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    Gear Oil Leak - Possible Yoke Seal

    Re: Gear Oil Leak - Possible Yoke Seal I just installed the sleeve and after setting it with a few good whacks, it ended up being flush with the surface. Have a look. I pre-cut it just in case I needed to remove the installation ring. Should I worry about removing and risk damaging the...
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    Gear Oil Leak - Possible Yoke Seal

    Re: Gear Oil Leak - Possible Yoke Seal Couple more questions: Below is my yoke and the surface which the seal rides on. The seal and oring themselves were pretty hard so I know they weren't providing the right compression they needed to seal the drive. But take a look at my yoke seal...
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    Gear Oil Leak - Possible Yoke Seal

    Re: Gear Oil Leak - Possible Yoke Seal Can I use the aluminum bearing spacer/housing as the base surface to push against to slide the bearing off a little, or will it be too much force and possibly damage the spacer? This way I won't have to touch the bearing closest to the gear and can just...
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    Gear Oil Leak - Possible Yoke Seal

    Re: Gear Oil Leak - Possible Yoke Seal A little surface rust on the u-joint assembly. more surface rust on the u-joints Pressure test rig, in case someone is interested in how I performed it.
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    Gear Oil Leak - Possible Yoke Seal

    Hey guys, Over the past two seasons I've noticed that my gear oil in the reservoir drops slightly over the year during use, to where i have to add enough to bring it up from the low level line to the fill line. I know it is probably the yoke seal after reading other posts in this forum. After...
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    MotorGuide Wireless 55 - Controller Not Responding

    This year all of a sudden when I turn power on to the unit I get a single short beep, sometimes, not all the time. And then get no response when using the wireless foot control pad, not even a beep when I turn the unit on and off. I've replaced the battery in the foot pad and disassembled and...
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    Spark Knock

    Hey guys. I took the boat out over the holiday weekend, first time since striper season in January. Full tank of gas with Startron fuel/ethanol treatment at the last fill up in January. Anyway, no problems with the motor ran fine as usual, but when I went to link it out I noticed when it got...
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    Sealing Gunnel Panels.....type of caulk for easy removal later

    I have some gunnel or gunwale panels that serve as rod storage on my boat. Access behind the panels is required for wiring maintenance if ever need be. What type of caulking can I use to seal the panel to the floor that would make for a fairly easy removal in the future? I know not to use 3M...
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    30 hp Mariner - Marathon

    Looking to buy a 30hp mariner outboard. I'm wanting to hear from anyone that's owned one about any major problems to lookout for or if the motor is a good all around motor. It hasn't been run in 5 years but has been kept inside a shop. I've attached a photo of the serial no. tag. Can anyone...
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    Rear Engine Mounts

    I'm back with another problem on my friends boat. While we had the outdrive removed so we could replace the water hose between the bell housing and the transom, I decided to recheck the engine alignment on the new motor we installed. The first sign that the alignment was off was the outdrive...
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    Hot Risers

    Helping a friend of mine with his new engine break in. We installed his new 350 from Michigan Motorz and got the timing set and engine running good. Engine is raw water cooled. We noticed that the risers were getting pretty hot on the muffs, water was flowing out the relief ports and the prop...
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    Thermostat Housing Gasket

    New 5.7L motor from Michigan Motorz. I installed the San Juan Full Closed Cooling Kit that I had on my previous motor. I have pressure tested the closed cooling system to check for leaks before i fill with antifreeze. I pressurize to 15 psi and it will leak down to 14 psi in 10 minutes...
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    Edelbrock 1409 and other ?'s

    hey guys, getting ready to fire my new engine up this weekend and have a couple of questions: 1) There is an un-capped port just under the flame arrestor on the fuel inlet side of my 1409 carb, should this be capped? What's it used for? 2) The fuel in my tank has been in there since...
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    Mechanical Oil Pressure Gauge

    I was thinking of installing a permanent mechanical oil pressure gauge to the engine, tee it in right below the oil alarm switch......1) for oil pump priming purposes before i install the engine and 2) for having another check point in case my electrical gauge fails (which happened last year)...
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    New Motor Break In Procedure

    Well, finally have a new motor......went with the 5.7 Vortec Silver Package from Michigan Motorz minus the distributor. I'm keeping the TB 5 ignition system from the old motor. I went with the high rise aluminum intake with the Edelbrock Carb 1409. I know I'll have to properly break the motor...
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