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    Post a pic of your starcraft!

    Re: Post a pic of your starcraft! '66 Jet Star with '63 40hp Johnson electric shift. Yes...topside is indeed orange (benj moore mango punch). Thanks to all that have posted their restoration process on this site - wish I had done the same to give back. Frankly never thought I would actually...
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    old electric shift reassembly - needle bearing grease

    I am reassembling my electric shift gearcase after replacing the seals and a few bearings that went bad. In reassembling, the service manual says to use OMC needle bearing grease to hold needles in place while joining the upper and lower gearcases. Is there an automotive substitute or is OMC...
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    RKL-25D 40HP Johnson Electric shift - leaky lower unit

    Trying to repair an old 40HP electric shift johnson (1963) with a leaky lower unit that doesn't shift into forward. Motor came with an old starcraft I bought late last summer and now getting to fixing motor. Motor runs and PO claims to have had carb kit, needles, coil done, but said motor...
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