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    Looking at a boat with a 1995 Evinrude 120 V4, anything I should know?

    As do all manufacturers, Evinrude had some outboards that shouldn't have been built. Any thoughts on these, anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance!
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    20 hp 4 stroke not peeing water

    I have a 2011 20 hp 4 stroke that isn't squirting water out but I can definitely feel air coming out the hole with it running. Does this sound like an impellar issue? We used a compressor to blow air from the top and at first it seemed plegged but afdid eventu
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    1998 F150 Clutch question

    My kid thought the clutch pedal on his '98 F150 was getting squishy so he set out to bleed it. In the process he managed to twist off the top of the bleeder in the slave cylinder (conveniently located inside the bell housing). I haven't been able to get the broken bleeder out and if I don't...
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    Can trim pump be added to a 40hp that didn't come with it?

    I'm looking at this motor but it has no tilt. I came across a couple threads that made it sound like a factory trim/tilt pump can be a added to any of these motors and that they are pretty interchangeable. Anybody have more insight? IT's a 40hp tiller, the current owner thinks it's a 1995...
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    Trim pump seal Question

    Hope it's okay to put this here as it's a generic question. I'm replacing the seals on my ETEC trim pump. I bought 2 different seal kits under the same part number. The outer seal in one kit comes with a spring that wraps around, the other doesn't, but it came with an o ring that fits in that...
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    90 Etec tilt and trim pump leak

    I've looked for rebuild kits and prices range from $10 to $210 for the gaskets and o-rings. Anybody have any recommendations? None have any manufacturer listed and they all look about the same. I don't want to do this twice but spening 2-10X more for potentially the same thing kinda sucks...
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    1978 70hp Stinger Outboard

    I'm looking at one for sale, he seems honest and says it ran great but now intermittently has no spark on any cylinder. Likely an easy fix but does anybody know much about these outboards? Are they decent motors, anything I should look out for. Are there parts available? Would it be worth...
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    Is this a long shaft on a short transom and other questions

    Not exactly a rebuilding question but if I buy it I'm guessing if I buy this it will be a rebuilder as the quality looks questionable. The seller says he rebuilt everything but the transom. This is an older Crestliner, does that look like the original transom shape and splashwell? Is seems...
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    Ford Axle Ubolts bending

    My kid has been working on his 01 F150 adding air bags, adding and removing an extra spring and some other stuff I don't understand........ After each go around of changing things around and he takes off the UBolts they come off bent. Any thoughts on why that may be happening?
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    Sinking boat and life jacket storage

    Haven't been around much lately but wanted to post this one up because it's something I never would have thought about and on bigger water it would have been serious. I'll try keeping it short. We were sitting around the fire at the lake Sunday when I noticed a boat about 40 feet from shore...
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    Concrete Advice

    Concrete question for you all, I'm building a bigger garage to fit the boat and my contractor is running way behind. Weather has been in the 20's to 40's and he wants to pour the driveway and an 8 inch curb around the garage to elevate the framing off the slab on Friday. (The garage slab was...
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    Furnace Blower ECM module questions

    Pretty sure the ECM module on my furnace is on it's way out. Had a problem with it 6-7 years ago and it turned out to be a Thermistor. At that time the repair guys would only replace the entire module for $450 so I replaced the $1.50 thermistor myself...which worked great until last week...
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    Glass on wood boat question?

    Hope you don't mind helping with this one......technically it is a boat though! My kid is building a 4ft long RC boat out of Luan plywood. I can include pics tomorrow if it helps. He glued the 2 bottom pieces of hull and the 2 sides together with wood glue and fiberglass applied a coat of...
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    Anybody build/built a gas RC boat?

    My 14 year old is looking for a summer project and came up with the idea of building a 4 ft RC boat. We're thinking of using a weed whacker engine or something similar around 26-30CC in size. The boat will be made with plywood. Anybody here do anything similar?
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    Help with Reattaching Gunnel outer rail

    Trying to get her on the water this weekend for the first time in many years! Anybody have some insight on this one? About 8 feet of the outer rail has come unattached. My dad took this side off 10 years ago but forgot how. I'm guessing it must be riveted (you can see the holes). It has...
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    Shifting question?

    I hope the IBoats gods can forgive me for double posting but the only views on this in the steering section were mine: Any help would be appreciated as we're in a big push to finally get this on the water for Labor Day weekend! I've been restoring all summer and starting to get things put...
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    Wont shift into Forward?

    I've been restoring all summer and starting to get things put together. A couple nights ago I tried out the controls and it wouldn't shift into Forward. I took the cable off at the control and the shifter worked just fine. I took the cable off at the engine and the shifter worked just fine...
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    Interlux Pre Kote questions

    I built new plywood consoles for my boat and am in the process of putting on a finish coat. I sanded out one section of the ply too much and it got wavy looking so I've been applying the Interlux Pre Kote to the deeper areas to build it back up. The process is working but it takes at least a...
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    Ford AC problems, think I'm getting the sort end?

    Over the past several months the clutch on the AC Compressor of my Wife's 2011 Explorer started sticking partially engaged. The AC worked fine and it would lock in when the AC or defrost were turned on. I took it to a mechanic to replace the compressor and picked it up after hours. It...
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    Wood Flooring Question

    I did some digging around on google but didn't find much, was wondering if any of you would have some insight My house was built in 1949, wood flooring on the first floors. The 2 bedrooms have oak, the rest was fir. I always assumed the oak was original to the house, but looking at it more...
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