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    OMC Outdrive - water in the gimbal bearing area

    Hi all, alright, I need some help. I have a 1987 Sea Ray Sundancer 300 with OMC (Chevy) engines and outdrives. I am getting water leaking into the gimbal bearing area. I have replaced the bellows and outdrive gasket, but after about a year and a half, the bearing starts making noise and I...
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    Engie Starts - then shuts off when I return the key to run.

    Need assistance please - I have a 1987 Sea Ray Sundancer with OMC 5.7L engines. When I go to start my STBD engine, it starts just fine until I release the key from the start position to the run position, then it shuts down. For some reason, It's losing the 12 volts to the coil to stay running...
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    1987 Shift Rod Assy. vertical play

    Hi all, Changing out my shift cables and verifying my shift rod height. I was curious to know how much vertical play, if any, there should be when my shift rod is in neutral, reverse, or forward? Also, is it possible to adjust it without seperating the lower unit? Thanks for the help. Tim...
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    1987 OMC outdrive shifting problem

    Hi All, I'm having some trouble with my STBD outdrive and can't seem to get it adjusted properly. It's a new lower unit, about a year ago, but I never thought it shifted properly so I decided to do some research and look for a good write up on adjusting it and found one on this site. When I...
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    Electronic ignition conversion on OMC 5.7L

    I have a 1987 Sea Ray with OMC Chevy 350's and I just put in new Billet Pertronix Flame Thrower Electronic Distributors in my engines with new coils, plugs, and wires. Also put in a new ESA modules for the electronic distributors as well. My problem is when I go for a start to set the timing...
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    Hard to start when hot

    I have a 1987 Sea Ray with Chevy 350's. I just replaced an engine about 3 years ago. Running fine except: First start of the day it starts right up. After it gets warm, I have to open the throttle all the way to get it to start then it runs fine. What can cause that? Thanks in advance for...
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    DC electrical problem

    I recently put my boat up and the next time I took it out, nothing would work off DC power. For instance, my engine compartment blowers, water pump, toilet vacuum system, etc., which all run on DC power, will not work unless I turn on the main breaker in the main cabin power panel and the...
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