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    Major flooding in CT August 18th, marina destroyed

    I was waiting for the photo issue to get resolved before posting this. Not sure how many of you all are in this area but we had unprecedented rainfall over the course of 24 hours on August 18th in the Oxford, Sandy Hook area of Connecticut. Tiny stream turned into massive rivers for 12 hours...
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    Not a good sign, mystery gasket

    Was just finishing up torquing the last bolt on my gen 2 after all this years maintenance and I saw something that made me head hurt. Can anyone identify this gasket? I just finished doing the bellows, checking the gimbal and alignment, and impeller maintenance. I don't recognize this from...
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    Trim issues, torn wires, many mistakes

    Mercruiser 3.0, 1999 1999 Regal 1800 LSR Hi folks. Looking for some insight that goes beyond DIY youtube and manuels. At the end of last season, trim was working as expected. Second to last run, a stick got caught inbetween the wires of my trim sending unit (starboard puck) and ripped them...
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    Trim sender vs stick

    Last ride before pulling the boat out of the marina for the season, noticed my trim gauge died. After putting it on the trailer, saw that a stick had gotten caught and ripped one of the wires off my trim sender. Im guessing that the sender itself is still fine, as well as the connection within...
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    Whats your system for dockside mooring covers

    Question about how all you guys handle mooring covers dockside. I have a 99 Regal 1800 that I’m going to keep slipped for the first time this coming year. Previous years I kept it on the trailer and (with the original snap canvas covers not being water proof anymore) I was able to throw a cover...
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    First time cleaning a carb, ruined the jets?

    Made the mistake of trying to juggle the kids homework at the same time of tear down my mercarb 2 barrel last night. Slightly wrong sized flathead and not paying full attention caused me to mangle the brass pretty good. These pictures were after just two slips, freaking brass. The rebuild kit...
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    Dealing with insurance,boat totaled?

    Looking for anyone with experience in this situation, trying not to make a wrong move. Got into a boat accident ( https://forums.iboats.com/threads/boat-accident-at-dusk.756667/ ) in the beginning of June. Finally got the police report and between that and talking to the other boater’s...
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    Boat accident at dusk

    Im always looking at the safety thread to get tips and get myself thinking on other peoples’ experiences. My turn to contribute! Was out on my Regal 1800 with my brother and a friend to run the boat and fix some carb balancing issues (thats another never ending story🤬) . Worked on it for a bit...
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    Need a noise diagnosed…

    Currently at the marina, started up my 99 Regal 18’, 99 Merc 3.0. Taken it out dozens of times this year, with no issues at all. Started it up tonight and i’m hearing this…no clue what it could be, do you? Thanks
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    3.0, engine oil, breather tube questions

    Just checking to make sure this is normal operation of my 1999 3.0 Merc. Noticed two things, both circled in red.....first is a pooling of oil at the base of the breather tube that leads to and holds the flame arrestor onto the carb. The second is air/exhaust moving through the opening on the...
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    Cracked up ski locker repair

    99 Regal 1800. Boat is in great shape, floors rock solid (as far as I can tell). Removed the snap carpet in the ski locker and found this. Is this as bad as it looks or is this a semi normal repair? Im guessing grinding the gel coat and glass smooth and re-fiber glassing before new gel coat...
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    Shoot thru hull transducer questions

    Transducer readings havnt worked since I obtained this boat last year. Was last on my long list of fixes. Finally got to it this year. Main problem from the pic is the state of the gel coat in the ski locker (Regals are known for this, Im finding out). Im going to post separately to find out...
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    Hull cleaning advice

    Keeping my 99 Regal 1800 at a marina this year on the trailer. Probably stays in the water 5 hours at a time a couple days a week this time of year. The white hull yellows real fast. Comes off easily with hull cleaner and looks like new after but one day in the water its back to yellow. Am I...
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    How much should the fuel pump be putting out?

    1999 Merc 3.0. Original mech fuel pump. In diagnosing a slight low power problem, i want to make sure the fuel pump is sending the correct amount to the carb. I’m going to take the fuel line from the carb, place it in a container and crank the motor over for 10, 20 secs or so. Is this the right...
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    Tachometer not reading correct...?

    Thinking my tachometer is not reading correctly. I have a 99 Regal 1800 LSR, same year Merc 3.0. With four adult on board, I’ve gotten it to 35mph. (Speedometer is dialed in correctly). Meter shows idle at 700, which is what is should be. But with WOT, it only shows 2000, won’t go above. My...
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    Slight out trimming at WOT slammed outdrive into Trailer mode

    New boater here. Recently got a 1999 Regal 1800 with a 3.0 Merc stern drive. I haven’t posted here yet because every question or issue I’ve run into has been asked and answer here...this forum is excellent. Ran into something yesterday on the water that I can’t find an answer to though, so...
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