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    Rochester Carb Check Ball Missing

    I am in the process of rebuilding a Rochester card from my 89' Four Winns with a 4.3L OMC. The carb is a 2 barrell and when i was taking it apart i noticed that in the diagram that came with the rebuild kit as well as the one in my repair manual both showed a check ball inside the main body of...
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    Oil Pressure To High?

    Can oil pressure be to high? what should the presure be on a 1989 OMC 4.3? When on the lake it stayed about 20 at idle but went to 60 and even 80 when accelerating. is that to high? What might cause it? Its a new motor. The oil level is fine.
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    OMC Outdrive Clicking

    i have a 1989 OMC Cobra on a GM 4.3L The outdrive clicks really rast before going into gear sometimes. I have no other problems except this and it only happend sometimes. I just had the outdrive apart and i know all the gears and clutch dog are good.
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    OMC Cobra NEED HELP TODAY

    My brother in law is taking my boat tonight and I need to make sure everything is working ok so I kinda need help quick. The boat is a 1989 Four Winns 180 Horizon w/ OMC Cobra 4.3.<br /><br /> <br /><br />First off I had my engine rebuilt and I took apart the outdrive to inspect it. All was good...
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    Changing OMC Outdrive Oil

    I have a 89 OMC Cobra 4.3 and i want to change the oil in the outdrive but i have herd alot of differant ways to do the oil in an OMC. Can anyone tell me exactly how to do it and how much it usually takes?
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    Changing OMC Outdrive Oil PLEASE HELP SOON

    I have a 89 OMC Cobra 4.3 and i want to change the oil in the outdrive but i have herd alot of differant ways to do the oil in an OMC. Can anyone tell me exactly how to do it and how much it usually takes?
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    First Boat Question

    This is my first boat. It a 1989 Four Winns 180 Horizon w/ 4.3 OMC Cobra. My question is last season the boat had a hard time to get on plane when towing two tubes. It turns out the engine had alot of proplems and the prop pitch was to high (14 x 19) so i rebuilt the engine and got the right...
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    Rough Idle

    I have a 1989 Four Winns W/ 4.3 OMC Cobra. The engine is freshly rebuilt with the original carb that ran perfect last season. the engine is hard to start and idles rough. Also sometimes when i go from stop to full throttle is bogs out. I am going to test the ESA tonight but i have only a couple...
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    Outdrive oil Frothey

    My outdrive oil is new and when checked after 4 hours of running the oil is not discolored but it is frothey. Is there something wrong?
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    Need Help Quick - Engine Alignment

    OK i got the alignment and started slowly moving the mounts until it slid in effortlessely but then when i rotated the engine it was alot harder to go in. The crank, flywheel, and coupler are original and in good shape. i cleaned up the mating surfaces so they would sit flat. The gimbal bearing...
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    Re-setting used hour guage. Need help before tomorrow

    My boat never came with an hour guage and i just rebuilt everything so i bought a used digital one. it says quicksilver on it but i cant find the manufactorer. It has 2 wires (1) for ground and (1) to wrap around the spark plug. I would really like to reset it so i dont have to remember the...
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    Homemade OMC Alignmet tool help

    I had a local shop machine me a alignment tool based on these dimensions:<br /><br /> http://mercstuff.com/images/modification.jpg <br /><br />the tool fit perfectly in the engine coupler with no movement but it wobbles a little in the gimble bearing. The gimble bearing is new but i was...
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    Lower Unit Clicking

    I have a 1989 Four Winns 180 Horizon and it is just one big problem. The person i bought if from let it freeze and cracked the block and some other stuff. The engine has very low hours on it but is got clogged and overheated so its being rebuilt but one thing i noticed on the outdrive is that...
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