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    1988 searay Seville cuddy cabin. Is it a good boat?

    Recently purchased a 88 searay Seville 4.3. I was wondering if they were good boats. I have heard a lot about the late 80s searays being poorly made and having wood rot problems. Can someone tell me how solid these boats are.
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    88 mercruiser 4.3 small crack in block and head

    I have been tryIng to find a compression issue on my 4.3 and after taking the head off I found that the head gasket was blown between 2 cylinders and there is a small crack in both the head and block where it blew. The crack does not go very far. I don't know if it would be ok to replace...
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    88 mercruiser 4.3 low compression and water in oil.

    I recently bought a 88 sea ray with a 4.3 mercruiser i was told it ran fine but it does not. I noticed it was misfiring, I checked compression and on 3 it had 140 psi but the other 3 it had 10 psi. I also noticed it has a little water in oil. There also is white smoke coming out of crankcase...
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    1988 mercruiser alpha one water pump issue

    Recently bought a boat with a mercruiser 4.3 and alpha one out drive. It did not pump water at all before. I just replaced the impeller, it is pumping some water but overheating. I took off hose from out drive and it does not really pump any water at idle but when revving it it birps water out...
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    Omc 5.7 ignition timing

    I just put a 350 Chevy engine in my boat that came from a car. I put all the parts from the old motor on. I am having issues with backfiring through the carb, so I messed with ignition timing and noticed that it actually runs a lot better with timing way before TDC. What could be causing this?
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    Intermediate housing oil plug

    I need to refill my intermediate housing with oil, I am guessing that the plug on top near the drive shaft is where I fill it. Is that correct
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    Omc hydraulic trim oil

    I have a omc stringer with a 5.7 omc. In the process of changing the engine I removed hydraulic lines from the trim motor and a bunch of oil came out. Is there a way to refill it and what oil would I use?
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    Intermediate housing oil

    I have an omc stringer out drive, I had to remove the driveshaft out of intermediate housing but don't know what the procedure is for refilling it with oil. I know there is a drain plug under steering gear and another plug on top.
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    Flywheel bolt pattern

    I am replacing the engine in my boat which had a 1984 omc 5.7 with the stringer. I bought a used 1988 omc 5.0 engine but found that the bolt pattern was different for flywheel and coupler. Could I use the coupler that is on new engine, it is a lot bigger than original or could the original small...
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    Omc 5.7 engine replacement

    I have an 84 beachcraft with a 5.7 liter engine. What would be the easiest way to remove the motor. Can I just unbolt bellhosing like a car. I do have a decent amount of room for motor to slide forward.
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    Engine mounts

    I have a 1984 omc stern drive 5.7 motor and I noticed it has hydraulic struts in the front of the motor that lift and raise it with a button. What is the purpose for this?
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    1989 jonhnson 48 spl timing issue

    I bought a boat that has a Johnson 48 spl but when I try to start it it backfires and sounds like it is firing at the wrong time. I also saw that the flywheel nut was welded to the flywheel and thought something could be wrong with the flywheel or under it. What could I be looking for?
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