I'm going to be purchasing new st radials this year. I'm hearing all the ST tires are made in China now. Any good brand or bad brands I should know about? Any help is appreciated.
I have a single axle trailer with 15" tires, D rated and 6 lug wheels. Loaded with boat and gear about 4400 pounds. I've been told I'm better with bias tires with a heavy loaded single axle trailer. Any comments appreciated. Thanks
I have a 1985 Celebrity 18' bowrider with 5.7 Merc with 4 barrel Edlebrock Carb. At WOT I sometimes hear a loud popping sound from the carb. I believe its fuel igniting in the flame arrester area. Usually at 3800 rpm and higher after I've been on the lake over an hour or so. It sometimes will...
Alpha 1 Gear Lube in U-Joint Bellows
I pulled my drive off to change bellows and found milky gear lube lying in my bellows. I've read I need a new oil seal in my drive. I'm gonna have a marine shop repair the seal. Any ideas on a fair price?.... Also what else should I look for?...
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I have a 1985 5.7 mercruiser alpha one. I replaced my suspected bad alternator last fall with a new marine alternator. Also a new battery. I ran the boat on muffs, volt meter said 12.7 in the driveway. Took the boat out Sunday and volt meter read 14 for a while. anchored and only had 12.5 volts...
Opps I missed a drain on the block last fall. I drained the ehaust manifolds and disconnected the bottom water hose from the water pump last fall, but I missed the one on the block. 1985 5.7 Alpha One mercruiser. I noticed 2 of the freeze plugs fell out. Anyone get lucky before and replaced the...
