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    New to Mooring Whips

    Ahhh thank you, I'll move those cleats out and give it a little less tension
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    New to Mooring Whips

    I've recently set up some mooring whips on the dock, but wanted to see if I did this right or need to make some corrections. Originally I had the front whip tied to the bow, but they were splayed out a little bit and I heard the only right was to use them was if they were perfectly straight off...
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    Can’t get on plane

    Scott, I really appreciate your help and advice with this mess. I was at the boat today and opened up the tank and it didn't look too bad. Unfortunately my fuel pickup tube is welded to the tank so I can't pull it out to inspect it, nor reach my hand in the tank to feel for the screen. Since I...
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    Can’t get on plane

    I’ve ordered a rebuild kit from mikes, but it won’t be in for a couple days so I’ve given up on going out this weekend. I’m planning on using a small hand pump to empty the tank, or skim the water and algae off.
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    Can’t get on plane

    I took the carb off last night, will I need to disassemble the whole thing or could I clean the jets from the top/bottom?
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    Can’t get on plane

    Ok where would the filter be? I know I have a filter in the carb, but would this filter be before or after the fuel pump?
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    Can’t get on plane

    Yep I’ll start working on that, is it possible/realistic to just buy a couple fuel/water separators to get the gunk out? At least to get it good enough to bring some family out this weekend without driving at a snails pace. I appreciate the link, I’ll clean and tune the carb once that tool...
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    Can’t get on plane

    New fuel, only about a month old and it’s been topped up 2 times. But I didn’t fill the tank or add starbrite because the tank was “empty” but now that I’m thinking about it, I doubt it was fully empty.
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    Can’t get on plane

    I was thinking the same thing when I first saw it, but it’s an aluminum tank and when I touched it, it was slimey and soft.
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    Can’t get on plane

    Wow there is a lot more replies here than I expected, thanks for the help everyone! I haven’t had much time to be around the boat, working full time and family came in this afternoon, but I managed to buy some tools for compression and fuel test as well as look a couple things over. I took a...
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    Can’t get on plane

    The boat was in the shop for 6 weeks and I was eager to take it out. I’d rather not go back to them if possible, but from what I’ve heard they seem to be the only half decent shop besides marinas.
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    Can’t get on plane

    Ok, the exhaust smells a little rich, should I try to lean it out? I find it odd that after 2 carbs the issue is almost identical so I’m thinking it must be a different problem. Oh also my mechanic told me he refuses to rebuild Rochester quadrajets, as did another mechanic (not sure why). I’ll...
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    Can’t get on plane

    Ahhh ok didn’t know that, not sure the exact numbers but my mechanic told me they were all good (he checked before doing any work) The carb is a rebuilt Rochester quadrajet from a trusted supplier, however it is one that “doesn’t need a tune”. I did bring the idle speed up (~750rpms) as it...
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    Can’t get on plane

    I have a 1993 Maxum 2300 SCR with a Jasper rebuild 5.7 I recently had a lot of work done to it, bellows, plugs, plug wires, distributor cap + rotor, compression checked, and a brand new carb but I’m still having issues getting on plane. It’s a little hard to start, and once started the RPMs seem...
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    Rainbow Exhaust 5.7 Mercruiser

    Hey guys, I put a new prop on as well as had my carb rebuilt and when I first launched it, a rainbow appeared coming out of the exhaust. What can cause this and does it have anything to do with the prop or just a bad tune? It stopped after about 2 minutes of running but its a little worrisome...
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    Boat slowly stutters and eventually stalls, can start it again after 5-20 mins

    1992 Maxum 2300 SCR - 5.7 Mercruiser I bought this boat in rough condition in early summer, first time I brought it out it started first try and got about 1,000 feet away from the dock till is sputter and died, managed to restart it after letting it sit for 5 minutes and bring it back toward...
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    95 MerCruiser 4.3 cracked block

    Hello, this is my first post and first time trying to restore a boat. I've had a problem when the motor is running where it wouldn't get above 4k rpms and had a rough idle. When trying to diagnose we have zero compression on one of the cylinders and when we looked closer, the block had a crack...
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