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    Painting Aluminum boat

    I know this has probably been asked a million times but what’s the best option for restoring the paint on my boat. I want to keep it the same colour and would rather not soda blast it it and start fresh. Can I just sand it down an paint over the original paint or do I have to strip it bear...
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    Mechanical to electric fuel pump

    I’ve got an old a$$ 140 (1975) with priming issues and I’m looking for a solution. It idles great and revs up to just shy of 2000 rpm then bogs to the point where if I push it any further it’ll stall. It’s got an inline filter and it takes forever for it to fill with fuel but once it does the...
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    How do I fill the intermediate housing?

    I’ve got an old StarCraft with a 140 omc in it and I was servicing the upper and lower units the other day. I have never serviced the intermediate because there doesn’t seem to be a drain plug anywhere (and believe me I’ve looked everywhere) and it bugs the hell out of me. There’s a fill plug at...
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    Swapping gearing in a stringer outboard

    I bought a boat with a 3.0 140 and the guy previous swapped the outboard to a 165, I’m not sure this is okay. He gave me the old 140 outboard. The 140 has a damaged lower gear casing (the fin is broken off) but the internals are fine. Can I take the internals out of the 140 lower unit and swap...
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    Did I over prop?

    Hi there, I just ordered an aluminum 21 pitch prop for my 80s StarCraft holiday with the 3.0. The guy that owned it before me tossed a 165 stringer on in place of the 140 stringer, I’m not sure what the difference is but that’s beside the point. My WOT as it sits with a 17 pitch prop is around...
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    1980 StarCraft 181 holiday power upgrades

    I just bought a 18.5 foot 1980 StarCraft with the 3.0 omc power plant. The boat is aluminum and weights around 960 pounds from what I understand so the little engine pushes it pretty decent (goes around 35mph full throttle and trimmed up). I’d just like to know what I could do to get a little...
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