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    Pre Alpha Trim Sender/Limit Upgrade?

    I'm gonna see if I can fit the late model "puck sender/switch to my early gimbal ring. It'll take some fabwork, but I think I can git 'er done! Like I said, I have the whole she-bang for alpha setup if I hafta. It just looks cooler 😎 without the ears.
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    Pre Alpha Trim Sender/Limit Upgrade?

    Me too! The boat is a '75 Aluminum StarCraft SS 18. I have all the components off an '86 to outfit it with Alpha hardware, but I jus gotta be different I guess..
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    Pre Alpha Trim Sender/Limit Upgrade?

    Anyone ever fab a set of trim sender/ limit switches to a #1 sterndrive ring an' housing? I'm fixin' to do this very thing. Just wondering if I was the only fruitloop who would go through that much work to keep that tiny transom plate profile the #1's have.
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    88 35hp Secondary Throttle Geometry

    My secondary throttle pickup screw is not positioned correctly to slide along the backside of the pickup arm like it should. It drives itself into the end of the arm instead. Any suggestions?
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    79 70hp runs with carbs covered by hand

    Howdy Gents... 1979 70hp... All new fuel lines in and out, new fuel pump. Freshly meticulously rebuilt carbs, 140# compression on all cylinders. Spark on all cylinders. To get it to start I have to push the throttle full, then, after cranking for a second hit the choke,...as she catches on and...
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    Disabling VRO oil intake.

    Howdy fellas, long time no see. Couple years ago I got a hankerin' for a center-console, so I went and bought a Fisherman 180 with a 115hp, circa 1979. It took a bit but she's running good. Well, the guy I bought her from, a marina owner, talked me into another one, an 86 model, with a 150hp...
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    '79 Wellcraft Fisherman 180 Questions

    Just acquired a Wellcraft Fisherman 180 and it seems awefully wide in transom engine cutout area to have come with just one engine. The HIN, WELB0795M79D-180F, suggests it's from 1979. The present motor is a '78 Evinrude 85hp V4 that runs good but looks like someone drug behind a truck on a...
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    Help!! Need info on a Baretta Success 185

    I've just acquired a 1990 BARETTA, it's a SUCCESS 185, 18.5ft w/ AQ131C 4cyl motor and SP-A volvo outdrive. The wiring is in two conditions, either fried or missing. Someone pulled every wire from under the dash and left it for dead, its dead all right. I rigged the motor to run on it's own, no...
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