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    Help with lraw water cooling. Having trouble identifying a part.

    Please forgive me if I describe this wrong, this is my first stern drive boat. I am a mechanic by trade and I have managed to get through most everything until now. I have been searching online for hours and I eventually came across this thread for reference but the link to the part I needed at...
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    Remember when we were all newbies?

    I've been boating for years, however, this is the first boat that I have owned myself. I remember how bad I felt when I was so carefull in making sure I did everything right.. Last Friday a buddy and I head out to the boat ramp at the river near my house, like we do every Friday evening to...
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    Question on boat electrics and a fish finder

    Hi all, I have a 16' Ft tri hull with a smaller (and older) Chrysler motor that does not have a charging system on it, so I have to make sure my battery is charged before every use. I want to install a fish finder that I plan to buy and I'm worried that my battery will not have enough juice to...
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    First boat!

    I bought a project boat from a guy near my house for about $1000.00 $$$ and he did a good majority of the restoration work himself and I did the rest. Its a 16' Elite with a 50HP motor and I got the rest of the work done, now never launching a boat I was being so carefull that I was worried...
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    painting a boat

    I bought a 16' 1977 Elite (made by glassco)fiberglass fishing boat that I would like a paint in the winter months after the fishing season end. Whats the best method to strip and paint it to get the job done right?
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    Tillotson Carbs and Various Years

    My 1966 Sea King 45HP(made by West Bend) uses a Tillotson carb. (OM20A) is the only serial number I found on the carb) I need to get a carb kit but when I went to Napa the only kits they carry are for Crysler/Force motors and they dont specify years in their books. I wrote down all the model...
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    Seak King 45 spark plug problem

    My Sea King 45HP starts-up great but runs rough, almost like its carring the bottom Cylinder. I pulled the plugs and the bottom one is wet and oily while the top one is dry and tan in color. I ran this motor yesterday for about 4 hours of fishing and it seemed to run great but today wasnt...
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    Is it a bad thing that....

    I never have to use the choke on my 45HP Chrysler outboard when I start it? I gave the carb a cleaning because it would start and die. (sat up for awhile). The motor just always cranks right up and runs like a champ.
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    Got my Sea King 45 up and running, I have a quick cooling question!

    I ended up taking the carb of and tearing it apart and found that there was some gumed up gas in the bottom of the floatbowl that was causing the problem. I cleaned everything out and reinstalled it and it fired up and idled like a champ. <br /><br /> I have a cooling question. If there is a...
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    Seak King 45 Starts but wont run

    Hi all thanks to those that helped me, I got the motor to fire up but it wont idle and dies. I noticed that there was a screw that adjusts the richness of the motor but without the manual I'm not sure on how it needs to be set. There is also another screww on top of the carb.<br /><br />Brian
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    Sea King 45HP and frustrated

    Hey guys I bought a 77' Ellite from a guy that had totally redone the boat but was unable to finish his project in favor of his job. I took a chance and bought it with 2 known problems. 1 the throttle controls were needing replacement, which I did and 2nd I had to install a new ingition switch...
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