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    Cracked block or just cylinder head??

    Well I got another project boat really cheap and had a lot of potential until I started it for the first time. Started up and ran good until water started pouring out both sides if the engine! I knew there was a problem somewhere snce there was water in the oil when i changed it before...
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    Change your impeller!!!!!!!

    I got a new project boat, a 1996 four winns 180 with a volvo 4.3. I hate inboards anyway, but in the process of going through everything and performing all of the routine maintenance before I start a boat thats been sitting for awhile, i found this!!!! free image host I have a stack of...
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    I think I have a problem....and avertet disaster!

    I got a new project boat, a 1996 four winns 180 and had to pick it up a little over 2 hours away. It had been sitting for awhile, and I was even prepared and brought a spare and floor jack in case of a problem. Everything looked ok when i hooked it up, and even stopped for gas after 30 minutes...
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    Submerged 2000 four winns 180 project

    Well I like project boats, but never had one quite this extensive so thought I would document my torture here. The south carolina flooding last fall crushed this boats windshield on the boatlift when it rose, and then was completely submerged. The owner recovered it and took it to the...
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    Gale Buccaneer 5D10B 5 hp questions

    I've had this outboard my brother gave me and am attempting to get it running. I started it up last summer after some work and had some issues so trying to get them fixed as a winter project. A couple of the issues I had was it started and ran fine, but It got blistering hot quickly and I...
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    Do I really need a 13P prop??

    Ok, I recently purchased a 1995 sea ray 175 and took it out for the first time this weekend. Has a 21p stainless stiletto prop on the 125 mercury outboard. This boat is definitely heavier than my 92 dynatrak fish and ski I had previously, which was overpropped when I got it as well. I could...
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    What is this hole where water is coming from under the cowl? 92 115 hp mercury

    Just redid my fuel lines, new bulb, and rebuild fuel pump on my 1992 mercury 115 4 cyl. Put it on the muffs to start it up and make sure everything is running good. Everything was fine, but I had the cowl off to look for leaks and noticed this spot where water was coming out of a little hole...
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    Points, timing, all that stuff oh my!

    Ok I have been soaking up the info here and have read everything I can, but I am not a mechanic and know just enough to be dangerous, so have a few quick questions. I have a 72 Johnson 9.5 seahorse that is in excellent condition, but had no spark. I have cleaned it up, totally rebuilt the...
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