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    Merc 4.5 1983 Choke help

    Hey guys I have been working on a 1983 4.5 merc with this serial number 6329287. I tore the little engine down and now it is running like champ. But I now have one problem... I can not get the choke mechanism to work and I have no idea how it hooks up to the carb and how the switch goes into the...
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    Mercury 4.5 Year

    What year is this serial number 6329287<br /><br />Also where can I find parts for this engine.<br />Thanks!
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    Sloopy's adventure with women (pg13 :D)

    HEY everybody.<br /><br />I guess I should finally tell you all what has been going on with Sloopy.<br /><br />Lately Sloopy has been learning to fly and I am very close to finishing up my PPL. But that is another story. <br /><br /><br />This story does have bad language in it. :D :D <br...
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    SLoopy is Back again!

    Hey everybody! Sloopy is back (for a while) I've have been so busy with school work and flying that I completely forgot about IBOATS! I finally remembered you guys yesterday when I was putting my docks in, J.B and Thom flashed across my mind. Well if you guys are wondering while I was gone I...
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    Spell checker (last time I ask)

    Hi guys, on thursday my computer crashed and I lost everything! It took me two days to get everything back together (although I still miss all of my files) One thing I need to reinstall is the free spellchecker that I use here on iboats to make your lifes a lot less stressful. I tried searching...
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    Mercruiser 7.4 lit bravo one

    Hi guys!<br />Today while winterizing a 27 foot crownline with a 7.4 mecruiser engine and a bravo one outdrive, we ran into a problem! We can not find any lower unit drain holes on this outdrive, or any way to remove the old gear oil, other than from the reservoir. Does anyone know of the proper...
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    What size propeller is this?

    Hi guys,<br />At the marina I work at we have a shelf of "slightly used" propellers. One of the propellers has no size printed on and has been bugging me for over a year. The propeller is a 3 bladed aluminum Michigan with 031016 printed on it. It looks like it would fit an engine under 40hp. <br...
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    What size prop for a 175 Merc

    Today while working at the "marina" a couple guys started to yell from a blue boat for a mechanic, unfortunately our marina does not have a mechanic so they then asked for someone who knows a little about OBs could come diagnose there problem. So I volunteered to do it..<br /><br />The guys on...
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    cleaning out engine compartment

    This winter while winterizing a 4stroke waverunner, Sloopy forgot to drain the oil before removing the oil filter. after cleaning up most of the oil I put the watercraft away for three months. Today I took it for the first ride of the season, and when I was finished I decide to check the oil...
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    Map source help

    I don't know if anyone else on this board has this problem, but I will ask anyway. I have the Mapsource US TOPO software and it comes with 3 data cds. The information and maps I downloaded from the disk are great but I want to use info from two of the disk (some maps from Los Angeles and some...
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    Boating 101 - 7

    You see a row of lights. From top to bottom it is red, white, red, and then a little further down there is another white light. You know it is a boat but you are shocked to see it run into Drownedrat's boat (RATS boat was showing red, green and a white stern light) Drowned rat's boat had right...
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    Boating 101 -5

    Ok you see a small boat pulling a larger un powered passenger vessel. What is this little boat called?
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    Values of a trigonometric functions

    I am looking for an online Table that will display the radians, sin of theta, csc of theta, tan of theta, cot of theta, and cos of theta. I would like it look up degrees and minutes easily and I would like to find one that displays it it 1 minute intervals. Or a program that you can just type in...
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    Using the free image hosting

    Ndemge is providing free imaging hosting. Unfortunately I do not know what FTP is or how to use it! Can some one please explain it to me?
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    J.B's 10,000

    J.B's 10,000th post is just around the corner!<br />Have a few suggestions...<br /><br />When J.B hits 10,000 lets start a thread in NTDWB and everyone reply to it with a some words of encouragement. We should ne able to reach one thousand replies, which thank J.B for all his help in under a...
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    I'MMMMMMMMM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!

    Just to let everyone know...
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    Evinrude year, is this true?

    I got an email: <br />Is this true? Why introduces...<br /><br />I=1<br />N=2<br />T=3<br />R=4<br />O=5<br />D=6<br />U=7<br />C=8<br />E=9<br />S=0<br />CU=1987<br /><br />In order this spells "introduces"
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    Mission to MARS!

    Well it seems the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is going to "TRY" to get a 400 million dollar rover on mars today or tomorrow. Since two thirds off all the missions to mars FAIL. What do you guys think will happen? I think this one might work, since it is like the original Mars...
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    2

    testing testing...???
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    Merry Christmas!!!

    MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
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