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    High water alarm VERY CLOSE CALL!!

    Only one thing I can think of has been as scary in my life other then what happened to me this past week end crabbing. I took my son and his girlfriend out crabbing, and as always I started my boat at the dock and inspect the engine compartment. All looked fine. We get out in the bay, and I...
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    Dungeness crab season is here!! Whos in?

    Dungeness crab season is here for us west coasters. I crab out of Newport Oregon, and 99.9% of the time its just my wife and I. If you are in the area, and want to go, give a post. My boat has been a salty dog for most of it's life so we can take mine. What I need is a person to help pull some...
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    Shifting like it's NOT an OMC (on the muffs)

    I wanna thank everyone for their help, IdleSeedOnly, Bruce, Projo, Astuckey, Reinell-BRXL and I know I'm forgetting others, please chime in because your all the reasons why my boat is fixed. Drive is back on, and on the muffs, this thing shifts like like not an OMC.. I mean very smooth, in...
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    Is a roller missing in this picture?

    I have had this boat and trailer for yrs and yrs, and I can't recall if there were 6 rollers or 4. It rocks in the center where the beam is, and where the roller is missing. I bought enough rollers to replace all 6, but looking at it, I'm not sure there is suppose to be a roller there. Anyone know?
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    Got the shaft from iboats (love it) bunk boads suppose to be loose?

    I ordered the Seasense greaseable roller shafts from iboats and they came today. (fast shipping) These things are awesome, I would recommend them to anyone. Now, about the bunk boards. I'm making my own replacements 2x6's and setting it up to the boat I can clearly see that when I lower the...
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    Outdirve back together making a dry rubber noise.

    Had my lower and upper separated now for about a week. Had oily rags over the u-joints in garage. Today I put it back together (parts finally came) but it's not on the boat yet. When I turn the shaft holding the U-joints.. It sounds like dry rubber on metal.. it didn't make that sound when I...
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    3 pics Do I block up boat here, here and here?

    Just want to make 100% sure I do this right.. I have a deep V cuddy and I'm replacing the bunks, and rollers. The very bottom of the boat has about a 6" flat spot from about midway back. I'm going to jack up the trailer about 5 inches and block the boat up, then bring the trailer down (slowly)...
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    Installing bearing housing, is this right?

    As per Clymer it reads coat everything (bearing housing O rings, and the whole housing) with OMC gasket sealing compound (see pics) Is this correct? If I can't find the OMC stuff, what is the best stuff to use. (Thank you) Remember, I may want to (or have to that is) take this apart again).
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    Boat Buddy, anyone have or ever use one of these?

    Bass pro has them from $59, to $89. The reviews are mixed. We have a 20ft Seaswirl, and when I retrieve it I either have get wet about half way to my knees, or put on rubber boots. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vhueydebF8
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    How much Dynamite needed to Separate lower from Upper outdrive?

    Does anyone know what it takes to separate the lower from the upper outdrive? All the bolts are out, and I have been twisting and turning and lifting 5 hours. I have the upper hanging from a hoist about 4 inches off my bench. I can get side to side movement, and get the back up about 1/4 inch...
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    Shift rod over looked for shifting problems.

    Three yrs ago I had my lower cable replaced in my 89 4.3 cobra. When I picked the boat up from the shop they said "shifts like new". I didn't use the boat for about 4 months, and when I did it wasn't any better in shifting. The shop where I had it replaced went out of biz, so I couldn't take it...
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    Jacking the boat off the trailer.

    I need to replace my bunk boards, and rollers on my trailer. I have a 20ft SeaSwirl cuddy and wondering if any one knew where are the best point to jack it off the trailer, and brace it up? Its a deep V and not a lot of flat surface.
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    Shifter Rod? Shift problems.

    I have a 89 SeaSwirl Cobra 4.3. Three years ago the shifting became hard, so I took it to a shop and had the cable replaced. It didn't really shift smoothly, and has got worse over the years until last week end it wouldn't go into reverse, and then it wouldn't come out of forward. I removed...
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