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    Carburetor question

    I bought the engine off a mechanic for a repower. Story is he sent it out and reinstalled the engine in the customers boat. Boat went to hell and sat for a season or two then they junked it and he resold the engine to me a couple months ago... had about 50 hours or so on it. Far as I/he knew it...
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    Carburetor question

    I actually checked it when I bought it... about 155 across the board.
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    Carburetor question

    Yeah, maybe I'll pull it apart when I have the time and see if the jets are stamped the right size and go from there.
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    Carburetor question

    Mercarb. No clear hose as it's a factory electric fuel pump engine.
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    Carburetor question

    I actually zip tied the choke open just to be sure, but it appears to be opening all the way. That was my first thought though Not a bad idea. It's one of the low pressure electric ones from merc (Its a later vortec block without the mechanical provisions) but I suppose something could be up. I...
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    Carburetor question

    Long and short, I am working on a 4.3l with a carb that is running what I would call excessively rich. Boat ran for about an hour and while idling around produced more black soot and smoke on the transom than my 33 with twin diesels... Running on the hose results in eye watering and fuel smell...
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    I don't disagree. I keep this on my nightstand, maybe soon to become a memory...
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    There is a lot going on between the cabin bulkhead and all the cross bracing done inside the cabin. That is the only thing I am unsure of making look right when finished. But again. I know my limitations and there are certain things on it that I would need two hands on. It's not a matter of if I...
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    From the cabin and fuel tank inspection of the stringers it looks like a chop mat with a bad lay up. But the back looks like a chop gun, so I can't say for sure. granted it's still a nicer job than anything on the welcraft. (other boat) I would have figured by 2006 they would have had that...
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    That puddle of water is actually from the bilge because the nose is down in the driveway. But that all doesn't matter. Absolutely no one around me said they'd lend a hand if I were to do it. I can't do every thing myself. Well I can but you have to draw a line for certain things... guess I know...
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    I'm just going to throw a piece of ply over the soft spot, ignore it for a year or two more then just can the whole thing. At this point... I'm done.
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    I pulled back the beauty cover around the fuel tank about a foot further up and everything up there is clean and solid. But you can't patch a stringer. The nice thing? I'll have most of a template to go off of but that doesn't really help that much. I think I am going to start cleaning out the...
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    I peeled back where dad made a repair about 20 years ago. (quick fix then which was supposed to be corrected and never was) From what 7 year old me remembered, it looks exactly the same still. I investigated around the fuel tank and all wood in that area appears to be solid still. Perhaps it...
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    So I started investigating, probing with a screwdriver and took some measurements. The first big thing was putting a straight edge on the hull and checking for a hook. Can report no meaningful discrepancies in levelness. There is an unevenness in the ablative bottom paint from it flaking off...
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    It's a pre OMC buyout boat. Wouldn't touch an OMC with a pole. Hell I feel dirty typing it. :ROFLMAO: I get what you mean though. That being said it isn't a 84 bayliner. I expect the stringers are fully glassed but again... being 40 years old nothing lasts forever. All things considered the...
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    The stringers are allegedly encased in glass already. I may cut some access and start inspecting then go from there.
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    I suspect the transom is solid. I replaced some electronics a couple years ago and the drilled holes were coming out with dry wood. More so I went from a rubber plug to a garboard drain 3 years ago and probed around the wood behind the old brass sleeve and that was all solid too. So for now I...
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    Good evening all. I've been on this forum in the past (lost the email and account access from a breach years ago so I am using this new one) and have long been contemplating this. To put it in perspective, I was a young young boy and frisco boaters posts on his two project boats at the time were...
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