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Well, there's always the old adage... "you can pay me now, or you can pay me later". While I agree it's a shame to burn days waiting for a mechanic to do the carbs, I cannot help but think.... how much additional time will be spent if you have to buy and mount a new engine? Really, I wish you luck and good fortune with your gamble. If it were me, since I simply cannot afford a new engine, I'd follow Ferm's advice. These guys know what they are talking about, they do this for a living. But maybe you'll get lucky and nothing will happen.
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless. 
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06-13-2014, 07:26 PM
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We are talking a bout a boat right? OK, just checking.
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1985 Wellcraft V-20, Evinrude ETEC 150: SOLD 1979 Marine Trader 44, twin Ford Lehman 120s 2006 Panga 14, Tohatsu 20
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06-13-2014, 08:58 PM
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Yeah, like I didn't pay $100 for the boat, motor, and trailer!!! I didn't even want a boat until this thing fell in my lap.
I started the engine today and adjusted the idle down. It really does seem to run more smoothly all the time! I really think I am going to get by with this. The Mercury Carb cleaner stuff I am adding to the gasoline seems to be working. (My mechanic is a Merc expert). But if it suddenly locks up and I have to be towed in, then so be it. I have the BoatUS unlimited towing insurance for both boat and trailer. I would either find a used engine or I might even buy a shop manual and overhaul the powerhead myself. I am a graduate nuclear engineer. Don't doubt that I could do it. And don't doubt that when it is finished, it would run like a watch. I love a project. This is really "not rocket science." larry
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1975 Wellcraft V20 Steplift with 1979 Evinrude 150. Newly rebuilt dual axle trailer. Boat is in a slip behind Harbor Island on San Diego Harbor.
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06-14-2014, 07:57 PM
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It ran two hours today after starting easily. If you Google San Diego Harbor you can see where we went. We went from the Marina behind Harbor Island over to Glorietta Bay, under the bridge and up near the Hotel Del Coronado, the Coronado Yacht club basin. Most of the trip was made at 1500 rpm, about 10MPH, slowly enough that we were able to negotiate the BIG waves and wakes without scaring my wife! ha
It is running more smoothly all the time. Now it idles slowly enough that shifting is not a big clunk-- and of course it doesn't die when shifted from neutral to either forward or reverse, so I was able to deftly maneuver out of and into the slip. All good--so far! ha. My wife said I am becoming a boat handler, ha. larry
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1975 Wellcraft V20 Steplift with 1979 Evinrude 150. Newly rebuilt dual axle trailer. Boat is in a slip behind Harbor Island on San Diego Harbor.
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06-16-2014, 11:51 AM
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Sounds like you are getting it dialed in!
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