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  1. nola mike

    First time boat owner with questions about 1998 Starcraft 1810 LX

    I can see significant wear in the grooves of the exhaust bellows on the pics. The bellows need replacing even if not leaking yet. Or you can wait. But deferred maintenance in a boat is always way more expensive when it becomes a repair.
  2. nola mike

    First time boat owner with questions about 1998 Starcraft 1810 LX

    About $700. Your exhaust bellows looks suspect, can't see much of the u-joint bellows, which is where the water would enter. I'd pull the drive anyways to check u-joints, gimbal bearing, and alignment. You'll also be able to see if the inside of the bellows are wet (and then you'll need to...
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    More U-joint knocking?

    So had a (ahem) small issue with my u-joints last month when the clip fell off. At that time replaced just the drive side joint. The drive was new to me, and both joints were replaced prior to the start of the season. It's started clicking again, getting worse, though still only on fairly hard...
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    Replaced rubber impeller now won't shift to neutral??

    Lower driveshaft splines not lined up with the upper. Try rotating the prop CCW as you lift the lower. Or you have bits of the lower driveshaft o-ring lodged somewhere in the upper housing (didn't see if you removed the o-ring/checked for old bits).
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    Quality gimbal bearing tools

    Some of the ebay kits have an alignment tool + gimbal installer.
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    1993 mercruiser 4.3lx dies after a few minutes

    Yes, that's possible. Did you check the contents of the filter when you changed it? Other causes already listed in post #2
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    Crank but want start Mercruiser 5.7

    Dude, you're shotgunning everything. Do some of the troubleshooting, any of the troubleshooting steps outlined above (poor AD's about to have a fit that you haven't done the steps in #22). This won't be hard to solve if you just go in a logical order.
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    New Motor Vibration issues at low RPMs

    Is the vibration present in neutral as well? And I'll take that TB-V off your hands for ya if you want...
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    2006 Chaparral 190SSi Mercruiser 5.0 has perplexing alarm/power loss

    Didn't answer the other questions about setting timing and what ignition you have... But did you check temps at both the switch and the sensor with the IR thermo? Only thoughts I have about the temp might be to test what temp the switch closes in some hot water (again, I don't know what temp...
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    Alignment help!

    Unless you drilled holes in the transom, mount pads, and stringers, you have no idea if you have rot or not. And until you actually do that, everything else will be lipstick on a pig...
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    Inconsistent Sparks

    Did you set dwell also? Are you getting a nice blue spark on the working cylinders or is it yellow/weak? If you're getting a good spark from the coil and not from 1 cylinder, it's either the wire, cap, or rotor.
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    2006 Chaparral 190SSi Mercruiser 5.0 has perplexing alarm/power loss

    You verified the 170' at the sensor and the switch? What temp stat did you install? What ignition system do you have? I can't find a wiring diagram for a TB-V with knock sensor, but the normal TB-IV/V doesn't tie into the alarm at all. If a TB-V or other, the ignition needs to be put into base...
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    Crank but want start Mercruiser 5.7

    There are (probably) 2 "kill switches". First is the neutral safety switch. The motor won't crank if that's tripped. Second is man overboard with a lanyard attached. You'll have your symptoms with this one being bad. Can test voltage on both sides of switch or jump the purple wires.
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    10 mph top speed

    Obviously not... Is this a new to you boat? Have you checked compression? Double/triple/quadruple checked plug wire order? How old's the fuel? Have you checked/changed filters?
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    Crank but want start Mercruiser 5.7

    MOB switch if equipped, not the neutral safety...
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    Crank but want start Mercruiser 5.7

    No, but a bad ignition switch can do that. Do you have 12v at the coil pos with the IGN on?
  17. nola mike

    Boat lift options?

    Walk out to it. It's still 30 ft closer to shore than the mooring... Yeah, a pier is more convenient, but $35k more... If you can get someone to build it
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    Is it worth fixing up?

    Nobody cheered me on when I did that! (And I was on the water at the time)
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    20 foot 1997 Maxum 2050 bowrider propeller question

    Link?
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    20 foot 1997 Maxum 2050 bowrider propeller question

    You'd hit the rev limiter at 20mph, the engine would have much more power untapped. In 5th gear you're geared for wot. once you start going up a hill you don't keep it in 5th when the rpms drop. 1000 rpms with the pedal to the floor doesn't make sense, right? In a car your torque curve is also...
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