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    omc 5700 engines

    Hi all, think to buy a couple of engines. Are spare parts still available? since what year? Thanks!
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    Volt Regulator for Prestolite generator

    1962 283 Owens Flagship, has a Prestolite generator GJU-7283, but the VR is missing. Someone can help me in finding the right one?
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    1962 Owen Flagship 283 issues

    hi there I'm restoring a 25 christ craft and need to install the motor in attachment. I am in search of some infos about it - transmission model and eventually tables and suggestions - raw water cooling pipes circuit (original is missing) - cylinder order (considering that it is a forward...
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    1962 283 owen flagship cooling system

    yes is a flywheel forward
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    1962 283 owen flagship cooling system

    So I am at the end of a restoration, and need some infos. first of all, is there any cooling system scheme online? I am in need of pipes replacement and as some are missing I do not want to do any mess. what about oil cooling? Then, what generator and starter? Thanks a lot
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    Oldsmobile 455 Berekeley jetdrive

    hi guys I bought a 1979 Glastron cv21 that was sitting for a couple of years after having been used in salt water. Several clues of poor maintenance. Check oil level (full) and start it out of water cooling by fresh water and ran fine, temp 140/160, oil press 30/40, ten minutes for a couple of...
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    olds 455 berkeley packajet

    dear friends, please help me with the part I am pointing out in the pic: what is it?
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    need help from Italy

    Hi all, I am rebuilding a 1962 chevy 283 and I need an affordable seller for a rebuild kit Anyone can suggest to me one? thank you
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    1962 283 Chevy rebuiding

    hi all does anyone can tell me how harden valve seats to run with modern gas?
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    272 to be serviced

    Hi all, I have just purchased a 272 and would check compression: can anyone tell me the range? Thanks
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    Owens Flagship 1962 283 engine: which is # 1 cylinder?

    Please help me to set this engine up for a test run. I found the engine sitting in a warehouse, it has the transmission on the opposite side of the flywheel, and the distributor on the flywheel side. From the casting number 3756519 I know is a 1962 283 GM block, something like a Chris Craft, but...
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    identifying an old engine

    hi there I attach a pic of this board it should be a 1963 Gray Marine 250 ci: can anyone tell me if there is the way of find any spare parts? thank you
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    Adapt engine to an inline drive

    I would like to replace my old engine in the inline drive with a sterndrive mercruiser engine coupling it with a velvet drive transmision: what do I need?
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    1971 60hp Evinrude electric shift looses power at 3/4 throttle

    Hi there, here I am trying to recover an old evinrude according to a restorated 1970 runaboat. The engine sat for long, years, then I had carburators washed, new impeller, oil and hydro fluid, new tank end fuel line, put in the water and started promptly, electric shift ran great (!!!), no...
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    Coupling Mercruiser engine with a new transmission

    Hi all, I need to repower an old boat I am restoring, and I hav a 1990 Mercruiser 5.7 engine I would like to put in the boat that originally was an inline drive: may I easily couple this engine with a new Velvet drive 71C? What I need to put the two together? From what I need to start for...
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    Purchasing Aq171: how not to get cheated

    Hi all, as said in my last thread I went and check tha pair of AQ171 I would like to purchase Engines look ok, new fuel pumps, new starter, new impellers...then I browsed some forums and found that 171 is an interference ohc, and that when something happens to the timing gears or belt you may be...
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    Installation guide

    Hi all, I am thinking of purchasing a classic italian wooden boat, a 25" daycruiser that was once equipped with a pair of 130hp gas mercruisers. Since the boat now comes without the engines, I would like to buy from the web a pair of 170hp Volvo Penta engines. I must say I restore wooden small...
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    Mercruiser trs: Big trouble?

    Hi all, I have just brought home a 1988 Tullio Abbate Offshore 36 with 2x7.4 Merc and TRS sterndrives. Now I must decide what to do with this boat and mercury people here in Italy tell me to give it away because of the trs, just because of the missing and obsolete spare parts: is it really so...
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    7.4 mercruiser: hole in The intake manifold

    Hi all see the pic below? Is a 7.4 1989 with some rust, corrosion and a hole you can see just right of the bolt. The boat is out in my warehouse, I head it for free. The engine stata and runs regularly, but I cannot have it in the water so there is no charge. I am replacing the part, but how can...
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    8v53 sound: what to expect?

    test done. left engine starts at once, a little black smoke, and then runs hunting at idle. right engine takes a couple of attempts to start, 4/5 seconds each, blowing black smoke while under ignition, then starts and runs like the left one. after having warmed for 8/10 minutes at 800 rpm, also...
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