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    32 ft. sport cruiser (bayliner) leaking into salon

    Hi. I have a 32 ft. Avanti sport cruiser ( no fly bridge). this year during the winter, the shrink rap mostly blew away ( long story), but I now have quite a bit of rain water entering into the salon area on the starboard side. I assumed it was the window , but apparentely its not. I pulled out...
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    omc cobra shift lever adjustment

    Hi Folks. I pulled my outdrives off for the winter to have them cleaned and flushed over the winter as my port engine did not shift properly, ( sticking).. it was full of sludge and now shifts fine on the bench.. but the omc manual says to set the measurement for 7 13/64 in neutral to from the...
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    cobra shift issues.

    Greetings.. I pulled both my outdrives off of my 32 ft. bayliner.. both drives are right hand rotation.. my port side has a problem shifting.. It does shift but its hard shift... Since this was the first full year for this boat for me.. I decided to pull the drives off for the winter and see...
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    location of Air conditioner.

    Hi... I aquired a water cooled air con.. unit and wish to install it in my 88 bayliner avanti... it looks like a likely location would be in the engine compartment as the water supply and drain etc.. is there... and would have to run some duct work to the cabin.. Does anyone know where the unit...
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    Where are the trim tabs at full up?

    I recently purchased a 20.5 foot four winns. it has what looks to to be newer trim tabs and a new hydrolic system for it.. I have never had a boat with tabs before but when both tabs are full up, they sit down below the hull by about 20 degrees which does not seem right to me... I went the boat...
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    4.3 GM engine pinging

    Greetings. I just picked up a 20.5 foot 4 winns with the 4.3L and cobra I/O.. it seems to run ok but at WOT it shows about 3500 rpm, which seems a little slow and at top end, it pings a bit... When I tow my kids with it, it really pings when I give it to her... there is no vaccum advance like...
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    Engine mounted trolling

    Hello.<br />I have read the info on the engine mounted trolling motors.. Now I have a concern..<br />I am building a bracket to mount a 55lb head just to move me in and out of Dock and then some.. My concern is that If I follow minn Kota's design, then the electric motor will be out of the water...
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    wish to move battery weight around

    Hi.<br />I have a 17 foot searay bowrider with 100 hp outboard and 40 gallon fuel tank below the floor.<br />most of the weight is at the stern. I have lots of storage space and would like to move the batteries (two) to the bow, under the bow seats.<br />I know I have to upgrade the wire guage...
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    nissan 50C tach info

    on the blog, it mentions to use only a nissan tach.. is there a difference between a 12 poll nissan and a 12 pole merc or OMC?.. <br />Looking forward to your answers.
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    how long can 2 stroke oil sit?

    I aquired a boat/motor/trailer that has not been run for 8 years.. After a major cleanup and maintenence.. I beleave it's ready.. however, when I tested it with the muffs, I ran a rich mix to make sure oil got in the engine ( from a seperate tank).. Now saying that, the engine is a 100 hp Merc...
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    100 horse merc, weak or no spark.

    Hi, I have an engine that was in storage for over 8 years, I took it with the boat.. I could not get any spark out of it.. after checking by the book, I noticed the stator had an open coil so the 180 volts were not being delivered.. I picked up a new stator, now the voltages are right and no...
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    1988/100 HP Merc/searay, stator colors

    greetings all.<br />I am not getting spark, checked the stator according to the manual which showed an open stator.. however, I am not sure what all the 6 wires are.. I have Blue and Blue/white , Shows open.. Red and Red/ white shows 106 ohm, (good according to the book). and two yellows which...
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    misfire and backfire

    I have a 50 horse Johnson 1988, all rebuilt, removed the vro, put in a regulare pump. it fires up , timing ok on idle, but misfires out the exhaust with a puff of smoke and intermittently sprays gas out the idle jet. I changed carbs with a similare type but with idle adjust screws.. runs better...
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    low charge coil voltage in 88 50 horse.

    Hi. I am a little stuck.. my 88 johnson 50 horse, has 65 volts ac from the charge coil (to supply the coils for ignitions). no problem I thought, change the coil although the resistance reading was ok.. I put a new one in and got the same voltage.. (same resistance readings 500 to600 ohm..)...
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    water in cyl. after rebuild

    Hi, OK, I know what your going to say.. I didn't torque it right.. but here it goes..<br />complete rebuild, book says to torque the head to 20 pounds, (sounds light to me). put the muffs on and turned on the water. right away, the pisser started pissing. this with the engine not even running...
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    50 hp fuel pressure

    Hi, in a previous topic, I mentioned that I rebuilt 50 horse 1988 johnny that was misfiring. bare with me here...changed flywheel and stator and pack, checked timing. all ok, I did notice that there was a fair amount of fuel in the carb throat ( both), the reeds are fine. Since it was a vro...
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    88 johnson flywheel fault?

    HI guys and gals..<br />the re-build I did my 50 horse 1988 was a nice clean job, ended up with rough idle, found bad plug wire.. changed the charge coil which was suppose to deliver 150 volts, ended up getting 70 to 80 volts at idle and start speed.. so now I have a new charge coil, new plug...
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    88 Johson misfire on idle.

    I sent some info last week and got some feedback.. here is some new findings..<br />my 88- 50 horse johnny was completely rebuilt from a scrapper, so I don't know if it ever ran properly., re-done crank,, bored out, new pistons etc.. I took out the VRO unit and replaced it with a regulare fuel...
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    89 Johnson 50 horse erratic

    HI folks.<br />I rebuilt the above engine over the winter and finally put some gas in it to fire it up for some final adjustments.. Here is my problem, It is idling erratically, all is in place, I did find a problem however where some feedback is requested. I have a manual on electronic...
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    small speed boat big engine what prop?

    Hi.<br />I have a 10 foot Peterorough fun boat.. I re-built a 50 short shaft for it ( I know, oversized), but I will be driving it, not my son..<br />Anyway, the engine is a 50horse with a prop size of 11.75 by 17, I know my engine will over rev, so a tach is going right in my face. If I go for...
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