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    How's the anchor work?

    OK, so I've finally got myself a stupid human tricks story. I've been sitting on it for a couple of weeks waiting for my friend to get the pictures online, but she never did. So I'll just do without the illustrations... A few weeks ago we hit the river to watch the space shuttle launch. This...
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    Help with Mercruiser 4.3 drain plug

    Hey all. Need a little help here. I've got a 1995 Mercruiser 4.3 LX. Getting a late start with the boating season. Changed the crank case oil and a few other little projects. Here's where I went wrong. When I pulled the cylinder block drain plugs when I parked it, I had issues with the...
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    Freebacking drums?

    OK, so the previous owner of my boat took immaculate care of the boat, but did little to nothing with the trailer. Because of that the brakes are non-functional. I'm going to tear in to it within the next few weeks. I'm guessing I'm going to have to refurb the master cylinder and shock...
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    Space Coast Skiing Locations?

    Anyone live around Florida's space coast that can point out some places to ski that have decent water and aren't in manatee zones? I've been tooling around the Banana River and the Indian River surrounding Merritt Island. Haven't found any glassy water yet (except at the butt crack of dawn)...
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    Help! Outdrive oil leak!

    OK, I think I must have screwed something up pretty severely. Took the lower unit off my outdrive to inspect the water pump. While I was in there, I replaced the oil seals just below the pump. Got it all back together last night. Went out this afternoon and filled up the gear oil in...
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    Gear Oil Reservoir Float?

    1995 Sea Ray. Mercruiser Alpha One Gen 2, 4.3L V6. I've been doing some work on my outdrive which required draining the gear oil. While I was at it, I removed the reservoir, drained the oil out of it, and found a bunch of build up in it. Disassembled the whole thing and cleaned it out. Went...
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    Water pump(s)?

    So, I think I may have gotten a bit ahead of myself. Pulled my boat out of the water without realizing my buddy failed to turn off the engine. Seemed to run fine on the muffs when I was flushing it at home. But, just to be safe, I decided to check my water pumps before getting stranded over...
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    Couple of trim questions

    Hey guys, couple of quickies. 1995 Sea Ray 180, Mercruiser Alpha 1, 4.3L V6. I didn't feel like I was getting enough up trim out of my outdrive, so I decided to adjust my limit switch. Question, how much up trim is too much? I've got the limit switch maxed out and it's just now looking like...
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    Chicken or the egg?

    OK, I'll try to keep this relatively short. Here's my situation. I've been skiing for years, but it's just in the past few years I've been learning to slalom. A couple of outings a year makes it slow going. I can usually get up on a deep water start 3 out of 5 times, but that's with...
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    Just saying Hi

    Quick hello to everyone. Got myself a 1995 Sea Ray 180 with a 4.3 last week. Showroom condition and only 120 hours on it. Had it out for the first time this past weekend. So far so good. Found the bottom several times in the sandy shallows. Grr... No pics yet, as a friend of mine is...
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