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  1. harringtondav

    Reuse or replace?

    I'm ready to replace my oil seal-grooved gear yoke and seal. I just noticed this grooving in my coupler yoke gimbal bearing surface. Most of the surface is OK. I'm not afraid to dig into my pocket to replace a potentially troublesome part, but I'm on the fence with this one. Thoughts please.
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    78 Johnson 115 low compression 1 cylinder

    Howdy. You've hooked up with a great resource here. First thing that comes to mind is if the reed valve for the low compression cylinder is faulty. Blowback on the downstroke will limit the transfer charge and may cause low compression. Also it will basically blow the fuel charge back out...
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    New US tax code is friendly to our household.

    I hope this post passes the Mods sniff test. It's not intended to be political. I just wrapped up this year's individual Turbotax. We are paying a lower tax rate by 2.5%. I've had smoke coming out my ears listing to the wailing and whining about smaller, or negative refunds this year. I've...
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    Dead spot in throttle coming off plane

    ^^+1. If your carb is a Weber 4bbl, it has a throttle return spring located on the port side of the carb. One end of the spring is connected to the bottom of the throttle lever below the pivot. The other end is connected to the throttle bracket at the rear of the carb. It's a tight stretch...
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    Just now · The Death of Cable TV...at our house

    When we built our place 30 yrs ago I had a huge Archer TV antenna hanging here. Three channels. Six years later we got AT&T "AT Home" which became Mediacom Cable. TV became $40/mo for 40+ channels we didn't use. Then we got a Roku streaming TV a couple years ago. We used the cable mostly for...
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    Piston and cylinder problem

    I'd still take your block to a machine shop for evaluation. They may be able to get in there and weld it.
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    probably dumb question, but "overflow port" dumping gas?

    I looked this up. You're correct, my bad. I can't help myself from slipping that Blitz story in whenever possible. Parasitic P.I. law firms and the heavy-handed EPA are the same class of hemorrhoid in my mind. But regulation writers like job security like everyone else. So stay tuned, more regs...
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    Teaching the wife to drive the boat...

    My 26 yr old daughter wants me to teach her to use our boat. She wants to invite her friends to our river place (when I'm not there) and take them out. Driving up and down the Miss. won't be a problem. She knows how to stay between the cans and nuns, and knows the safe, deep sloughs. But...
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    cooking

    Home made hot sauce. I've been growing, canning and drying hot peppers for over 20 yrs. Consumption has fallen behind production. So using them up as hot sauce is a solution. Pour off and save the brine. Macerate the seeds and skins out with a ricer. Add back enough brine so it pours. Then you...
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    Transom Water Pipe, should I replace?

    Maybe. See the pic. This may not represent your set up. Once the clamp plate is removed a new seal should slip over the water tube. But you can't help but wonder why this wasn't done rather than the white goo under the clamp plate. Plus your tube is looking old and beat up. So it's worth a try...
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    Transom Water Pipe, should I replace?

    Per achris more info on your model outdrive will improve the accuracy of forum responses. If you don't know, a pic will help. Pics of both the out drive and the gimbal assembly. The outdrive is bolted to the bell housing from the rear. Your bellows are attached to the bell housing from it's...
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    ....Think I'd have learned by now.

    Einstein supposedly said "I“the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”. Questions about if he really said this, but it's also a good definition for stupidity. At least every two years I smoke my snowblower's auger drive belt. And I change...
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    Fresh water flushing of Mercrusier with alpha one drive

    See the attachment below, which I posted earlier. The Merc process is to measure pump output at 1000 rpm. The volume varies with the particular gear ratio of the out drive.
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    Fresh water flushing of Mercrusier with alpha one drive

    I'm assuming you have a raw water cooled engine, not a heat exchanger. I've never done this, so this is my best guess. Disconnect the raw water hose from the thermo hsg and use a splice barb to extend a section of hose overboard. Then clamp a short section of hose onto the thermo hsg and clamp...
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    Need some general direction - for my neighbors kid

    Sorry about the lack of s/n etc. I'm flying blind here. My neighbor's son bought a money pit Mid '80's Bayliner cuddy 18-19' 3.0L OMC drive. He has a serious oil leak which I'm pretty sure is the oil seal in the front cover. I agreed to show him how to replace it - meaning I'd do it later this...
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    Tires

    Watch your fender clearance. Those larger tires will get closer, and may contact with spring jounce. Also your brakes will be less effective. Also as mentioned above, if the trailer is close to limit, or has been overloaded before, (severe bouncing, etc) the axle camber may be slightly...
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    And this is why we do our maintenance.

    I had that puddle of lube in my new DS bellows, after a seal job last spring. And my suspicions are verified. "Assemble the oil seal into the oil seal carrier by pressing it with the lip of the seal facing away from the stepped side of the carrier" does not mean the pic below. If they would...
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    Keep track of your shims...

    ...and write down your last shim pack measurements. I pulled my drive shaft assy this afternoon in pursuit of a puddle of lube in my DS bellows...after a new seal last spring. The out drive was in the garage, so I dropped the DS into a plastic bag to keep the lube from dripping on the wife's...
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    Not a bad way to go...

    I'm guessing the guy is confused with the Australian Cattle Dog, aka Blue Heeler. Dingo descendant.
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    Busted motor mount bolts

    That's a tough one. It happened to my pal. He used Mad Props method. His broke off flush. He chiseled and beavered enough wood away to get a narrow jaw vise grip on the stub and worked it out. Then his oscillating tool to remove the rest of the wood plug. Then he expoxyed in a section of oak...
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