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    buddy wants boat fixed

    My buddy pulls his boat over my place and says fix it! Its a 1988, 185 v6 mercruiser looks like a chevy motor? what i found is a 4 in chunk of the block laying in the hull! looks like it froze. my guestion is has any one delt with this before, and can i use a car engine? thanks for the...
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    setting timming

    just thought id ask, i have a 96 5.7 merc with thunderbolt V ignition i want to make sure how to time it correctly. i have heard a few ways to due it. thanks dan
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    thunderbolt v problems

    Well after many tests and parts i bought the icm!!! This is a 1995 5.7 merc 4 barrel carb, 260 hp bravo lx module. When i got the module the new one is totally different, you have to rewire the main harness and add a bracket to hold the new module and knock sensor. All went good there and...
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    No spark

    went down the river sunday and just shut off, like someone pulled the coil wire. after a day of work and parts replacement, the parts guys told me to get a ignition module? very very rare to go bad but thats got to be it! ( right ). after checking all grounds checking all wire plugs, going threw...
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    thermostat and housing guestion

    I have a 96 merc 350 chevy engine. open water system. Was talking on another post about running or not running a thermostat? Well it seams like they are very important. So i took my housing off last night and inside came out pieces of what i think use to be a thermostat. The housing has a...
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    pitted outdrive

    Pulled the boat sunday and looked at my outdrive and its time to fix it or replace it. Im going to replace the gimble bearing and u joints so im going tackle the outdrive too. Its a 95 bravo II and all pitted so i need to replace it, what do i do? Can i get just a case? i need the top and...
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    bravo II rebuild

    Im looking to change the coupler,u joints,bellows,gimbal bearing all of it in my 98 proline. its all factory stuff. i also want to go through the out drive and replace the bottom half, its all pitted and has a big chunk out of it. were do i start to get all these parts? thanks dan
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    bravo 2 raddling noise

    After tearing the whole outdrive apart and finding nothing wrong it now has a raddling sound coming from the outdrive in neutral at a idle? Everything seems good going into gear forward and reverse? Just wondering if i should be concerned. thanks for the help so far
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    do shift cables stretch?

    It seems that when i put it into forward gear it doesnt go into gear all the way? I tested it at the dock, i put it in rev and all is good, then i tested forward and it does seem like the prop is moving but untill i push the shifter forward a little farther it then goes into gear all the way...
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    slow going into foward

    I have a 350 bravo 2 mercury i/o the boat has around 500 hrs now and has been maintained well. my problem is the other day i noticed the boat took awhile to go into forward gear sorta spongy like. when we came back in i have to go into rev then forward into slip. when i put it into forward...
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    yamaha 8 hp

    I went to start first time this year and wont idle or take fuel without bogging. I always use stabil and run fogging oil threw engine add two new plugs and fuel filter and its ready now for the fourth year, well i thought. Any ideals would help. thanks dan
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    merathode inline fuse blowing?

    Well ive been tracing wires and all look good. I even pulled the unit under the transom and checked it out (all good) not sure if working though. Second time i found fuse blowning and ideas? thanks dan
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    i/o corrosion bad

    I have a 1995 bravo 2 behind a chevy 350 engine. the boat is flawless and only had about 150 hrs when i got it. it never stayed in the water for more then 2 weeks and fresh water only. when i got it the outdrive was bottom painted? it now has warren off and has white corrosion all over it, pitts...
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