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  1. nola mike

    Correct way to attach hull fittings?

    I've restored my interior, pulled up and replaced the floor, and while I was there I drilled a bunch of holes in my stringers and transom (from the inside) to verify their integrity. I'm hoping to have this boat for the longish term at this point. Next step, hopefully this offseason, is to...
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    470 overheat (?) troubleshooting

    So this year prior to putting the boat in the water I did some outdrive maintenance. Replaced the water hose, trim senders, ujoints, bellows, shift cable. Pressure tested the drive and had an upper seal leak. Replaced them, speedi-sleeved the grooved drive shaft. Pressure tested again, now had a...
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    Boat lift questions?

    Been tossing around the idea of a free standing boat lift for a few years now. For a variety of reasons I don't want to build a full on pier. I want to sink 4 pilings off shore a ways and use them for the lift. I'd walk out to the lift/boat. I've seen a few direct to consumer companies on line...
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    Testing impeller flow?

    Getting ready to try to chase down a possible overheat (after I verify it and clean out my heat exchanger). It's a new/old gear housing that didn't have any issues (that I recall) when last used time around 2 years ago. I only used it for about 10 hours at the time, and had just replaced the...
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    Wow, reading my first couple of posts on iboats!

    My 10th summer on iboats, and I went back and read a few of my early posts. Incredible how clueless I was! Nice to be marginally less clueless now. Very fun reads. Thanks to all for the help over the years. Oh, stonyloam might get a chuckle out of trying to talk me out of buying a 470 back in 2009!
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    barely made it back from D. C. today

    Took my buddy's '04 240 Sundancer, 5.0L to DC yesterday (70 miles) to slip overnight and catch a Sox/nats game last night (me, him, 4 kids, 98', no wind). Good times. On the way back about 20 miles in, it starts slowly losing power, at first stumbling and losing power around 3400 rpm, worse with...
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    Multi-quotes?

    Used to be an easy way to quote multiple posts in my own. I don't think I've seen it since the upgrade, but it may be hiding somewhere new?
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    Will a prop change make a difference?

    Props are one of these black art topics that I can't ever figure out. I currently have a 23p aluminum prop on my 3.7L alpha one. It's propped correctly, hits 45-4600 rpm with a 47-48 mph top speed (used to hit 49-50, old boat now). It performs pretty well. The only thing that I need is an...
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    Sierra Semi-synthetic gear lube=Quicksilver High performance?

    I have a 1/2 quart of Sierra semi-synthetic gear lube. Wanted to see if it was OK to mix with Quicksilver High-performance. I would think it would be, but Merc says not to mix the high performance with the premium, so just thought I'd check...
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    Alpha 1 Gen 1 Gear lube leak?

    Ha, what a joke. That caliper tool might work on a brand new drive, but no way it was going to be that easy. It appears the bushing and seal are usually replaced as a unit anyways. It took a BFH, 2 screwdrivers (before I found my cold chisel), and a good bit of pounding to destroy the bushing...
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    Alpha 1 Gen 1 Gear lube leak?

    OK, so *finally* got all the parts and put the upper back together. Hardest part was finding something to drive that upper seal in there. I dinged the edge of the lip using something makeshift, and had to remove the seal. Looked like it should still work though. For future reference, a 34mm...
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    Source for speedi-sleeve?

    Trying to repair the upper driveshaft on my alpha 1, and am looking for a local source for a speedi-sleeve. Not sure what types of places would carry them in stock. Really want to be on the water this weekend. I've tried Grainger/Napa/advance/autozone etc, local machine shops, and a couple of...
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    Alpha 1 Gen 1 Gear lube leak?

    Ugh, I don't know that I'm ever getting this thing back on the water. Had planned on replacing the lower driveshaft seal tomorrow. The drive had been off and laying on its side. When I picked it up I noticed a small puddle; looks like it's coming from the upper, and leaking into the exhaust...
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    Lower driveshaft seal installation orientation/alpha 1 gen 1?

    Remembered that this seal was buggered last year when I replaced the impeller last year. Redoing the lower shift cable tomorrow (for the second time in 2 weeks...), and since the drive is off I figured I'd replace the seal as well. Been searching, but can't seem to find out which direction to...
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    Stupid Luverly U-joints

    Finally finished everything, will be finally putting the boat in this weekend. A couple of pics... here's the bearing cup in place. It certainly doesn't look like there's enough room to get this out; hard to see, but there's a bit of a bevel on the cup, making it even wider Here's the cup...
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    Stupid Luverly U-joints

    Since I had nothing that needed to be done this summer, and the boat was running fine, I decided to make a few projects for myself for no good reason. I've changed trim sensors, bellows, shift cable, water hose so far. Decided, what the hell, replace u-joints. I got a kit from my FLAPS to press...
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    Exhaust tube fit?

    Just finished up with my lower unit maintenance. Used an exhaust tube instead of the bellows. With the drive down, there's a gap of about an inch between the end of the tube and the bellhousing flange. Doesn't seem right. Also doesn't seem like it would do anything except make more noise...
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    Bellows replacement questions

    Going to be doing some R&R on my outdrive on Friday. I have on order new bellows, shift cable kit, trim senders, water hose(s)(2 different sizes available?), and U-joints (Moog 315g automotive, we'll see if they fit). I did the bellows when I first got the boat, maybe 8 seasons ago, definitely...
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    Stripped idle cam bolt

    Got the boat fired up today for the first time. Started great. Couldn't keep it running, looked at the carb and saw the idle cam lying on the carb. The screw was nowhere to be found. I've had a problem with it in the past--was *almost* but not quite completely stripped . So now what's the best...
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    Good idea?

    After redoing the interior over the last couple of seasons, I'm becoming very concerned about hidden transom damage. I had made a bunch of holes at the time, and everything looked good, but now I'm worried about all the holes on the outside of the transom. Wondering whether I should inspect...
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