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    ‘73 Bee Craft

    Go to your bank after reviewing a bunch of videos, AGAIN! You are potentially going to work your butt off. I replaced two transoms because of rot. It aint fun!
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    Is my boat polyester or epoxy?

    Try Ebond epoxies out of S Florida. Cheap and good stuff. I layered on top of old poly.
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    OMC to Mercruiser!

    I suspect you will have to modify inner mounts/stringer attachments and redesign transom hole. That old of a boat, I also suspect ROT!
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    Replace or Repair, where to start?

    sound like someone ran it w/o muffs on?
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    No Fuel getting to Carburetor

    boat may have developed corrosion on contacts. Look for green stuff and clean.
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    Any Other Ways To Solve Bravoitis?

    You will have to drop complete OD, including upper. AND, have a young friend whose arms are flexible to remove the inside stuff. I replaced both of mine with a kit that is supposed to minimize the crap from ever happening again. We'll see....
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    Fixing Up Boat Help

    And I would not trust any so-called marine surveyor, unless I personally knew where he lived and it was within a 20 mile range..
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    No Fuel getting to Carburetor

    With a friend helping to crank, remove fuel line and put end into a coffee can or jug. Disconnect coil wires so it want try and start. Make sure muffs are on. You don't want to burn up water impeller. Crank ignition and look for gas going into can. If no gas, someone may have syphoned all gas...
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    Starter issues

    Pray that you don't have a flywheel ring gear that has too much wear.
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    Alpha 1 clattering noise behind prop???

    Of my old memory serves me correctly, forward to reverse on an Alpha is about 1/4 of an circle in movement (or less). Pray that wear on linkage is causing it to be out of alignment(not dogs) . While a buddy moves it forward and reverse (at helm) , you should watched the keyway area on your OD...
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    Getting the water out of the block after a sea trial?

    In NW Florida we use light bulbs all the time to heat bilge area before freezing weather (rare) , contrary to some know-it-alls on this forum. Radical weather temperature changes here forces us to use common sense. Ironically, BoatUS cannot list one boat fire cause by the light bulb method. I...
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    Hydrolocked in the parkinglot

    Id be really concerned if hydrolocking was due to bad risers and your pressure washing was just icing on cake. Take off riser and look for rust inside exhaust manifold or dripping water around near where exhaust manifold attached to block. . Cheap test....
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    Outdrive goes down slooow

    How old of boat and is salt water used or not? I just rebuilt all 4 of my cylinders. If it is a salt water boat and several years old, I suspect cylinders are about to freeze up. Seal kits are about 10-20 bucks each. You will need a good spanner wrench too or make one like I did.. Good luck!
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    running I/O when cold

    Have deposit in HAND!
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    Knock Sensors?

    Thanks for advice!
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    Knock Sensors?

    THX!!! Makes sense!! My wiring runs parallel on the stb motor side to module and distributor. I wonder if there is shielding available for KS wiring? How far from plug wires do you recommend? I don't how I can get them apart more than a couple of inches. If my old memory serves me correctly, KS...
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    Knock Sensors?

    Please use "English" for an old fart like me! THX!
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    Knock Sensors?

    I have TB 5 with Knock sensors but I am a little confused. If the KS module detects "knocks" does it totally retard timing to -0- or only reduce timing enough until it stops sensing any knocks?
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    Another gear lube monitor fitting breakage issue

    You may also think about some sort of turn buckle (kinda like a reverse gear puller) if you can find a strong anchor point to press against. I used 3/4" conduit and 5/8" bolts/nuts to squeeze plywood against epoxy and transom skin. I created enough pressure to squeeze out epoxy resins when I...
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    350 Mag MPI Horizon died at sea, cannot find the problem.

    Check for the green crap (corrosion). Check battery posts.
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