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    Alpha Shift Cable adjustment help needed

    After installing my freshly serviced drive I cant seem to get fwd .I installed it right but it looses fwd after I shift the throttle out of fwd after installing the drive.hoping someone can walk me through a cable adjustment for fwd.1988 5.0lx mercruisers with alpha drives.Thanks Charlie
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    Alpha drive not shifting into fwd

    I installed my recently serviced alpha drive today and when I ran the engine ,reverse engaged fine,pushed the shifter forward and the drive did not engage.The shift lever just kept going forward until the engine revved higher.When I installed the drive the shift lever was in full fwd and the...
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    Question For A Cat Veterinarian

    Our 1 1/2 year old 100% indoor kitty was being taken care of for us while we were away on vacation.She got out and was missing for 17 days.We found her under a shed only 2 houses from where she got out.Based on her condition ,it seems she spent most of the 17 days under the shed.She was clean...
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    Tranny Fluid For Fogging Oil??

    Hey guys.I was speaking to an old salt total do it your selfer at my marina yesterday.He claims to have been using tranny fluid to fog his i/o for the last 30+ years.He swears by it.Anyone ever hear of this??? Good/bad/indifferent
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    Rotella sae 30 for mercruiser

    Hi guys.Time to do an oil change before winterizing.Wally world had no sae 30 or 40 oil.they DID have Shell sae30 Rotella .Good or bad choice for 5.0xl mercruiser i/o motors ???? I have heard good things about this oil.Charlie
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    Anyone ever use VENERE.COM for travel

    I am trying to get feedback on VENERE.com if anyone has used them to make travel arrangements.I am familiar with hotels.com,expedia.com,etc. but I have never heard of VENERE and they by far have the best rates for the hotel we want to go to.Hope someone knows.charlie
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    Replace tstat housing,hole inside

    Still troubleshooting rising temp at idle. 5.0xl mercr i/o 1988.I removed the large hose coming off the circulator pump to the tstat housing.Looking in the large inlet with the hose off of the housing, there is a small hole about the size of a small marble straight inside the inlet hole about...
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    Removing Tstat,Rising temp at idle

    Ongoing problem. Twin 5.0xl Mercruiser i/os with alphas.Checked and changed just about everything associated with it.Mani,risers,impeller etc.,tstat,t-balls.Started out season fine and temp slowly began to rise again .Only at idle and more recently when coming off plane.Usually a tap up on...
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    Shore power cable gets hot

    I noticed the boat end of my shore power cable had a melt/burn mark in the rubber from one of the three recepticle prongs coming out of the boat.I turned off the a/c and the prong cooled.Anyone have experience with this??? I plan on taking the 30 amp recepticle off the side of the boat and...
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    Boiler Fuel Filter Leaking

    Hey guys !! I need to know if there are any orings in a standard "unifilter" fuel filter for my Weil McLain boiler.It started dripping yesterday.All seemed tight.It is the type that has a bolt on top as well as on the bottom.Name on it is Unifilter model # 88.I plan on removing for inspection or...
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    150 Ocean Pro had carbs redone...WOW!!!

    I just had my carbs redone on my 150 Ocean pro.What a difference!!!! runs and idles waaaaay smoother,waaaay quieter.I could not believe the difference.I almost convinced my wife that I had a 4 stroke put on our boat.Charlie
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    Cavitation from wrong skeg zinc ???

    Hey guys.I have had a cavitation problem when raising the outdrive angle while underway to raise bow.I have tried a host of things from changing props to increasing the up range of my trim tabs.Very little improvement.I have been using a bravo skeg zinc because it is beefier and lasts me an...
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    Glueing mirror to mirror,what to use

    I glued some 4 ft. mirrors to a wall in my house with liquid nails some years back.they were cheap and now lost some of the reflector backing.I bought more and plan to glue them right to the existing ones .Anyone know the best adhesive to use for mirror to mirror.Charlie
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    Can Salt-X do Damage left in too long

    Got some Gladiator brand Salt away.Says to leave it in for a few minutes and flush.anyone know of a time limit on a product like this in the engine and manifolds???? I am looking to possibly do a deep cleaning of my block and manifolds.I was thinking leaving it in overnight.Wanted to see if...
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    Need help finding sliding cabin door part

    Hi guys,hope everybody is well!!My Lexan/plastic sliding cabin entry door is getting harder to slide .There is a very small roller skate looking piece under the door that I need to replace.It mounts to the bottom of the door and rolls in a track.smaller than your thumb with 4 wheels.Anyone ever...
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    shut water main in house/ ok for boiler??

    Hey All !! We are heading south for a few weeks for vacay and I am considering shutting off the main water valve to my home while leaving the boiler ON with tstats turned down to 62 as we have done before.I recently had a washer machine hose burst,good thing I was home.Any down side to doing...
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    opinions on near overheat cool down

    I have had a consistant problem of rising engine temp at idle on both my 5.O rwc XL mercruiser i/os .If I tap up the idle 1-200 rpms,the temp comes right down .While idling on muffs ,the temp climbed to just shy of the red range of the temp gauge.I tapped up the rpms 1-200 and the temp came...
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    Hand Held GPS recomendations please

    Hi guys,have not had much time to log on lately and I miss it!!!!! Birthdays a comin. My bride wants to get me a h/h gps.Anyone have a particular brand that they use and like.Please let me know.Seems to be a wide range of prices.Thanks Charlie
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    Beam Of 33ft 1996 Sea Ray

    i AM LOOKING AT A 33FT 1996 SEARAY WITH VDRIVES.Does anyone know the exact beam measurement.The listing states 11.5 and the seller states 11 and believe it or not the .5 will make a difference in whether I can keep my slip or not.Any help will be appreciated.Charlie
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    Rising Engine temp at idle-Im baffled

    this has been an ongoing problem since last year.Twin 230 mercruiser ahpha i/os.RWC and used in salt.Fresh water flushed after EVERY use.At idle and idling up canals my port motor temp slowly climbs.If I tap up the throttle to 1100rpms ,the temp stops climbing and then comes back down .Underway...
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