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    exhaust bellow wont stay on after being clamped alpha 1 gen 1 do you really need exhaust bellows

    exhaust bellow wont stay on after being clamped alpha 1 gen 1 do you really need exhaust bellows Replacing bellows in 84 Searay seville with alpha 1 gen 1 out drive. We can get the exhaust bellows on. We tighten the clamp up but as soon as we move it up it slowly slides off. We tried different...
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    1984 mercruiser 3.0 should we run awais a hair dryer when taking oil fill off

    First my son and I know auto engines fairly well but want a boat and may have screwed up. Put a 200 deposit on an 84 Sea Ray today with 3.0 mercruiser. The engine was winterized and it just came out of storage or so we were told and all clues appear to that being true. It was fogged when...
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    parts availability for a 75 mercruise(MC-1) outdriver

    Looking to buy an all original 1975 22 foot starcraft SS with the 165 mercruiser straight 6(gm 250 engine) with what I think is an MC-1 outdrive(stickers just say mercruiser on it did not get model number off it but boat is a survivor). I am not worried about the parts or working on the engine...
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    Advice on purchase of a 1975 22' Super Sport with I/O 165 merc

    My son and i are looking at buying a 22' Super Sport with the merc straight 6 engine and I believe is the MC-1 outdrive I only saw the mercruiser outdrive stickers on it. The original owner has passed and his 63 yo son(who is a retired auto mechanic) is not into boating(his 2 deceased brothers...
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    new member looking at buying mid 70s Holiday with a rivet question and others?

    We are looking at a 70s Holiday that seems to be in okay shape. Seller stated he had some rivets replaced. Upon crawling under boat there were some rivets with missing heads and all the rivets areas on the bottom had some kind of sealant(clear probably silicon)appliead by what looks like a 3...
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