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  1. J

    Dog Boarding From Water Options

    I have a 50lb Labrador and I’m looking at easier ways to get her onto the boat from the water. If she’s wearing a life jacket I can grab the handle. I can pull her up but the rest of the family struggles. I can across the Pup Plank and it looks like it would work, just seeing what everyone else...
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    Alpha One Gen 2 - Trim will only go a few inches down

    The OEM caps came will all seals installed and the new o-ring for the cap itself. I think they were around $100 each. No need to change out anything else. Be careful with the disassembly and don’t loose the check balls.
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    Alpha One Gen 2 - Trim will only go a few inches down

    I bought new end caps and they had the seals in there and came with the o-ring for the cap. I bought OEM.
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    Height of SeaRay 185 Sport on trailer

    Might have better luck on the Club Searay forum.
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    Popped through the intake.

    Sounds like what I used to call a lean sneeze. If the timing is correct you need to go over the carburetor again. When you say carburetor was rebuilt - did you you strip it down completely and verify all passages are clean? Is the float height correct? If your confident the above is correct may...
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    2002 4.3L mercruiser

    I have a 2005 4.3 with TKS for what it’s worth.
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    Snap in flooring material

    Good to know - we do bring our relatively small Labrador out occasionally. Also have been known to enjoy a strawberry or two at times. Maybe I’ll end up with snap in carpet on this one again.
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    Snap in flooring material

    Thanks for the photos. Any idea what the backer material is?
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    Snap in flooring material

    I’m looking to replace the original snap in flooring on my bowrider. Currently the snap flooring is a woven carpet that’s getting crispy due to age. I have thought about making it out of the woven vinyl flooring, woven carpet again, and lastly a thin style Seadek type flooring if that’s even a...
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    Engine was Full of Clear Fluid when I drained oil

    Over the years I’ve bought a few boats with 3.0L‘s that I knew were cracked externally on the block, just under the manifold. I fixed them with JB Weld after grinding out a “V” in the crack and drilling out both ends so it wouldn’t run any farther. They ran fine for years with no internal...
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    Stalling and Starting problems

    Looking at your carburetor the finish and screws makes me think it could be an aftermarket unit and not OEM.
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    Recycled my fresh water system antifreeze .Anyone else do this???

    You’d have to read the label on the antifreeze to see what exactly is in it and go from there. The low toxic stuff I use contains propylene glycol.
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    Recycled my fresh water system antifreeze .Anyone else do this???

    The old style testers are really only good for testing Ethylene Glycol base coolant. Most “Marine and RV antifreeze” is Propylene Glycol based and need a refractometer to be reasonably accurate. I have both styles and found the old style to be as much as 30-40 degrees off on the freeze...
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    Leaf Springs

    I understand not wanting to leave any sheen and keeping the waterway as clean as possible. The marine grease I use on my outboard zerks is the same grease I use in my trailer wheel bearings. I have never noticed it to leave a sheen behind. I just wasn’t sure if there was a specific reason why...
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    Leaf Springs

    I’m ordering parts to change out the leaf springs. It seems that Shoreland’r has switched to zinc plating on the u-bolts and associated hardware. I found the oem u-bolts and the listing describes them as “submersible”, they look like zinc plated to me. Unless someone has a good reason to use...
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    Removing caliper bolts

    I have a simile setup, I used heat from a small propane torch and a pair of vice grips. I was replacing my calipers and new ones came with new fasteners.
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    Engine oil

    I used Prestone low tox antifreeze concentrate. I got it at O’Reilly’s, It’s propylene glycol based. I mixed it 50/50 with water. Everyone has their own oil they prefer to use. Rotella 15-40 is popular, I use Quicksilver 25-40. My local Wal-Mart has it on sale every fall to clear out the shelf...
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    4.3 intake manifold drain video

    I have a Vortec 4.3L, not sure if the one in the video is or if that makes any differences After I drained the block, manifolds, and the water pump hose I removed the thermostat. I found about 1/2” of water still in the intake. On my intake the plug has a square head. Likely isn’t enough water...
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    Mercruiser 5.0 crankshaft front oil seal replacement

    The lip inside the timing cover where it seals upto the oil pan makes it nearly impossible to replace the cover without dropping the oil pan. Like most things, I’m sure going to plastic saved GM a few dollars per engine.
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    4.3 Harmonic Balancer

    I’ll double check that bolt on the balancer. I’ll try the GM balancer if the crank snout looks to be fine. Hard to believe the balancer would have slipped on the rubber with only a few hundred hours but maybe the age is more of a factor.
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