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    good dealings with Tahoe

    i bought a '07 tahoe q4 last year ( brand new left over). i was able to use it for about 2 months before the season was over. that season i had a couple of warrnety issues, ( fire ext. bracket broke, fuel guage would stick, and it would diesel when i shut it off, also the insturment panel had...
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    good bye omc, hello new boat

    i finally traded in my 89 barreta with the omc for a brand new tahoe q4 with a mercruiser, sooooo excited!!!:)
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    rochester carb kit?

    i have a 89 omc 2 bbl rochester, i can not seem to find a rebuild kit for it. does anyone know were i can locate one at? thanks
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    motor dies when i try and take off

    put the boat in yesterday and was going through a slow no wake, when i reached the end of it i opened it up with no problems and she planed of like normal. ran it at about 4000rpms for about 5 min. with no problems, ran really smooth. then i idled it back and came to a stop. then when i went...
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    how high can i run?

    i have a '89 cobra and was just wondering how far up i can trim my drive while i am running in shallow water at a little more than idle speed?
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    jumps out of gear in forward

    i need some help here. i have a 89 omc 4.3 with the king cobra drive. i took it out to the lake today ( 1st time this year), when i put it foward i heard the gears grinding alittle and then when jump out of gear. i had the linkige of during the winter do move the dog house. i took it back...
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    omc electic shift

    i was wondering if i have the electric shift assist on my 89 king cobra drive? or how can i tel if i do? thanks
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    king cobra exhuast

    well i woke up the boat today from a LONG winters nap. i put the muffs on and got her fired up. i noticed the returning water coming out of the upper unit by the transom mount. i had same warm air coming from the prop hub. my question is the exhuast only supposed to come out of the prop. I...
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    omc outdrive removel

    i was just wondering how hard it is to remove the outdrive on my '89 king cobra to grease the u-joints? also if and when i do remove it is there anything i should inspect? i have ordered the seloc manual to hopefully help me out.
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    omc thrust plate with shim

    1st time poster ,long time reader. i was changing my gear lube yesterday when i noticed my thrust plate missing on the starbert side, i found the part for it online and noticed in the diagram that this side has a shime that goes on with it. i was just wondering what this plate and shim does...
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