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  1. badbowtie

    Gimble housing cracked

    I pulled the outdrive thursday so I could pull the motor saturday. I noticed a crack in the gimble housing you can see it in the pictures. i am not sure if water leaked in next to the shifter from a bad gasket or shifter cable boot right there and froze and cracked it also. There was no water...
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    Just got boat, need motor

    Re: Just got boat, need motor Well I just pulled the outdrive so I am ready to pull the motor and noticed a crack in the gimble housing you can see it in the pictures. i am not sure if water leaked in next to the dhifter from a bad gasket tight there and froze and cracked it also. There was...
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    Maybe no transom straps

    I was out today and up the street seen a boat in a guys yard. Well about 300-400 feet before the boat was tire tracks were looks like the trailer crossed the white line into the guys yard and plowed the mail box and bounced the boat off the trailer. The trailer was sitting in the guys driveway...
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    What do people think

    I bought my first boat 6 years ago which was a 21 foot cuddy I hooked it to my truck to take home and noticed it had no safety chains. I also asked him about straps to strap the back of the boat down and he said you don't need them it is heavy enough it will not move around. I had some 1500lb...
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    looking for owners manual

    I just got a 1985 century mirada 255 and I would like to see if I can find a owners manual somewhere I can download so I can read about all the options in the cabin for the refrigerator, water heater that I cannot find, stove, etc. I have never had a boat this big with ship to shore options do...
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    Just got boat, need motor

    I just picked up a 1985 century mirada sunday from a friend of a friend that was really really resonable. But he had a motor put in a couple years ago and was not able to use the boat last summer at all so the year before he ended up just pulling the drain plugs from manifolds and block but did...
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    1985 century mirada 255

    Re: 1985 century mirada 255 Well guys thanks for all the input and I am glad to be back on the forum again being I have a new to me boat. I did go look at it yesterday and buy the time we got all the Ice of the cover and found out there were was still a raccoon in the boat so that was fun to...
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    1985 century mirada 255

    Scroll down I got the boat and have some on going questions to keep it all together. I sold my 85 wellcraft 210 that I had for about 7 years that I replaced floors and interior in and replaced motor and outdrive. But I can't really decide what to buy but I just got offered a 1985 mirada with...
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    looking for a pontoon have questions

    I sold are 21 cuddy last summer just wanted something different I hvae done everything to that boat from stringers, floors, sewing new seats, replaced motor, and rebuilt outdrive. So there is not much I will not tackle. But I am thinking of buying a older some what cheap pontoon boat I am...
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    need exhaust shutter / flapper

    I have 3" thru hull tips that have no shutters or internal flaps I would like to get a set and I could always just drill two holes like shutters fasten in the y-pipe. I have found a place that sells the hole tip with internal flaps but I just want the flapper I will fab them up in the tips. I...
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    always had allot of prop slip what is the deal

    I have a 1985 welcraft 210 elite that I just repowered this year with a rebuilt motor from rapido marine I replaced the out drive last year with a sei drive. It has a mercruiser 350 they told me it is 285hp It has the 1.47 drive alpha drive . I am running a 14.25x21P alum prop and I have a...
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    Carb adjustment Edelbrock

    I replaced the motor with a rebuilt motor from Rapido Marine, I have tried to adjust the timing several times and right around 3,000, it sounds like it has a backfiring popping miss, you can power through it and it's fine, not sure if I need to adjust the step up springs in the carb, I am...
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    need new trailer tires anyone ever heard of

    I need to get new trailer tires for a couple trailers I have found commodore tires locally for a good deal. I have searched around and can not really find any info. I would like to know what you have to say about them or heard about them.
  14. badbowtie

    delco est timing need help

    Well I replaced my motor this year and bought a est dist kit after I got my ten hours of break in and when I would get on the throttle anything past about 3K it would start missing so I checked timing while I was on the water and right at 8 degrees and when you would reve it it would advance...
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    towing with chevy 7.4 , 6.5 , 6.0

    I currently have a 05 1500 chevy 4x4 that had the 4.8 that towed okay but installed a 6.0 for the extra power. I am going to sell my truck and will buy a 98-2000 chevy 3500 dually crew cab 4x4 it has to be all that, but trying to decide between the 6.5 turbo diesel or the 7.4 gas I will also be...
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    Finally got the boat out last night with new motor looking for breakin feedback

    Well I bought a motor from rapido marine 5.7 and had it all in and had so many problems along the way but got them all taken care of. Then it rained and rained and the lake was 19.5 feet of summer pool and they finally got it back down yesterday to beably to get to the docks. So last night I...
  17. badbowtie

    Convert to Electric or electric over hydraulic.

    Friend of mine has a 2001 heritage trailer that he pulls his crownline 270BR so it is a tandem axle trailer and a heavy boat/trailer. It has surge brakes and he does not like them since anytime you are on a down hill slope they want to activate. He also keeps his boat at my house and my...
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    mercruiser shift interupt switch need wiring confirmed

    I just installed a delco est distributor in my 85 5.7 with a alpha one drive I think I have it figured out but want to make sure before I tear something up. I am taking the black wire off the shunk timing connector with the white wire not looped together, and connecting it to one wire on the...
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    Need to pull bravo 3 with lock problem

    I need to pull a bravo 3 saturday and check everything out and grease everrything up I have only pulled alpha ones on my boat but when I looked last night it has a lock on one bolt. My buddy that owns the boat looked through everything he got with the boat when he bought it and no key for it...
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    Trailer front V stop need ideas

    I have a 1987 shorelandr trailer that I need to replace the front v pads I called shorelandr and he looked up the parts for my trailer and they are discontinued. I need some ideas of some rubber that will not mark or poly that is 6"x6" square and 2" thick is the factory sizes that I can cut and...
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