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  1. rickasbury

    torque for y pipe bolts

    so the manual says only 23 ft. lbs for these bolts....really?
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    trim hoses bravo III and manifod

    so what is merc thinking with this design? With my gimbal rebuild, I'm replacing the two main hoses that go from the manifold to the pump. How in the F*&K are you supposed to be able to get the two ends that go on the manifold on? Could they maybe have made the hole a little bigger so the two...
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    engine and out drive installation...

    So, I'm getting close to getting back in the water after what a year and a half....I have the rebuilt transom assy ready to go back on and will bring the boat home I hope tomorrow and install that on Sunday. I had a leak through the seal on the gimbal ring. So, I'm going to install the transom...
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    Shift cable seal

    Where the shift cable matches up to the back side of the bell housing, is there any sort of seal there? Seems like there should be....or just goop it up with that perfect seal and call it a day?
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    where does this go, if anywhere??

    So, the disadvantage of taking something apart and so long in getting it back together- I do bag/label in excess but there is some stuff that I just tell myself I'll remember where that goes. That just never works that way does it? I just about have the transom assembly back together and...
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    speedo tubing

    getting the gimbal back together, long story but I need to replace the tubing from where it attaches to the foot up to the out side of the gimbal housing. The part that goes through from the inside, the barb does not protrude out the back side for the hose, looks like the hole is just big enough...
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    tolerance ring

    So, as I purchased my parts for my transom rebuild, I meant to order a new ring that goes inside the bellows right there at the bell housing. In stead, not thinking clearly, ordered a part called a tolerance ring. At first, thought they shipped the wrong part but looking at the parts manual, may...
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    Transom Rebuild.

    while the transom is apart, was looking at the steering pin seal...looking at parts, see an upper and lower washer but do not see a seal...and that pin is $300.00 to replace it, made of gold? Platinum?? Geesh!
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    Testing Trim Sensors

    In a "second" phase of a gimbal restoration as I would now call it...I had done my bellows on my Bravo III and put back together. My trim worked fine before I pulled it apart to do the bellows but when I re installed, the trim went up and down fine but I had to register on my gauge and it did...
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    getting bolts free...

    Thought I'd put this in restoration because that's what I feel like I'm doing to my transom assy. I had to remove it to resolve a leak, but, in the process I had to cut the Y pipes off so I could pull whats left through the K hole. The four bolts that hold it in place are in there, just no...
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    cool fuel

    OW038097 does this serial number have the cool fuel module I have read so many bad things about??
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    lower unit reservoir

    So, fixing the stuff I screwed up taking my motor out...I noticed the reservoir had some grud in the bottom of it when it drained out so I saw what looked like a nut on the bottom of it- figured I'd unscrew it and clean it out. Bad move. Something broke and now it leaks. Never did come apart...
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    Risers on closed cooling system

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    transom leak

    I have a 350 horizon motor with bravo lll with a transom leak. Took a friend to the ramp with a camera to see if we could nail down the source- he is a merc mechanic but does not work on boats at present. He says the leak is coming from the y pjpe, thinks its from around one of the bolts where...
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    Sea Ray up for sale!

    Did you see that Sea Ray and Meridian were up for sale? Does not bode well for the boating industry......
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    Leak at transom

    Well, have been at this for a while....350 MPI with Bravo III and I started getting a transom leak. Boat is a Rinker, 2005 with about 300 hours on it. So, assumed I had a bellows issue and I did bring the boat home and do it myself- took me a while but did it. Upon inspection of the old bellows...
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    Bravo lIII Leaking a bit..

    I have a 05 boat with about 200 hours on it and noticed I was dropping some gear oil...pulled the props and the seal at the carrier bearing is leaking slightly and there is a little axial play in the shaft, not a lot but a little to the point when you move it, it leaks a little. With the hours...
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    water pump issue

    I have a 2005 350 MPI in a Rinker we bought around the first of the year. Boat had 98 hours on it when purchased with no maintenance records. So, I have been working through catching up regular maintenance stuff like plugs, changed the oils, serviced the genny, fixed some other minor items etc...
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    port charlolette fl boating

    New to the area, staying at cayo costa next week and need to get from pine island marina almost due west over to my dock on the island. Looks like from charts, west to east travel does not work well....should I head to the inlet and come down the back side of the island or hit the icw and turn...
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    boating around Port Charlotte , FL

    Hi all, new to this web site looking around and thought I'd pose the question as I saw some other posts from folks in the Port Charlotte area.... My wife and I are staying on Cayo Costa next week, will be on the water on Saturday. Leaving out of Pineland Marina on Pine Island, our dock we are...
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