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    Can't sync my 2003 25 hp 2 stroke...

    So the problem was in fact cable travel, but due to stupid cause. Side mounted controls, and the throttle lever hit the helm at WOT. Wasn't obvious since it went almost all the way. After fixing that I was able to adjust the cable to WOT, and there was still enough travel now to preload lever D...
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    1997 5.7L thunderbolt ignition. Slow crank

    Whelp, was hoping for your sake that AD was wrong... Time to upgrade!
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    Artificial Intelligence

    Yes, but you can use +/- and get the desired behavior, right? Just can't use actual boolean operators?
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    Tools that younger people would not recognize.

    I thought I was old because I recognized drum brakes.
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    Drain gas tank to tell where empty is.

    One of the many things that I've considered doing is to just splice in a rheostat so that I can in fact fine tune the fuel gauge. I don't rely on it at all though...I track how far I've gone every time I fill up, I get about 4 mpg on a 27 gal tank, never go farther than 80 miles before refueling.
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    Drain gas tank to tell where empty is.

    You bend the arm, if you're feeling frisky you can change the float position.
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    470 to 120 swap

    Hey, Terry! I used a Sierra HG in 2011 that was still fine in 2020 when I pulled the engine...
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    Drain gas tank to tell where empty is.

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    1997 5.7L thunderbolt ignition. Slow crank

    How have you tried to turn it? Are you moving it a teeny tiny bit or are you actually doing it correctly? I'm thinking the former because of the whole "valves aren't moving" comment. 2 rotations of the engine and you would have seen everything moving. Have you checked the oil? Did you disconnect...
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    Fuel pump cutting out, 4.3 merc

    No relay on there. Correct, though who knows with an intermittent problem EDIT: my thread on an intermittent oil pressure sender failure https://forums.iboats.com/threads/oil-pressure-sender-failure-modes.779829/
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    Mechanic tricks?

    These are great! I'm going to need to take some of the vw tools off your hands
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    Do it yourself Pumpout?

    I've often said that if restaurants provide take out drinks then they should have to provide a bathroom...that said, this is slightly different.
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    1997 5.7L thunderbolt ignition. Slow crank

    A truck cam works fine, may need a composite head gasket and brass core plugs, though my 2003 block already had both. Stick with a carb. Your 97 may or may not be a vortec engine. If you got a newer vortec block and combine it with a 4bbl carb that would be a nice upgrade. Otherwise you'd need a...
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    1997 5.7L thunderbolt ignition. Slow crank

    You're looking to see that all the valves are opening/closing, no bent push rods, rockers in place. Turn engine by hand to feel for binding at a particular point, grinding etc. pulling a truck motor and swapping everything should be straight forward but usually a few speed bumps if the vintages...
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    Mechanic tricks?

    Well, same here but my 15 yo didn't know about it. Just something you pick up. How about welding a nut to remove something stripped, using a torx bit to remove a stripped Allen screw, etc. A lot of obvious stuff that might not be obvious, or just didn't get picked up. Especially diy'ers without...
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