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Hello: I am in the process of restoring a 1969 Larson V174 Crestflite. I have most work completed and actually got it in the water last summer. Unfortunately, the middle of the lake is where I discovered a problem. Sometime before I purchased the boat at auction, someone (probably kids) put...

Hi All: I fired up the 250 I6 I put back in my '69 Glastron today. I've got the outdrive removed for a new water pump and lubing the u-joints, so I hooked a garden hose to the water inlet on the manifold to cool the engine while setting the timing, adjusting the valves, adjusting idle mixture...

Hello: I am finishing my '69 Glastron V174 Crestflite and have encountered a problem and hope someone can give me some help: I removed the outdrive to install the 250 I6 engine that I rebuilt over the winter. I figured I would do routine maintenance on the outdrive while I had it off by...

Hello: I am in process of finishing the rebuild of the 160 HP inline six in my '69 Glastron V174 Crestflite. From reading the various posts on this forum, I need some clarification regarding whether or not there is a bolt required in the nose of the crankshaft to retain the harmonic...

Hello All: I am in the process of restoring a '69 Glastron Crestline V174 and need some info regarding placement of the bilge vent duct hoses. The boat had a total of 5 hoses in the bilge when I got the boat, although all were pretty well rotted and laying in the bottom of the bilge. At the...

Hello All: I'm a new member and hoping I can get some info regarding the Mercruiser 165 HP L6. Here's a little history on my situation: I picked up a beautiful '69 Glastron V174 and tilt trailer at auction last year. I got it home and engine was locked tight due to rust, water etc. No big...