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    fuel pump frustration

    i am also converting o electric fuel pump. im installing a vortec 350 5.7 to replace my blown non vortec 5.7 in my 96 sea ray 210. im using a 1490 marine carb. i purchased this fuel pump, edlebrock 5-7psi fuel pump https://www.summitracing.com/parts/edl-17301 i also purchased this fuel pump...
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    Proper size thru Hull transducer for 1996 Sea Ray 210

    Understood, thanks for the advice and I'll carefully use a razor to remove the excess nibs. I'm sure leaving those nibs there will cause water turbulence I'm front of the transducer causing air bubbles and false readings.
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    Proper size thru Hull transducer for 1996 Sea Ray 210

    I came here two days later to check on how everything is curing and so far everything is nice and snug and firm so that's a good sign. The top in the bilge it looks nice and watertight and underneath I'm a little disappointed with how the squeeze out resulted. There are some nibs of caulking...
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    Proper size thru Hull transducer for 1996 Sea Ray 210

    i hope so, i'm tempted to yank it all back out clean it up and use 5200 instead. regardless of people saying never use 5200 on transducer. i dont plan on changing transducers often at all and it feels like i would be more comfortable with the solidity and firmness of 5200 over the gummy elastic...
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    Proper size thru Hull transducer for 1996 Sea Ray 210

    I just installed the transducer in my boat following the directions boe Marine video so I'm curious on one part about tightening the nut. On some forums people say to just hand tighten the nut and let the sealant fully cure and then go back and tighten it with the wrench because they say you...
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    Proper size thru Hull transducer for 1996 Sea Ray 210

    It's definitely thru Hull just seems to be a really small cheap one.
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    Is the best way to repair this on the bottom of my Hull

    1996 Sea Ray 210 and the underside of the hull on the bow has slight damage I guess from previous owner running the boat on shore. It doesn't leak it's not cracked there's no water intrusion couple friends told me that they've seen much worse and that it's fairly common on older boats nothing...
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    5.7 MerCruiser blown what can I replace it with

    It's been a long journey with my engine issues. Come to find out my original engine blew on cylinders 4 and 6 and those were the exact two cylinders that the previous owner had crossed on the distributor cap I corrected that issue and gained a lot of power back but then those two cylinders...
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    Water leak into bilge, speedo tube or transducer thru hull fitting possibly?

    Well I finally got around to removing my old transducer.... I bought a new one a bronze airmar b19 2 in in diameter I thought it would fit in my stock hole but my original transducer is only one inch diameter so I'm going to have to drill the whole larger. I can see that there was definitely...
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    Proper size thru Hull transducer for 1996 Sea Ray 210

    1996 Sea Ray 210 that has a lowrance 3500 system. I asked about this over on the Sea Ray Club forums and they told me that I should get a P19/B619 Air Mar transducer that it would fit right inside the hole. So I purchased it and I came to the boat today to remove my old transducer and when I...
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    Gear oil leak from lower drive water intake?

    So I have the outdrive off just kind of standing up on the skeg.. If I rotate the gear foot lever I can get it into neutral and I can rotate the drive shaft pretty easily and the propeller doesn't spin and if I put it in the gear and I rotated the propeller spins Is that a good indicator that...
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    Gear oil leak from lower drive water intake?

    Alpha 1 Gen 2 is what I meant sorry. The water pump impeller kit that I got from Quicksilver had the water pump a large metal plate and a bunch of small seals It also had some extra seals I assumed for other applications but I just used or matched up all the new stuff with the old stuff that I...
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    Gear oil leak from lower drive water intake?

    I mean that's a good question but if I had everything in neutral and the engine wouldn't crank over just the starter clicking wouldn't it still start even if the drive was seized up? And I can't quote all the other people below me unfortunately not in one post but I see the suggestions for...
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    Gear oil leak from lower drive water intake?

    So last summer aug 2020 I did an engine tune up and I also as a preventative maintenance replace the water pump And gaskets with Quicksilver kit. I had no issues with the water pump no issues with leaking gear oil prior to that. After I got everything assembled the boat was running great for...
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    Engine removal on 96 Sea Ray 210

    I finally sourced a decent mile vortec engine out of a 1997 z71 truck. had 133k miles. I need to pull the blown mercruiser 5.7 out of my sea ray in the up and coming weeks. i figure I will do things in small steps to make this a bit less daunting for me. my buddy says when i am ready I can...
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    5.7 MerCruiser blown what can I replace it with

    So I finally got my 5.7 mercruiser engine running great past couple days full tune up oil change use Mercury oil 25w40 mercruiser oil filter engine was running great hitting about 49 mph at 4800 RPMs. Today today out on the water I was running about 37 to 40 mph 4400 rpms and the engine blew...
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    Ignition buzzer not working when ignition is on

    So I noticed a lot of boats when you turn the ignition on before starting the engine you hear a buzzing or alarm sound that goes away when you turn the engine on.. II take it this is related to oil pressure and the reason it goes away is because positive oil pressure is detected and satisfies...
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    Do I have thunderbolt IV or V?

    1996 mercruiser 5.7 serial 0F760044 attached is a picture of my distributor and it looks like there is only 1 module with one plug on the back of the distributor. just trying to find out so i know how to handle timing of the engine when i go to do that. thanks for the help! i did try using...
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    Brand new spark plug exploded and left me stranded. (AC MR43T)

    So I just replaced all the spark plugs in my mercruiser 5.7 I use the recommended Quicksilver AC MR43T spark plugs.... I I was running wide open throttle 4800 RPMs for probably 3 minutes The boat had been running great all day and then all of a sudden I heard a loud gunshot and then a really...
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    Can I upgrade to the Edelbrock 1409 carb?

    I have a mercruiser 5.7 originally was a two-barrel setup.. The previous owner has upgraded to what appears to be an Edelbrock intake manifold and a four-barrel carb. I I looked at the numbers on the side of the carburetor looks like it says Rochester 17080565 2431 It's really weird there's...
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