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    1983 25 hp evinrude leaky shift shaft seal

    Hello all, I noticed milky oil in my lower unit and took it off and put a little air presure in there and noticed the shift shaft seal is the little culprit. Can anyone give me a quick leson on how to take that little booger out? I have a manual but it covers 40 hp and up.
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    Replace prop shaft bearing on v drive, 1978 house boat with 318's in it.

    A friend of mine has this housboat and we were wondering if when we pull the boat and find the bearing bad is it a big job to replace it. Reason for pulling, they bot beached and when they got out there was a vibration on one engine and he thinks maybe he bent a prop there for causing a week...
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    1981 Mercruiser 140 Vibrates entire boat at idle

    Friend of mine picked up a 1981 Mark twain with the mercruiser 140 in it. We started it up last Sat. and the boat was vibrating to beet heck at idle, Thought maybe something wasn't aligned so took the out-drive off, started it and did the same thing, took my alignment tool and perfect alignment...
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    volt guage reading 16 volts Sea ray 245 260 mercruiser 1981

    Hello all and hope your all getting pumped for the boating season. I am. The last run last year my volt gauge was reading 16 volts and actually fried a new battery. I just dewinterized today and put on a alternator that I new was good the last time I ran it and still the same thing so I put it...
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    Putting a Honda Generator inverter in my bilge

    We have a 25 foot Sea Ray Weekender and I bought a Honda generator inverter that we are going to power the elec with this summer, I was thinking about welding a exhaust on the flame arrestor and run it threw the hull so I could set the gen in the bilge. I have the room and can easily fab up the...
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    What cruising rpm for 83 Sea Ray 245?

    Hello, We picked up a 25 foot sea ray cruiser a couple month ago and have had it out about every weekend, runs great. This is the biggest boat we have owned and I was just wondering about what rpm should she plain out at and stay plained? The lowest I can run her is about 3500. 4000 rpm she...
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    Question about cruising rpm on 83, 245 weekender

    Hello all, We just picked up a 1983 Sea Ray 245 with a mercruiser 260 and the previous owner put on a Alpha 1 gen 2 out-drive. My question is what should this heavy a boat cruise at on rpm? This is our biggest boat by far and we have put about 30 hours on it since we have had it and at first I...
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    Anyone know of a website I can part out my 75 21 Islander?

    I'm looking to part out my Star craft 21 islander. A tree fell on the bow and it has been sitting a while but it is all original and would like to find a website that has classified adds to part it out. Thanks, Chris
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    Would this work?????????

    I have a Sea Ray 245. I have two batteries in the engine compartment. One has most of the accessories hooked to it and the number two is just for starting. My converter is in the cabin and of course I have shore power, 30 amp and then a pig tail for a regular elec cord. My converter has hook ups...
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    Need advise on repairing cavitation plate

    this is a alpha gen 2 and what I'm thinking is one, I have a piece of alum. cut to fit exactly when I clean and grind the break smooth that I can weld on. Two, I have a longer piece cut that would go on top about half way to the middle of the good part that I was thinking I could throw a couple...
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    old detmar charger converter problem

    Bought a old 1983 Sea Ray srv245 and it has the old detmar charger on board and I believe its a converter as well. I can't get power from the outlets except for shore power. The model number is 1-700 series. I have some paper work on it from the original owner and it says it will provide 15 amp...
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    How to place a lien on a boat title

    Anyone know how placing a lien on a boat title works? I'm buying this boat and the owner is financing some of the price. We are trying to figure out a way to do it legal like. I told him we could place a lien on the title that way I can register it in my name and we could right out a legal form...
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    Magellan NAV 6000 cmap?

    What is the purpose of the cmap that goes in these gps? I've got a old Magellan and it works great, I'm starting to figure out tracking and waypoints and all that and It has a slot for a cmap and I'm just wondering what all the cmap does. We boat on the Mississippi from St. Louis to the quad...
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    hooking up fan to coil????????

    I've got a small in-line bildge fan I want to put it up side down and hook the pos up to the + side of the coil so It will come on when the engine starts. Is this safe or should I find some place else to hook the +? Thanks in advance.
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    1988 Mercruiser 7.4 oil cooler ?????

    My friends just bought a 1988 26 foot sea ray with the 454 in it. we was getting it ready to launch and noticed the power steering, oil cooler was leaking, he took it off and found a crack on it. my question is can we splice the oil lines together temporarily and put a power steering cooler I...
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    minimum to hang boat off bunks on trailer

    1980 Cobalt Condesa 22 foot. My question is how far off the back of the bunks is safe for the boat to be off the bunks? My boat sits about 6 inches off the bunks at the transom is this too much?
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    1988 mercruiser 7.4 impeller change

    Hello again, My friends bought a 1988 Sea ray weakender with a 454 and bravo 1 outdrive. I went over today to look at it and I noticed a block on the fins on the outdrive and the inlet tube coming threw the inner transom plate was blocked off. I looked under the boat and there was a raw water...
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    update on previous thread this is confusing

    1980 Cobalt Condesa, 23' cuddy. Bought it, took it out and with a 19 pitch prop could only get to 3000 rpm wot. When I got there the oil pressure dropped to about 25 or so I pulled it back oil pressure went back up, thought I had a week engine so I pulled everything from flywheel to prop and put...
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    Q jet idle problem

    Mercruiser 260 runs great except for Idle, I've tried adjusting the idle screw and I get it to idle about 1000 rpm then it will fall off and die. Ive adjusted that screw countless times and every time I get it to even come close to Idling it will all of a sudden fall off and die. The carb was...
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    another alignmnet question

    Just put a new Mercruiser 260 in my Cobalt. newer inner plate and gimbal ring the entire works. I've got the front mounts about as far up as I can go and the alignment tool goes in with a little bit of a push and when I pull it out on the end of the tool I see good even spline marks in the...
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