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    Advice Needed on Boat Repair.

    Yep just a couple of inches above the water works fine for most...
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    Replaced Bellows now gears won't engage fully?

    disconnect the lower cable from the shift plate and see if you can shift it by hand. You may need a new cable even if it looks fine on the outside its the inside that counts...
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    Honda BF75L cooling water issues

    The intake is always cooled by the excess and that's good..
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    Honda BF75L cooling water issues

    If you look at the diagram I posted you will see the fresh water goes directly to the block and excess goes to the telltale.. when the water in the block reaches operating temperature the thermostat opens an allows the water into the head and then out the exhaust..
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    Honda BF75L cooling water issues

    I think that what you don't see is if the thermostat is not there the water just flows freely thru the motor and offers very little cooling..
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    Honda BF75L cooling water issues

    You're lost me but maybe this will help you
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    Is there a way to tell if the impeller is working?

    Ok, big old bucket and a swimming pool for most of us is two different things. But yeah, if you have a couple hundred gals of water in your tank your probably good..
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    Replaced Bellows now gears won't engage fully?

    That's an easy connection to loose when shoving 75lbs of drive into position..
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    Did a little saltwater fishing in SC last week.

    You guys look like it was a good time..
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    Is there a way to tell if the impeller is working?

    Not for a small outboard, but you would need a livestock water barrel for a I/O.
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    Replaced Bellows now gears won't engage fully?

    What makes you think the gears aren't engaged fully? The design of the shift dogs pull themselves together once they get introduced to each other...
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    Honda BF75L cooling water issues

    You have the gist of it, the thermostat holds water in the block until the temp opens it up, then the hot water is released to the exhaust. You probably should get a thermostat. I think cool water is just moving thru the engine without the thermostat and passing hot water thru the telltale the...
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    Is there a way to tell if the impeller is working?

    The pump can't magically create water volume it will pull what you offer. Back the boat into the lake and then try,,
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    Honda BF75L cooling water issues

    There are two circuits from the pump, the tell tail is simply a telltale. The other circuit is doing the actual cooling.. maybe this will help...
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    Is there a way to tell if the impeller is working?

    Don't think that would be a good test when using muffs, probably better to put boat in lake and then your test will work..
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    Ran boat out of water for ~2min but seems fine? Replace impeller?

    Crispy shutters won't effect engine temp. There job is to stop water from surging back into the exhaust. How lucky you are is something no one can predict...
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    Honda BF75 Hot and Weak Telltale

    Probably want to start a new thread Cpotts, it would be more relevant...
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    My boat is being a boat . . .

    That's ingenious! how did you determine the lever arm length, it seems like you replicated the outdrive in the engine bay.. I suspect you made those easy to remove for access underneath..LOL
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    Trouble coming on plane

    yep a 7000lb boat with a 5.7 is gonna have a slow hole shot...I have a 4500lb searay and it isn't great...
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    97 SeaRay 175 project boat hull weeping question

    I suspect your ok , just be sure to use laminating resin.
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