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    HELP!! I think i accidently activated the emergency surge brake

    Last time I unhooked the trailer, I forgot to take off the cable that connects to the surge brake piston on the coupler, and started driving away... I think it locked up the brakes, but i dont remember how the little tab on the coupler was facing before. If I did activate that emergency deal...
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    Trim, and speed... ideal adjustments?

    I realize the boat will get on plane faster with the trim all the way down, but do you try to trim it all the way up when you want to go faster? Whats the ideal way to set your trim if you're water skiing or tubing opposed to that of just cruisin around. Does it affect gas much? Just curious...
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    I dont wanna look like a jack*** at the ramp, NEED ADVICE!

    Im close to launching my 19' monterey here in the next week or so, and with all the stupid human trick stories floating around, I dont want to become someone's entertainment at the ramp. I've backed boats in, and retrieved them before, but it was only a 16' boat and I'd have to attach the winch...
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    Whats the break-in procedure for a rebuilt drive?

    The upper half of my alpha I has been rebuilt, and it came with a tag that told me how to break it in... but throughout the past few months that has been mis-placed. I know it said it needed a 10 hour break in period, and not to run it at WOT for extended time, as well as not running it at any...
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    Ever just wish you could stop chasing problems?

    Sigh... I got the boat all ready to start a while back with a rebuilt out drive, and some other work that I've been doing on a project boat I found real cheap, well I start it, its great... takes a little cranking to turn it over but it eventually fires up, runs for a minute, then a core plug...
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    Where can I support the bottom of a motor with a jack?

    I need to put a new freeze plug in, and I dont have the resources to yank the motor... so Im thinking im going to put a hydrolic jack in my bilge on a 2x6 and use it to support one side of the motor while I take off the motor mount and replace the freeze plug thats behind it. Where can I...
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    Water rushing out from starboard side of motor

    Alright, got the drive on, went to fire it up and it started after a bit of cranking, and runs... but theres water gushing out of the starboard side of the motor. Looks to be coming from behind the motor mount around the #2 cylinder. My oil pressure looks good, I have no water in the oil...
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    Had my prop re-hubbed... Im worried they didnt do it right

    My prop was gone for a month getting rehubbed... I go to put it back on today and the piece that is supposed to attach to the splines of the prop shaft can't get to the splines. The prop is on as far as it will go, and those splines dont stick out far enough to allow that piece to slip on...
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    You guys have other toys beyond the boat? Lets see pics!

    Just curious if you all have some toys besides your boats... I know I do, so here it is. 1994 Mustang Cobra... I have quite a bit of work in it, and here it is! So what do you all have?
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    Outdrive wont go all the way back on

    Just got done replacing the bellows, and Im trying to get the outdrive on but the dang thing will go on until theres about a 1/2-1" left before its all on, then is just stuck. Whats holding it on there? Ive tried moving the prop a little to get the teeth to line up, tried hand turning the...
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    Dang bellows dont want to come off! What now?

    The darn things are stuck on there good with that quicksilver stuff... Im to the point where I have pulled the pins out of that housing, removed the trim senders and all that... The bellows I need to replace are the U-joints bellows and shift cable bellows. I bought the whole shift cable kit...
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    Question about life jackets

    Just curious as to weather a throwable device is considered a "life-jacket" when it comes down to inspection. If Im rated for 9 people, will having 7 jackets, and two throwables be sufficient? I just need to know before I get on the water.. need to make sure Im within requirements. Thanks.
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    Another one of those fun ramp stories!

    So I was down at Lake Havasu in Arizona for my spring break with my brother, cousins, and a couple friends. Well my brother had bought a boat and we took it out... did ok for a while then ended up overheating just as we'd finished idling through the channel. We got a tow into a close marina...
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    Bellows question

    Well my drive is in getting the top half rebuilt right now due to what I think was a leaky U joint bellow. I looked in there, and while looking at it from the back I can see what appears to be a little metal pin like thing sticking through the bellow on the left side. Is this normal or is there...
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    Bellows question

    Well my drive is in getting the top half rebuilt right now due to what I think was a leaky U joint bellow. I looked in there, and while looking at it from the back I can see what appears to be a little metal pin like thing sticking through the bellow on the left side. Is this normal or is...
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