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I have a 1988 15.6' Gulfline side console boat and cant find any info on it. Something with owners man. info. This is my 1st boat so I dont know what all I even need or should know? If anyone has any idea about it, it would be great to have. Thanks-Jason-
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Finally got my lower unit apart and here is a pic of the carnage! You can see that ALL the teath on the Fwd gear are gone! Some on the pinion gear are bad also. The reverse gear looks good. Also you can see the bearing on the drive shaft that went bad too. Does anyone know why this might happen...
I have been trying for weeks to find a puller to remove the bearing housing out of my 1988 48hp Johnson lower unit. It is the one that has long hook type things on it not threaded. Does anyone in the Houston area have one I can borrow for cash or beer. Cy Fair Marine wants to charge me 50.00 to...
I am fairly new to boating and hope you guys could point me in the right direction. Today my Son, bro in law, nephew and I were out fishing with my 88 Gulf Line w a 48 SPL and all was great. The boat ran great all day! We were headed back in at WOT and all of a sudden the boat comes to a stop...
Ok I am a noob here and I have done a search but most of the problems are at WOT. Mine starts great, idles fine and good all up to about half throttle. Also runs great at wot. It is a 88' 48 SPL. Running at about half speed will slow then increase a little then slow then increase. It will do...
