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    Quick Steering Question

    Need to replace the teleflex rotary system in my 16ft Crestliner with 70hp Johnson. Cable is broken I believe. With trim up, you can have the motor laid over to one side and turn the wheel. It will bring it to top dead center and then the motor goes slack falling to the opposite side. What is...
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    Steering Broke. That was a fun trip.

    Wife and I went fishing yesterday and we're getting ready to leave when I fired up the boat (16ft Crestliner with 70hp Johnson) and stuck it in gear the steering popped and went limp. The wheel doens't do anything now. I looked under the console and I think it only uses one cable. Is there a...
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    Livewell Help

    I have recently put the livewell back in and got everything plumbed back up and wired. My wife and I catch and release (not fish-eaters) so we have never used the livewell. To be honest I couldn't tell you if I ever tried the switch before rehooking everything back up. I have 3 hoses running to...
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    Glue and Wood

    I just ripped out the rotted floor on my 16' Crestliner. It has an aluminum floor joist? system under the wood which the floor was screwed into. I'm going to buy new floor material and recarpet it. Suggestions for wood? Also, what type of adhesive should be applied to the wood/carpet to marry...
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    Oil coming out where it shouldn't

    I have a 78 Crestliner 16ft. with a 70 h.p. Johnson on it. I winterized last Nov. by stabilizing the fuel, fogging the carbs and draining the lower unit and refilling with new green lube from the bottom to the top. I pulled it out of the shed monday night and fired it up and it ran like a...
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    porpoising question

    I have a 16foot crestliner with a 70 horse Johnson on it and it runs great. If I give it the beans and get it up on plane, within a couple 2-300 yards it begins bucking in the front in until I back out of it. What causes this? Is it Porpoising? How can it be fixed. there's nothing more...
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    Radio and Batteries

    I am going to rewire my boat this fall. It's a 16ft Crestliner right side console. There's a mess and it needs cleaned up. I want to run everything to a fuse block and then to the battery. What I want to know is how does one hook up the radio without losing the presets everytime you shut off...
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    tilt/trim info pleeeaassseee?

    I just got a new boat yesterday (78 Crestliner) with a 70 Johnson of about the same age. The trim wants to work...you can hear it whine when I hit the switch but not much happens. The rams move but it's like they don't catch on something. Fluid? Need the line bled? Any help would be greatly...
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