...
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    1978 Mercury 402 smoking

    Hi all, I have a 78 402 that I rebuilt the whole power head and it runs great. However, I hit a car, yes a car underwater the other day going very slow about 2mph and it jolted the boat a little. the motor kept running and runs great but now there is quite a bit of smoke coming from the bottom...
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    78 402 Is this the correct piston?

    Hi all, I am rebuilding a 78 402. I had the cylinders bored .015" over and ordered new pistons. The new pistons (sierra part# 18-4152) have a big hole machined in the side of them, my stock pistons do not. Can I still use these pistons or are they the wrong ones? Besides the hole they are...
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    1978 402 Blew the top of the cylinder off!

    Well the title says it all, trolling along and then it died. Got it apart and found the lower cylinder casing where the spark plug goes in completely blown off the cylinder!! I have a used power head on the bench and was going to make one good motor out of the two. Any tips or things to look out...
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    1978 Mercury 402 "Mercurys Mistake"?

    Hi all,<br />New guy to the forum here, been on the water since I was 2. I recently picked up a boat that has a 78 40hp 402 and I went to the local Mercury dealer to get some parts and he says that this motor was "Mercurys Mistake" and should never have been made. Its a complete piece of junk...
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