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    1969 buick 225 oddfire

    The 225 distributor was an automotive distributor with the vacuum advance location sealed and the plate stabilized as already mentioned. The points adjusting metal window in the cap was replaced a mesh screen that was the flame arrestor. You might try NAPA for the automotive unit and just just...
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    OMC Stringer 800 Tilt parts question

    Are you missing the spring that holds the coupling together? I may have one in my stash of OMC parts.
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    OMC Stringer 800 Tilt parts question

    Also after the oil is added to the clutch housing run the tilt motor in both directions to circulate the oil on the clutch plates.
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    OMC Stringer 800 Tilt parts question

    The clutch pack has to be able to slip just enough to absorb the drive bottoming out. However you still have to be careful lowering the drive. I have seen the ends of the tilt motor shearing off. With the drive up try loosening the clutch pack set screw enough where the drive will slip down...
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    exhaust valve stuck open

    Make sure that the stud of the exhaust valve rocker arm is the same height as the other studs. Most times with a stuck valve the stud pulls out a small amount. With brass drift and a hammer the stud can be driven back down. Once the manifold is removed spray some penetrating oil on the valve...
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    No Reverse or Neutral....just Forward VP

    If the outer jacket of the cable seperated that is one of the symptoms. Check where the cable is attached to the drive.
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    280 outdrive drops during transport.

    The genuine Volvo trailering bracket is a PITA to use. The transom saver kit is easier to use and more reliable.
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    Overheating Possibly Caused by Restricted Thermostat Housing Port

    2XS with BONDO. Those manifolds are going to cost you a new engine if you do not change them.Check out the price of a rebuilt Jasper or similar rebuild plus labor, freight and tax. The way you are maintaining your engine it will out last the boat and the drive system. Ford engines are made from...
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    How Do I remove the Thermostat from the Housing, Ford 5.8

    Just dig out the “O”ring with a pick. The thermostat will then come out. If you know someone with a blast cabinet would help. Or with a sharp angled scribe to clean out the “O”ring groove.
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    old pictures

    Check out the Barber Motorsports Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham Alabama.
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    Mercruiser 120 will not shut off constant 12v to coil

    Look at the starter solenoid, the purple/black wire is contacting the main battery cable or the inside of the solenoid is causing the back feed. Disconnect the purple/black and check the voltage at the coil. This will prove out the back feed.
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    VP aq125a/270 overheating issue

    A good chance the heat exchanger core is either leaking internally or the “O” ring seals are leaking. As SD said the “O: ring that seals the lower gear housing to the h frame should be replaced. The “O” ring is easy to replace. The socket head screws are all fractional, you need to drain the...
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    Engine misfires after rain storm

    Does your engine cover allow water to land on the distributor? If so water is getting inside the distributor body through the flame arrestor screen on the side. You will have to rig up some type of shield to flow the water away.
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    1986 Baretta 3.0 mercruiser

    Just remove the hose where it is connected to the manifold. If you do not have compressed air then insert the male end of the garden hose in the hose that connected to the manifold and clamp it. Take some vise grips and pinch off the incoming hose. Then gradually open the faucet until the...
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    rant

    How about going on the site of a big box auto store that shows the part in stock at that store, you go there and it is not in stock. Then they say “we can order it”. 3-4 days plus shipping! YES, I really want to hear that BS. It must be must my bad luck. Grainger advertises their products...
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    OMC 2.4 + stinger 400 Strange hole intermediate housing filled with oil

    I cannot answer that question. The hole is blank.
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    OMC 2.4 + stinger 400 Strange hole intermediate housing filled with oil

    The hole would have been open if the engine was a V8 for the other water hose to the other side of the engine. The cover is the chamber for the bearings on the intermediate shaft. The tilt clutch housings always has water in them. there may be a drain screw on the bottom. Refill it with...
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    Trim cylinders leaking down

    The only way is to get a pressure gauge that reads up to 3000 psi and connect it directly to the high pressure discharge port .i know it takes some creative plumbing. NAPA sells 3/16” made up steel tubing with flare nuts in short lengths. You will have to get the fittings to mate to the gauge.
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    Engine won't shut off

    Take a close look at where the main battery cable is bolted to the solenoid on the starter. The battery cable could be contacting the bypass wire stud which will give a back feed . The wire may be black /purple. Another possibility may be if you replaced the boost or slave solenoid with a...
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    What is your worst day on the water?

    2 Steering rack stories. When OMC would come every year for the technical update seminar they told of a boat sold in San Diego to a guy with the rack backwards. Time passed and when the boat cane in for routine service one of the mechanics corrected the steering. The owner then crashed the boat...
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