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    Blue Crabbing. You have to try it.

    I searched this forum for blue crab info and didn't find a single thread so I thought I would share a little bit about what I discovered yesterday. 5 mesh crab traps, bag of chicken necks for bait, 5 20 foot ropes, and leftover milk jugs for buoys for under 20 bucks at wally world and 3 hours...
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    Stiff Steering. Is this advisable?

    1987 Force 50 HP. The steering on the engine is stiff. I know it is the engine (kingpin) and not the cables because I had to take it off to replace the transom that rotted out. What I wanted to do was take a heat gun and heat it up, as I learned from other threads, and then take some...
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    Transom rebuild started

    1977 Cobia bowrider 15ft. Engine cracked the outer fiberglass wall and the wood was wet and rotten. I took out about 1000 screws to get the cap off the thing. Somebody has been in there before me. I just have a few questions that hopefully somebody else's experience can answer. I attached a...
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    Upper Gear Case bolted to Leg

    1987 50HP Model C. There are four 3/8 x 1 1/4 bolts the attach the upper gear case to the engine leg. One of these four had some water squirting out so I put some thread sealer on it and tightened it back. When I checked the rest of them to see if they were on tight on of them was in but just...
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    Engage / Disengage

    There is a nob on the motor mount where the steering cable passes through the mount. There is a sticker that says engage on one side and disengage on the other. I tried turning it to disengage to see if it unhooked the steering but it didn't. Any ideas what this thing might be engaging or...
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    Timing Rod Adjustment tips

    I mest up the timing on a '87 Force 50hp model C by adjusting the timing rod. The lock nut on this rod was rubbing the flywheel a little bit so I unscrewed it a little bit so it would clear. I did this not knowing that it was linked to the timing. Think before you do. So I have a timing gun...
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    Ignition Wiring, 1987 Force 50

    Just got my first boat, '79 Cobia Bowrider and it needed a little love. I have given it a lot of love and I am finally stuck. I had to replace the switches to the lights and the bilge pump (bilge pump too) because they were shot. The engine has an ignition problem too. So I figured that I...
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