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    Are My Tire Sizes Enough?

    I've just gotten a 1985 Four Winns 19' Horizon. The trailer has some used almost worn out 14" tires on it (radial) with rusted chrome wheels and with the proper amount of air, they still look very low. The Horizon weighs about 2400 lbs with engine and all. This is a single axle trailer and is...
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    Help! Engine won't start.

    85, 3.8L, V-6, OMC. Not run for last 4 years but ran great before being put away. I can't get it to start and think I may have the ignitions wires in the wrong order or something. Just not sure. Here's what I've done:<br />replaced coil, plugs, points, cond, rotor, engine oil, oil filter...
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    Trim/Tilt Won't Work....and ..... Ign. Tune-Up Kit Needed

    1985 OMC 3.8L, V6 with power trim/tilt. Can't get it to come up or down. Got it down one time and that was it. I have power to the motor, and it clicks when I hit the switch both up and down, but stern won't move. I took apart the Tilt Clutch Assembly. It was full of water and very little...
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    Steering Help !!

    I have a Tru-Course steering system (dual cable and not power assisted). It is on a 1985 OMC V6, 3.8L engine I/O. The cable inside the housing is broken and some of the parts are missing from the stern side hookup. I found a used cable complete from end to end however it is 15' long and mine...
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    Steering System Needed

    I have an OMC 3.8L I/O - 1985. Steering Cable is broken and Steering Assembly is all to pieces. It is a rotary system. Here is the numbers on the cable housing - T15D84OMC979916. Does anyone know where I can get a complete system and how expensive it is? Or is there a way to repair it as...
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    Trim & Tilt

    I have an OMC outdrive 1985. It hasn't been started since 1999. I hooked up a regular car battery to it after I picked it up yesterday to just see if it got some juice through the system until I get the right battery. The power tilt would not come down, but there was a clicking noise with the...
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    Serial No. Confusion and Engine Question

    I have just got a supposedly 1985 Contender, 19', with a 3.8 L. Engine I/O, Bowrider. That's what the title says. The ownder says it is a Four Winns Contender. However; my research indicates by the hull ser. no. that it is not a Four Winns number, nor did Four Winns ever make a boat called...
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