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    Mercruiser 5.0 4 blade to 5 blade help...

    I have a tahoe q71 with a bravo 1 1.62 gear ratio outdrive, 5.0 mpi. It came with a 19 pitch vengeance, I swaped that out for a 17 pitch 14.25 4 blade solas. I have a chance to pick up a 19 pitch 13 5\8 high five prop. My question is will I be able to run this prop? My concern is that I...
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    Adding an hr meter

    What's involved in adding a hour meter on my 06 5.0mpi? Thanks
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    What size tire are on your q7 trailer?

    I have a tahoe q7 and was going to change my trailer tires. What size does your trailer have, as mine as load range c and d mixed. I know it's a 175/80/13 but what load range? A q6 should be the same tire.
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    will 29 deg. crack my block?

    Just took my boat in to get it winterized on thursday. It's supposed to get to 29 on tuesday morning, but supposed to warm to the 60's that day. So it won't be a hard freeze, I was going to call the dealership and see if they could at least blow it out. If they cant should I worry or is that...
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    disappearing drive oil

    I just took my boat in to get it winterized, over the course of the season I have had to add aprox. 1\4 qt of gear oil. When I talked to my dealer, which is a very rep. dealer he said that's normal. That mercruisers tend to make oil vanish, that he has talked to merc. and they don't know where...
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    Highfive question?

    Ok, my boat came with a mercury vengence 19 pitch 3 blade, it ran just a touch over 5k rpms. I replaced it with a 17 pitch 4blade solas and it runs approx 48-4900 rpms. I have a chance to get a mercury highfive at a decent price, the only thing is I can't get the highfive in the 19 pitch, only...
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    Trailering boat, sterndrive all the way up?

    I have been told a couple different responses, when I am trailering the boat to the lake, Do I leave the outdrive in the full up lock position, or just down off lock? Also do they make anything like a transom saver for the bravo 1 sterndrives? Also when I have it stored at the house, if it's...
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    Alignment???

    I have a 5.0mpi with a bravo 1 outdrive. The boat was bought new Aug 1 of last year, it was run approx 10 times then winterized. Everything seemed to run great. Should I have it aligned before the boating season this year, or just run the boat and have it done, next time it's winterized...
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    Just wanted to say Hi...

    I just found this site, I purchased a new Tahoe q7i last year in august and really love the boat. I'm glad I finally found a good forum site. Looking foward to getting involved and learning a few things. One question, I've run outboards all my life, I am new to inboards. The boat I bought...
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