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    New to boating, first restoration

    I learned that if you drill a 1/4-1/2" drill bit into wood and black crud comes back, that means you have lots of work ahead of you.
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    Opinions on shop's quoted Bravo 3 maintenance cost

    Get manuals, search this forum for solutions and keep your money! MC are easy to work on and parts are reasonably priced. On Bravo 1s, I can remove the OD in less than 30 minutes (scary). I assume your water pick up is via a through hull and may be difficult to access? I'd keep my 1300 bucks...
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    Trim not going down

    When you figure out how to easily remove and replace defective trim switch in throttle, please let ME know.
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    1969 Mako cut and gut project by Lectro88

    It's been my experience that the Marine stuff is straight or flat. BCX, CDX, etc, not so much. Sometimes the crap that is not 100% flat can be a nightmare to put into place and encapsulate. If you are rebuilding a transom for an I/O, you may run into voids near your I/O cut out. I have always...
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    New to boating, first restoration

    cut out the omc and sell for scrap metal. I had one! Junk! Hang and OB on it. Trust me!
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    Is my boat polyester or epoxy?

    I don't knew any marine paint that will not stick to poly or epoxy resins. Good marine paints will be 2 parts. Automotive acrylic or polyurethanes will work good too, but poly or epoxy surfaces must be prepped to mfg's recommendations. "Wax on and wax off!"
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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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