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    Anti Siphon Valve on Fuel Tank Pickup?

    Dingbat, as long as your fuel line never dips below the top of the tank, even if it breaks, you will have no issue. Not sure your reference is complete However, most below deck tanks have a flexible fuel line that runs under the deck to the transom area, and then up to the engine or a filter...
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    Mounting Nut for an Ignition Switch

    Is this ign switch for a MerControl? If so, that nut doesn't do much. The old ones were recessed with a lip, which I thought was really there to protect the key from being broken when hit with your arm or leg. I guess they held the Ign switch from being pushed it. You could take the new nut...
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    Water line runs to backing plate drum brakes ?

    Some trailers had the ability to wash out the brake drums. Very useful in salt water. I would expect there to be a hose to both brake drums, unless it was "modified".
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    2000 Johnson 150 Issues Running

    You do not need to pull the idle mixture screws out of the throttle bodies. They have a side cover over them. Pull the cover, spray 'em down with carb cleaner and install new cover gaskets. There are no other adjustment on the carbs, except for making sure the throttle plates open at the same...
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    Water in foot

    Water can only get in via shift shaft seal, driveshaft seal and propshaft seal. First drop the gearcase and drain the gear oil. If you have a gearlube pump, take the hose and fitting and connect it to a bicycle pump and pump a couple of PSI into the gearcase. Use some soapy water on the shift...
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    '84 115hp T-o-P rebuild

    The starter kicking out is usually due to the motor trying to start unsuccessfully. One cylinder fires and Kicks out the starter. Make sure you are choking the heck out of her when she is cold. Cold start lever up, primer bulb pumped hard and hold choke button down until she fires. It also...
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    Won't go in park or reverse. Stuck in forward position

    You should have this moved to the MerCruiser forum. Those guys are experts. From my failing memory, when you install the drive, the shifter needs to fit into the yoke. The yoke needs to be parallel with the boats length. The outdrive has to be held in the correct gear to make that happen...
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    2000 Johnson 150 Issues Running

    Sounds like the carbs are still dirty. Firstly clean the main strainer and make sure the oring and rubber gasket are good and inplace. An air leak into the gasoline line will cause more oil to be pumped into the gasoline, which is what you are seeing. The main jets are easy to clean. They...
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    Temp gauge

    There are only a few gauge manufacturers. Faria and Teleflex are the largest. So if the gauge does not say what brand it is, try to match it up by color and style. Sea Ray was large enough to have Teleflex to make Sea Ray OEM gauges for them. They were simply the blue series, with the Sea...
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    F16 throttle control removal

    SeaRay's usually come with Mercury engines. The control is likely a Mercury, but could be a compatible independent control OEM like Teleflex. See if you can match it up and get an set of directions. OEMs want you to be able to install new cables. You can try some generic methods to see how...
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    '84 115hp T-o-P rebuild

    Actually #3 cylinder seems to get damaged first. You probably need to bore oversize all cylinders that are low in compression, and install new OS pistons and rings. You must use new rod bolts, as they are one use only. Any idea what caused the cylinder to be damaged? Likely overheat or lean...
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    1997 Johnson

    A 1997 Johnson would be a standard carb 2 stroke engine. If the compression is good, the spark is good, and the gearcase is good. The rest can be fixed, if you can do the work yourself. Depending on the HP, the only sensors are overheat, low oil, no oil and perhaps fuel restriction. These...
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    Electrical Schematics

    For the boat, I presume? try the Starcraft web site. You might get lucky. If not, the best you can do is a generic wire color guide for boats. They have them online.
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    Lights flashing with headlights on

    Not sure which colors go to which automotive wires. A set of directions would be a good idea. It also depends on whether you have the euro-style auto lights or something else. Not every converter works on every car/truck. Euro-style lights mean a separate bulb for turn signals and brake...
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    boat seats

    There are a lot of pre-made boat seats available from Wise and other OEMs. The web will give color, size and style. I would first look at those and see if any are suitable, as a lot of them are reasonably priced. Custom-made seats will have a custom price.
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    Spark jumping

    Coil wires and spark plug wires do not last forever. Neither do coils. You can find replacements on the web. Look for "Yellow Tiger Tails". Spark plug and coil wires unscrew from distributor cap. Rotors are not removeable, fragile and $200+ to buy. They can be tricky to install as you...
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    Oil Injection removal

    Some of the V6 engines had fixed low speed jets. That makes your question academic.
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    Winch Strap longevity

    Polypropylene line degrades faster than the nylon straps in the sun. I predict 2 years tops out of the polypropylene line.
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    Trailer Leafsprings Bottoming Out

    Also, a lot of leaf springs have center bolts or rivet heads that fit into the pocket on top of the axle. These positively locate the position of the axle, to keep it from sliding back on the leaf spring. He could change over to 1/2" ubolts to increase the strength. That would help, however...
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    Trailer Leafsprings Bottoming Out

    Lou, You are asking a lot of those 3/8" u bolts to hold the entire weight of the boat, when you hit a pothole at 70MPH. You are also reducing the travel of the springs, by the thickness of the leaves, and there was not a lot of travel to begin with, so the boats sits lower on the trailer...
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