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    3 liter knocking noise VIDEO

    i have a knocking noise coming from the oil pan area used one of those stethoscopes to pinpoint where it was coming from. All compression readings were great 140-145 PSI, engine fires right up. Here is a link to a YouTube video: https://youtu.be/RW4aRk9_A_U Just loaded up today since I'm...
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    15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question.

    Re: 15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question. Sorry, my wife has motivated me to get the paint booth out of the center of our back yard, so I've been working to get the hull painted and in the garage for floor and transom install. I'm quite proud of the progress made...there are so many...
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    '04 E-tec bought today 50 hp...what should I do now?

    I just purchased this e-tec in great condition from what I can tell...what should I do just run it and have some fun, or should I change the impeller or something else? I'm used to stuff from the '60's so this motor blows me away how advanced it is over those. How reliable is the monitoring...
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    I couldn't pass this one up

    So I'm working on my 16' StarCraft Holiday rebuild, and something like this popped up. I figured, and I realize it may just be a minor case of MBS, and therefore I Justified that the motor was something I couldn't pass on, the electric trolling motor, all of it was too good to let go, also it...
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    15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question.

    Re: 15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question. Trilux33 first coat on completely project is getting rapidly more expensive thank goodness West Marine had the stuff at 20% off this weekend one more coat ought to do it. Transom pieces cut today...just need some glue and its ready. Paint...
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    15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question.

    Re: 15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question. Shark hide, huh, never heard of it...too late anyway now I put down some primocon from interlux going to follow up with trilux33. Pics attached of primocon. First coat of Trilux going on today. Trilux on, but not completed 80$ per...
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    15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question.

    Re: 15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question. Got some more work done...I'm glad the weather cooperated. Couldn't leak check and didn't have time for plywood purchase. Can someone tell me why I can't get the dash out from these pictures? What more needs to be removed? Almost ready for...
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    15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question.

    Re: 15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question. I have done a lot of work on my house carpentry, etc. and this project here will be a joy-filled break from that. I will power the Holiday with a 1968 Evinrude 40 hp electric shift that I re-rung and brought back from the dead last year with...
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    15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question.

    Re: 15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question. Here's a couple more...enjoy.
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    15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question.

    Re: 15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question. I think I figured the pictures out...its a 71" beam.
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    15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question.

    Re: 15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question.
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    15 Holiday Transom redo, also Hull ID Question.

    Traded for a 15 SC Holiday yesterday the registration says 1977, but I don't see a 77 anywhere on the Hull ID #. The last digits on the hull number are F6. Does that mean its actually a 67? Maybe I have it wrong: does anyone know what the formula is to read this? This will be my first...
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    1965 40 HP Johnson Seahorse won't go......

    Re: 1965 40 HP Johnson Seahorse won't go...... The push button they are referring to is this type of shifter in pic. You might check that the switch that is there in your shifter works when you shift it into either gear...you seem to have a bad connection when the switch is supposed to be in...
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    Re-ringing 1968 40 hp

    Hello everyone I found a broken ring on my motor and am getting ready to put on new gaskets and rings. Luckily the cylinder walls weren't damaged from the failed ring and my local mechanic will be honing them for me. I don't want to screw this up, so any advice you can pass on from your...
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    Fuel leaking 40 hp Evinrude 1968

    Hello all...posted on this subject a month ago, and wanted to pass on some info, and to get some more advice. I had a lot of gas/oil "bubbles" while motor ran In the water...but ran perfectly. Found out that it was because I was running a long shaft and the transom cutout was only...
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