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Unread 05-29-2020, 08:18 AM
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Unhappy My boat is getting hammered at "360 TUNA"

I am a member on the forum over at 360 Tuna and I posted my V20 project boat plans along with a poll asking if I should restore my boat.
I picked "Hell Yea!"
Others picked "Hell No!" & "Burn It!"
They also hammered the fact that it has a Mercruiser in it.
I am excited about my Mercruiser!
At least I get encouragement here.
Here is where I posted the poll and post. Back me up!
Educate them on the Boats we love! But be nice.
https://www.360tuna.com/threads/savi...4/#post-606278
I like the forum for Blue Water Fishing knowledge.
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I'm a Mercruiser master tech of 32 years, there is nothing on those engine I cant fix with your money
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When I dug into mine to repair a leaky water pump, Spare saved my sanity with timely tips on how to get past some thorny problems. I like mine - I don’t need to go real fast and it seems to be excellent on fuel economy.

By the way Spare - did you ever find an electric choke mechanism to replace the dead one on my 170? I’ll be happy to send you some $.

Good luck with the boat - I think you’ll be happy with how well it rides and what a great fishing machine it is.
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When I dug into mine to repair a leaky water pump, Spare saved my sanity with timely tips on how to get past some thorny problems. I like mine - I don’t need to go real fast and it seems to be excellent on fuel economy.

By the way Spare - did you ever find an electric choke mechanism to replace the dead one on my 170? I’ll be happy to send you some $.

Good luck with the boat - I think you’ll be happy with how well it rides and what a great fishing machine it is.
those things have gotten rare
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I'm a Mercruiser master tech of 32 years, there is nothing on those engine I cant fix with your money
Thanks, I have found a home here...
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I have an ‘85 with a Merc. Originally I bought it with the intentions on putting a bracket and outboard on it. This was mainly due to it not running but come to find out it was just a stuck valve. Freed it up and it runs great. So I’m going to run the heck out of it until it doesn’t run any more. They’re a pretty simple motor to work on.
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Thanks for looking Spare.
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Unread 05-31-2020, 08:20 AM
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Gotta make 3 posts on 360 before I can comment on links. (Seems strange, but ok) so I can't help you out there right now. Stay the course. I'm not an I/O man, but they are good.
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