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    Stainless steel prop brands

    I stay out of that area. I know what the charts say about the area, I thought I was in 12 - 15 ft of water, suddenly my depth reader was reading 5 ft, 4 ft, 3 ft, 2 ft, Bang boom, boom. I actually got the boat up on plane with the blades bent and torn. Terrible vibration
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    Stainless steel prop brands

    X marks the location of impact
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    Stainless steel prop brands

    Yesterday at the Edmonton Boat Show I saw a Drive by Volvo, that would be excellent in deep water, but not so good in shallow water
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    Thinking about upgrading to a bowrider

    I used to have a 78 Crestliner Crusader 550 bowrider . Still one of my favourite boats. You appear to be looking at boats that are getting up there in years. Rotted floors, stringers, and transoms are common. Wood-free isn't all it is cracked up to be either. Where in the Great White North...
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    Stainless steel prop brands

    Well they are stronger. Here's is my SS after a few gentle caresses with a rock pile. Bent the prop shaft too
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    Boat pulls right, what can it be?

    Tilt the engine up as high as it will go, and take a look at the Exhaust snout. From this pic, which may or may not be exactly like yours, it looks like the forward end has a bit of adjustment range. Others pics show some similar snouts that do not have a slot. If the Skeg is twisted or curved...
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    Aluminum diameter vs. stainless

    You have the choice of many different brands and models to put on your Volvo. On my 5.7, I have run the stock Volvo AL prop(21). After 10 hrs I switched to the Raker(20) I had on my outboard, Had to get the rubber rub changed. For the past 10 yrs, I have been running a Mercury Enertia(20). The...
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    Cylinder head swap 115 V4

    Your 115, I will assume it is a jet? Just out of curiosity, what year is it? Looking at the "upgradekit", Do the heads look like old ones new ones .
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    1988 Mercury 115

    Another mix of parts. Yes cowl is in the 1980 - 1983 range, the power trim is Post 1983. Does the serial number on the bracket match the one on the block? Oil injection didn't appear on the inline six until 1986. Do your own compression test. Check the gear oil for water. Look around the...
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    Low WOT 4.3GL (AQ)

    I don't know what the insert that Baylinerchuck showed is, but Every Heli-coil I've ever seen looked like this
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    Any reason why I shouldn't use this lower unit oil?

    Actually they don't. They may have spiral gears but not Hypoid.
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    Any reason why I shouldn't use this lower unit oil?

    In the 1960s OMC only marked one oil, so the direction from OMC was Type C. In a 1958 35 hp owners manual is says Hypoid 90 oil , and a 1957 35 hp owners manual says a quality automotive 90 weight hypoid oil, and in an Emergency 30 weight motor could be used. I always wondered what constituted...
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    RIP Mary Tyler Moore

    The Girl who could turn the world on with her smile, passed away today. RIP
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    What Winter Looks Like Outside

    Got up to -3 this afternoon, heatwave
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    Any reason why I shouldn't use this lower unit oil?

    Here are the lubrication pages from a 1965 90hp Evinrude owners manual. This is of course an 'Electric Shift' motor. Nowhere in the manual does it mention optional oils. I don't think the laws about the "no cast oil" were in effect at the time this engine. Unfortunately I don't have any...
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    mercury 1150 115 hp 1978 1979

    There is no difference in the water pump between those years. This the cowl decal for a 1978, and a 1979
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    Weird LT1 problem

    Usually this engine runs very smooth, starts within 2 seconds unless it is colder than -18, then it takes about 4 seconds. But... Some days on first start, engine occasionally would seem like it had flooded, like a stuck injector had drain the fuel line overnight. Holding the pedal to the floor...
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    '87 Mercury 115hp IL6 Couple of issues.

    Here's a pic I took 30 yrs ago changing the cover on a 1984 115hp. As for the sensor, that's the first time I've ever seen anything screwed in there. Though it isn't really seen in the first image, the front support is also removed to enable the lower cowl to be tilted out of the way Pic gets...
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    Engine swap gearing and prop

    It's a 3 blade Mercury prop that has a lot of rake, mine is 20" Pics get bigger if you click on them
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    1999 FICHT 150 " I know now guys"

    I had a 1998 150 Ficht. The first couple of 'updates' were reprograming of the Engine MAP software and different sparkplugs. That was either 1998 or 1999. Both times it resulted in slightly slower acceleration, and slightly lower top speed. Indexing of the spark plugs was another one of the...
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