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    It lives! 81 wellcraft 180XL

    Well after alot of hell, i had a successful day at the lake. I rebuilt the upper gearcase with the help of Wayne Coll's youtube videos. Boat has a chevy 350 pulled from a Nova. My esa wasnt working, but I have it shifting good after installing a HEI distributor with vac advance and an...
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    1981 OMC upper gearcase parts

    Back to work on my POS 1981 wellcraft with OMC 800, 350Chevy . I took it to the lake once last summer and due to lack of maintenance by the previous owner the bearing went out on the horizontal shaft in the upper gearcase. It literally welded the bearing to the shaft, my puller wouldn't pull it...
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    OMC 800 mechanical shift lower gearcase oil/water leak

    Guys back to work on the boat. I got the bearing to fix the upper gearcase so I'm going to be good to go there. Anyways when I pulled the lower off I drained the oil and the bottom gearcase had some water in it. It wasn't mixed with my oil, but there was a good bit in there concitering the boat...
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    Skiing a 300 lb man

    Hey guys i have been working on my boat over in the omc section, its a 18 foot wellcraft with a 350 chevy. Anyways it ran for a few hours last time i was at the lake, but i couldnt get up skiing behind it. I had 7 total in the boat, minimal gear. I was able to pull my 225 lb brother up on a...
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    Omc 800, dead on the water, does not shift.

    Well guys got stranded earlier, boat had been giving me fits not wanting to shift to neutral inless you kill the engine. Anywas i was headed home cruising about 40. All the sudden the prop was dead engine reved to the moon. Now it just runs, doesnt go in gear click or anything. I also noticed my...
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    OMC mechanical Trim 1981 wellcraft 180 XL

    Hey guys, I got the boat running. I ended up with a regular 350 I bought from a guy for $300, it has a little cam it sounds like and an edelbrock aluminum intake. Engine runs good and sounds nice. Now I'm working on my electrical gremlins. I took all the solenoids loose and cleaned all the...
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    1981 WellCraft 180XL OMC800 stern drive Ruined 305, want to/have to swap to a 350

    Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and pretty new to inboard boats. I have a 1981 wellcraft 180XL It has a OMC 800 stern drive. My brother didn't winterize it good and the OMC200 305GM filled up with water :embarassed: so I traded him a VW engine for his sandrail for the boat. Currently the 305 is...
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