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    New seals for fuel filler

    I'd like to replace the seals on my boat's fuel filler. It is a 1996 Four Winns Sundowner 205, there's a long thread about my boat and the Ford 302 engine (that I rebuilt last year)https://forums.iboats.com/threads/1996-four-winns-sundowner-with-5-0-cobra-engine-and-drive.766501/ , so far I've...
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    Anyone have experience with exterminating Rats?

    When we were kids there was a local disused limestone quarry that was being used as a landfill rubbish tip site, a short walk from that there was a sewage processing plant and various walking trails around the area, a small river, an old apple orchard, stretch of old disused railway line...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Thanks for all replies. The marina did email me back, they said they couldn't be sure from my pics but thought my drive looked like a late Cobra drive... But last year I was convinced it was a Volvo SX spec drive and I seem to remember further back on this thread other people telling me it...
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    Prop Selection - Bayliner 175

    Is prop slip similar to torque convertor slip and stall speed? Hypothetical boat tied to a dock so it can't move, the faster the prop spins the more slip but also tries to push the boat with more force. There is obviously some slip relative to boat speed or the boat would need a clutch or...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    I think I found out why the drain plug and seals I bought didn't fit, I bought the wrong parts, bought to fit an OMC drive not a Volvo SX drive. I found this out today when I phoned a marina, they told me to email a pic of my drive and they'd advise which plugs and seals to buy. I found an...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Starting to think about what I still need to do to the boat before the start of the season... Need to change the drive oil but also want to replace the bottom drain plug, top dipstick plug, I forget if there's also a middle level plug(?). It is a 1995/6 OMC Cobra setup with Ford engine and...
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    Prop Selection - Bayliner 175

    I agree with Jlh3rd that compression test should really be done with the plugs out and open throttle but that is more likely to increase the pressure reading than anything else - Other plugs removed so other cylinders don't have compression so the starter will crank the engine faster leading to...
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    Prop Selection - Bayliner 175

    A dynamic compression test will usually read higher than static compression because the compression heats up the air in the cylinder. If you could turn the engine slowly enough to allow the heat of compression to dissipate a 10:1 engine would read max 150psi and probably lower if the inlet...
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    Lexus Oil Leaks and Mechanic (Woes)

    Heh, I convert vehicles to run on propane and know exactly what you mean about those Chrysler connectors.
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    Listing to port side

    Seems a few people know this type of boat with unusual hull cutout section are/were built (trout fishing boats?). Some have said designed for engines between 9.9 and 40hp. I wonder if this particular boat was designed for an engine toward the lower end of that 9.9>40hp rating scale and if...
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    Four Wins Volvo Penta stiff steering

    Watching this thread because my 1995 Four Winns with Volvo/OMC Cobra/Ford 5.0 has play in the steering and this is a similar subject. It isn't stiff to turn but if I steer one way I have to turn it some distance the other way before it steers the drive moves the other way, I don't know if this...
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    Steve Irwin loved all animals including lizards but stingrays will always have a special place in his heart
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    Attempting a motor rebuild

    If honing or boring a 2 stroke block do the ports need any further work to prevent damaging the rings? I don't know if 2 stroke ports can be sharp edged like they'd be after a bore / hone or need to have a tapered edge.
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Been months since my last post, not much boating going on in England in January! I've been doing a it of work on the boat on and off. The cabin furnishings were all dirty with the overhead carpeting / rat fur water stained in places. The carpet in the open rear was dirty. I bought a small...
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