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  1. Redrig

    Omc outdrive knocking noise while cruising.

    Probably your dog clutches , if you Google pics of those , they eventually will round and that clunk you are feeling is when they slip to the next tooth. Not a terribly hard job , just getting the right tools and parts may be the real problem though, as you mention. I "believe" on certain...
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    Erratic tachomether

    Complete longshot here. Do you have points ? I had defective point once and it made my boat barely run and my tach was all over the place. Basically one of the rivets in the points came came lose and was wobbling around on the arm. This is a video I made once I finally found out the...
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    Erratic tachomether

    How is your actual ground cable ? The big one from engine block to battery post ? Those can get corroded big time. Especially when auto style cable is used. When this happens does the rpm and engine noise change at all, even in the slightest ? When mine was happening , not only were the gauges...
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    Erratic tachomether

    Agreed. I had this happen a few years ago on my boat as well. I just spent an hour cleaning up every ground that I could find. I don't know exactly which one fixed it, but after cleaning them all up, that problem went away.
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    Wheel bearings - old Dodge motorhome

    Yeah , the need for a specialty socket like that scares me a bit. The end of that looks very similar to the one for my bronco , the bronco one is just way shorter.
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    Wheel bearings - old Dodge motorhome

    Yeah , I'm doing the front . Just can't find any info on it.
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    Wheel bearings - old Dodge motorhome

    I just crawled all over around the axle and can't find a tag any where . I would love to identify it ahead of time so that I can order seals before ripping it apart.
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    Wheel bearings - old Dodge motorhome

    This is all I can find in the owners manual, which of course doesn't cover much.. It just mentions full floating vs semi floating and I've never messed with any kind of wild axles like that . So I don't want to bite off more than I can chew.
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    2014 GMC Sierra AC

    Hey Scott , FYI on the acetone . I did this exact thing 2 years ago on my 91 bronco , the interwebs says don't use acetone , even though its a great flush , once you get the vacuum pump on there its very volatile and the fumes / pump could make everything go boom . It's probably overly...
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    Wheel bearings - old Dodge motorhome

    Hello all , I would like to tackle greasing the front wheel bearings old my old motorhome . It's a 78 Dodge with a 440 , 11500 gvwr and I am told as far as parts go , just assume it's a B300 which was their heavy duty truck / van chassis back then . I am not finding much help as far as what...
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    76 OMC 175 starting

    One other way to safely run a stringer on the hose . Do a quick google search on " prestone flush and fill kit" any auto parts store has it. It's basically a T with a hose cap . You can install that T on the hose coming from the intermediate up to the thermostat housing . That hose will be on...
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    76 OMC 175 starting

    When it comes to shifting , do what you can to get the idle as low as possible on the carb and gently shift into gear don't jam the the throttle with those . Same goes for tilt ! Gently tap the drive down , don't hold the switch down..... If you ram it down you WILL break stuff I learned...
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    70s dodge gauge help / pulsing 5 volts on fuel sender line

    I'll be danged ....... I was pulling my hair out trying to find how voltage is ending up there. Blinkers , flashers , etc. Hmmm , back to the drawing board I guess. My plan won't work knowing that. Thanks for the info !
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    70s dodge gauge help / pulsing 5 volts on fuel sender line

    Hello all, I am at my wits end on this one and could some help. quick back story - 78 Plymouth , motorhome , the stock fuel gauge " sorta works " on a completely full tank it reads about 3/4 full .... therefore I dont trust the bottom of that gague. it does drop fairly accurately though , I...
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    OMC 800 stringer

    What kind of tilt motor did you get ? I hear the cheapies on Amazon and eBay have problems like this .
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    Wont rev past 4k -ESA issue?

    Don't consider the relay concept a hack job . If done right those newer Bosch relays are great. It takes the load off of the ignition switch . I think it's an upgrade . I was researching installing a DUI distributor into my boat . It's considered a "best practice" to feed that dizzy right off...
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    Wont rev past 4k -ESA issue?

    I would think that 13.2 should be plenty , I would try running that circuit straight from the battery as a test like you said. To see if that changes the problem. If it does solve it , you can run them all off battery through a switched relay for a permanent fix. Just a thought
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    OMC 800 stringer

    You can get that out from the back side now. remove the retaining plate (27) and the shaft that the hammer blow coupler is on is 46 in this diagram. Not a bad idea remove all of it anyways so you can inspect the tilt gears and get new fluid in there. Its been a while since I have done that ...
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    Sea Ray 1977 200SR

    Excellent . Did that ball gear shaft come out fairly easily ? Mine was brutal, it took several hours of heat and tapping and yanking on it with a tow strap and rachet off the receiver of my truck . 40 years is sludge basically welded it together . I didn't think I would ever be able to remove...
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    Sea Ray 1977 200SR

    How are the splines on that ball gear shaft ? Thats a wear item on these stringers and will eventually strip out with the coupler on the engine.
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