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    1994 Sea Ray 200 & 3 Years Outside With The Bow Down

    Well after going and looking at this boat for the 3rd time I finally broke down and just bought it. Its a 1994 Sea Ray 200 Bowrider with a Mercruiser 5.7 Alpha One. The engine hasn't been ran in 3 years but the owner showed me the receipts and some tags that were still on the engine with the...
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    Why Men Shouldnt Write Advise Columns

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    Can You Weld This??? **Update** I Welded It

    As you may or may not know, yesterday when I was messing with my shifting problem I had a guy helping me out from the marina. I asked him to jump in my boat and try to move the shifter while I was turning the prop by hand. After it would not move out of forward gear, as I was climbing back into...
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    Mercruiser Shift Cable ***Update***

    I have a quick question pertaining to the shift cable on my boat. I have a Mercruiser 270 with an Alpha 1 Gen 1. Today I was out at the boat and installed a rebuilt carb and started the engine. The engine was producing a sound that sounded like you are trying to put a car with a manual...
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    Rochester Quadrajet Rebuild Video **UPDATE**

    I have rebuilt a couple Quadrajets on cars awhile ago and had a little knowledge in the basic skills to do so. When I had a carb that was bad on my boat I looked around for some videos on the net and couldn't find any. I did a bunch of research and rebuilt mt first marine carb. It worked out...
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    Mercruiser Only Runs If I Pump The Throttle.**UPDATE**

    I am in the process of getting my boat in the water and I am running into a problem with my port engine. This engine is on a 1987 Sea Ray Sundancer 270 with twin Merc 260's and Rochester Quadra Jet carbs.I can pump the gas a couple of times and the engine will fire right up idle for a second...
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    Milkshake In My 5.0 And I Got It Out ***Update***

    I just bought a 91 Baylner Capri 2050 with Mercruiser 5.0 I/O Alpha 1 gen II outdrive. I got the boat real cheap because the previous owner sais that it has a blown head gasket. I checked the dipstick and sure enough there is a milkshake in the oil pan. I know that this does not automatically...
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