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    Lower drive shaft seal wear.

    Pressure test will show accordingly
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    Official Recall Notification U.S. Federal Boat Safety Act:

    Gasoline is no joke You ever seen Robocop? Maximum overdrive? Thats mostly diesel which slow burns like whaley/kerosene But gas goes quicker especially with oxygen present. Consumes a lot fast, like really fast then slows down, hence ignition timing I got burned once by this filter because...
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    Bad engine coupler or spun prop hub?

    Did any if these fellas pull the prop, disassemble the hub and inspect? Flo torq hub is readily available through mercury alone, not part of a kit. Cheap, easy test If you can survive a week without your boat it's okay to relinquish your prop to a reputable shop for inspection/rebuild...
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    Official Recall Notification U.S. Federal Boat Safety Act:

    Or A global company seeking a source for saving pennies? Speaking of those zinc nuts, member when papa saved couple in the fuse box? Or A global company seeking any filter production? Or A stinky design? Funny object the o ring, so many sizes of diameter (both ways). Reminds me of thread...
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    how to replace engine coupler on 1985 mercruiser 140HP

    Yep Ought to be around 35 lb/ft, blue loctite doesn't hurt too
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    Advice please

    Cool, Is the presence of the 12 volt positive okay?
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    Advice please

    Operator seat presence switch. Not referring to your lawn mower You own a multimeter?
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    Advice please

    Operator presence switch?
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    water pump pulley

    1995 called and wants its rustoleum prices back
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    2000 Regal 2100 LSR 5.0 No start after rebuild.

    Power probe to affix ground is iffy Use a jumper wire to repeatedly strike ground on the wht/grn wire from the module This is electricity ignition, forget your diesel complacency
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    Hour Meters growing apart

    Very few times I've seen ecm hours match/be close to boat hr meters If you perform proper routine maintenance on your engines/running gear all will last thousands of hours Know a fella interested in a 98 330ec with 454s. 1500 hours on the tach meters, omg! Breaks down to about 60 hrs a season...
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    Mercruiser 4.3LH backfiring & weird timing

    Valve is tuliped. Most likely from water in the compression chamber Might get by with a valve job but would be suspect of piston/cylinder issues as well
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    Preloading without the rolling dial torque wrench

    Use a large (3"-4") worm gear clamp with a wide band around the bearing pack to keep it stable while checking rolling torque Do you have the u-joint assy/bearing pack suspended in the retainer wrench while checking torque?
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    496 HO Failure

    Yep When a boat gets towed in with a nasty running noise the customer has already most likely condemned a major component. You can't really break it any more than it is Keen thought of pulling the drive, running gear failures as part of the entire package can appear to be engine failures at times
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    flip Penta SX-A to counter rotation

    Yes Leave the cable/linkage at the drive as it is You'll need a different prop(s)
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    5.7 EFI stalls when warm and shifting into gear

    The ecm doesn't increase the rpm of the engine, that happens naturally The ecm controls the amount of fuel the engine receives by adjusting the pulse width (amount of time the fuel injectors are open/passing fuel). The ecm uses the sensor parameters from the map, tps, ect, rpm (from the...
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    MR outdrive - no reverse after changing lower shift cable

    Cool, the drive is installed correctly because you don't want to r & r it You can't achieve reverse when you cheat it let alone as designed. The cables are installed/adjusted accordingly Mod Edit: Attacks on another member will not be tolerated. See Rule #4
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    MR outdrive - no reverse after changing lower shift cable

    Drive won't achieve reverse or the engine dies when shifting reverse? Does you properly adjust new lower shift cable?
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    Volvo penta 260A no spark on 1986 bayliner

    Hasn't been confirmed by OP the ignition is conventional/points but still a good thread for info about a conventional ignition Sticker on side of distributor in the pic seems non oem, could be electronic ignition? And Volvo did use presolite electronic ignition oem on some packages, so...
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    Mercruiser 5.0 Bravo 3

    It's a system designed to display engine information for a user through a mobile application on a device. It is aptly named vessel view mobile Cheaper than diacom but limited in it's capabilities. It will show a user any active or stored faults plus various engine operating parameters however...
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