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  1. nola mike

    Washing interior with boat in slip/water?

    All detergents work like that (except that the oil will go to the top when the soap degrades).
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    fuel pump frustration

    Any universal *MARINE* pump carb rated (~5 psi) should be fine. I went with a carter, and none of them put out the correct pressure FWIW (went through 3 of them)
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    Installing a new 4.3 Mercruiser

    Pull the drive first, check gimbal bearing. Some of the alignment tools come with a bearing installer as well, might be worth buying.
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    Mercruiser 170 Pertronix Ignitor no spark

    Gray wire from the coil neg goes to the tach.
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    Installing a new 4.3 Mercruiser

    Don't know how the hell you got it out, but you absolutely need to remove the lower unit. For many reasons, including engine alignment, inspection, and of course just installation.
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    Help with charging system?

    Hasn't been around in a long time. Pm'd him a while ago with no response
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    Super stuck gimbal bearing in Mercruiser Pre-Alpha -- is there a clip?

    i haven't seen the clip before, but is there something there at the 1:00 position?
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    Help with charging system?

    Yup (although this is the alt from the 3.7)! You've been away for a while!
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    Help with charging system?

    Didn't want to quote a post that you deleted, but you mentioned ignoring sense and excite--I'd appreciate you expanding on that. Since my new alternator charged briefly without the excite wire hooked up, I'm wondering if the real point of it is to power the idiot light in a car...
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    Preignition knock under a load 2000 Thunderbolt 5

    I'd be curious about what the timing does when it starts to knock
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    Repowering 97 crownline. Best options?

    You: Also you: Yes. See your first post.🤣
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    Help with charging system?

    @achris, There was a reply in my email, but nowhere to be found here...
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    Help with charging system?

    I didn't do that, but like I said I did test voltage drop on everything and it was fine. I'm getting good voltage at the sense wire and ok at the excite (though apparently that isn't even needed). The rest of the electric system is fine. I guess we'll see when the new alt comes . Boo. I've used...
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    Capacity sticker

    https://www.wellcraft.com/us/contact
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    Repowering 97 crownline. Best options?

    Usually the more straight forward, the less cost effective and vice versa. Most cost effective would be to get a similar vintage 5.7 from the junkyard and swap your components over. Straightforward would be to buy a complete drop in replacement. In between would be various trims of reman...
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    Help with charging system?

    Well, more weirdness today. Charged the battery overnight, and forgot to reconnect the sense and excite wires prior to starting. But hey, guess what? Alt immediately showed 14.9v at the helm at idle. So I reconnected both wires. No charging. Reconnected just excite wire. Charging. Just sense...
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    Before I redrill the front mounts...

    The motor won't be off that far laterally unless something is very wrong. You could have collapsed rear mount(s), which could alter the lateral alignment. Bigger concern would be rot somewhere. This boat seems like it was super abused. I would make damn sure that the transom, rear stringers, and...
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    Help with charging system?

    I am seeing 12v at the output post with the engine off.
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    Help with charging system?

    I figured if I still had a high voltage then I could rule out the alternator as the culprit--as it is it seems I have a runaway alternator. Are you saying just connect a new wire from the output terminal directly to the battery? I thought about that, but am a bit nervous about bypassing the 90a...
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    Just curious

    You might find out where all of your weak seals and gaskets are.
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