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    Interior Restore with Finished Wood

    So you guys answered my questions with the soft floor on my Sea Sprite (bow rider), now I am curious about interior options. BTW this is a freshwater boat. The bow's interior is original and in good shape, so I plan to keep it that way. However, console on back to the stern is trashed. My...
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    Sea Sprite Soft floor

    I bought a used 17' mark 1 continental bow rider for cheap. Just finished installing the new engine and will be tackling the floor during the off season and was just looking for some pointers. The transom is good as far as I know (jumping up and down on the outdrive mount) and the stringers look...
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    2 bbl Mercarb accelerator pump

    How do you adjust the accelerator pump on the mercarb? It's a 120 with a Mercarb, not a Rochester. I am not getting that nice stream when I pump the throttle, and the engine falls on its face when you give it hard throttle. Give it a little gas and then slam it and it's nice and smooth. Just...
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    Drive noise and general advice needed

    So about a month ago I posted a couple topics pertaining to my boat restoration, particularly the engine swap. All is now good in that area, with a nice low hour, late 80's mercruiser 120 in place. Had to have the bearings replaced and revealed on the alpha 1 gen 1, so it's like new. First...
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    Bought a Junkyard Motor need advice

    I have posted a couple topics as I have been tossing around different ideas, but took the plunge when I found an alpha one 140 mercruiser with good compression all all cyljnders. Only problem is the oil pan was all water, no oil. Also found water in the manifold when I pulled that drain plug...
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    Mercruiser 140 Rebuild

    So I originally had a used 120 to replace my blown 140, but it had low compression and blow by. So now I am back to square one. I am now considering just rebuilding my 140. For background, the engine had water in cylinder 1. Low compression in cylinders 1 and 3. No water in the oil, motor runs...
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    140 to 120 Mercruiser Engine Swap

    Hello All, I am new to the forums so please excuse me if I am am posting in the wrong place. Anyway, I have a Mid-80's Sea Sprite I/O I am bringing back to life. I also have an early 70's Sea Ray that will be donating parts. I bought the Sea Sprite from a friend for $500 knowing the head was...
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