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    Removing the driveshaft

    Hello gents, Been awhile since I've done any wrenching since I bought a Honda BF115 outboard. I'm currently converting my 20" shaft to a 25". I have a shop manual and all the parts. Right now, I can't get the old driveshaft out. I have removed the nut holding the gear on the bottom of it...
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    2001 bf 115 repower after sitting for a decade

    Long story short...I pulled this Honda off my cousins boat and put it on my '95 trophy 1802 wa . I put in new ignition switch, wiring harness , fuel filters , pulled the plugs squirted some wd40 in each cylinder, turned the prop by hand to be sure it wasn't siezed. Then , put the earmuffs on...
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    2001 Honda 115 BFI

    Hey guys , this engine has been sitting on the boat since 2008 and ran perfectly at that time (parked due to hole in boat) . My cousin is trying to get the engine fired up, but the starter won't engage. After digging around, he found lots of corroded wires. We just want to bypass all the...
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    '95 Ballinger trophy /120 Force 2 stroke starting issue

    Hey guys, new to the outboard forum and nee to this boat . I'm having trouble getting it started at the dock or after sitting for a day or two . Once it starts it runs good and idles fine but it takes several minutes of cranking to get her to fire. I nearly drain the battery to get it to start...
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    67 sea ray / 78 chevy 305 electrical fire issue !!!!!!!

    hello guys , its been a long time for me here , after learning a wealth of information from you folks I have been able to keep my hoopty pile afloat until now...no way to shorten this , so here ya go....my son and I are a few miles out to sea fishing , while in the ocean I don't shut off the...
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    01 8hp stall \ smoke issue

    so my cousin and I were out fishing today trolling for stripers. for the first two hours we were at idle in gear trolling slowly and the motor ran fine . then we decided to go across the main river channel wich would have been a 1/4 mile run. after going about half the distance the engine...
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    plywood top / dryrot repair

    hello gentleman , i am gearing up to reglass and repaint the upper half of my boat . basically from the rubrail up . there has been sone significant peeling and cracking on the top since last year and noe some of the wood underneath is rotting and becoming spongy . i found an epoxy product that...
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    '93 8hp shifting issue

    when i bought this motor , it would shift okay , but would get stuck in gear and wouldnt shift to neutral unless you turned it off and wiggled the prop....it eventually wouldnt come out of gear at all..i posted my problem here and someone told me the drive balls had sheared...i ordered new ones...
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    tilt issue...cant figure it out

    hello gents...heres the deal...having already had trouble with my tilt motor , i have torn apart and rebuilt my whole tilt system on my '67 omc stringer / electric shift...for awhile all was well....then recently i went fishing and as we launched the drive went down like it should but when...
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    '67 sea ray /'78 chevy 305.....moisture issue

    so im having a peculiar issue with moisture in my distributor...as the engine warms and i am underway it will begin to run rough...i opened the distributor cap and it was full of moisture....i wiped it out and she ran great for about 15 min and then rough again...looked and there was moisture...
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    67 electric shift 200 hp prop question

    so , i was test running the old sea hag the other day and at wot i was getting 3700 rpm . typically it wont go better than 3400 , but thats because i usually have 4-6 people , on the test run it was only my son and i . upon my return home i decided to service the outdrive with some new oils ...
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    67 sea ray /mc electric shift w/ chevy 305...transom seal retro fit

    hello gentlemen , its been awhile...im gonna do the retro fit on my transom seal...its still leaking and getting way worse...the problem is i cannot find the correct seal...part #381104, so im gonna buy part #313080 and part #313081 and put them on instead..i asked this before but got no...
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    '67 electric shift stringer....tilt issue...

    hey guys , i recently experienced tilt motor issues...first problem was after a day on the water we returned to the dock and the drive would not raise , it would just make several clicking noises in the solenoids....after taking the drive off to trailer it home , i posted questions on how to fix...
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    '67 /sea ray / 305 chevy round transom seal

    my transom boot is leaking on this old barge and i want a new one.trouble is that everywhere i looked says they are unavailable..what can i do?thanx in advance...dimitri
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    ' 67 sea ray w/ '78 chevy 305 new tilt motor ....same trouble

    okay so i put in my new tilt motor and the solenoids still just clicking in both directions...wtf?????:mad: also noticed with engine running try to hit the tilt switch and engine stumles and the radio shuts off and turns back on????? okay super electricians what did i screw up now...thanx in...
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    '67 sea ray w/ 78 chev...elec shift tilt issue

    okay so my tilt has always worked ...no probs...this saturday couldnt get it to go up or down....solenoids clicking in both directions....i havent charged my batteries for awhile....what else could cause this ? thanx in advance....dimitri
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    67 24 ft sea ray w/78 chev 305 electric shift exhaust issue

    heres the dilema....i bought a used starboard manifold from a guy on flea bay...it was used...he stated there was a hairline crack but since i run in saltwater it would rust and seal itself quickly...is this true or am i a dummy for believing him ?...second part to the question...after...
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    '67 sea ray/'78 chev 305 2bbl NO SPARK

    okay , i changed points , condensor , plugs , wires , and coil and now have no spark at all....what did i do wrong? thanx in advance...dimitri
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    '67 sea ray w/ chev 305 2 bbl

    hello gents....heres the problem...im underway cruising to a new fishing hole at 3200 rpm and she shuts off just like i turned the key off...i looked around could find no bad connections loose wires or whatever...checked fuel...getting fuel ( complete fuel system is new ) turned the key she...
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    1973 johnson 9.5 hp

    hey guys , i picked this engine up from craigslist for dirt cheap , not running , i replaced some of the igition system because it had no spark . after doing so she fired right up on the barrel and ran beautiful...low and high rpms...heres the issue...when it runs for 20 - 30 min it dies and...
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