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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Douglasdzaster" data-source="post: 485151" data-attributes="member: 27803"><p>Maybe it wasn’t used in saltwater. I hope it last me awhile. I’ve done a lot to bring it back to life.That thermostat bolt was the only one that’s been bad so far. Carburetor bolts are in good shape. Carburetors them selfs were eat up because it had been sitting and ethanol did it’s worst. I replaced everything but the carburetor bodies. Took a machine shop to remove the seats and one of the jets someone had tried and rounded them off. Lu bolts good as well. I haven’t had to pull the head yet. I started to replace the head gaskets but the old ones don’t leak and compression is good. I’m going to keep looking for corrosion though. It’s been neglected maintenance wise and patched up to keep it running. I’ve fixed a lot of things that I looked at and said man that’s just wrong. Lol  I’ll enjoy it as long as I can keep her going. Short shaft on a 1982 Monark 1652. Also my first tin boat. It’ll make the boat skip across the lake and I can get as shallow as I want when I put the trolling motor down. Places those big bass boats can’t get to. Lol</p></blockquote><p></p>