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    Fuel Pump Bad - Repair or Replace?

    I have a '97 Maxxum which we have been spending a lot of time maintaining/improving over the past few weeks. We added a water/fuel separator and everything seemed fine. Tested the engine out of the water, then put it in the water and ran it at low speed through the no wake zone. Went to open...
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    Replacing Oil Seal Carrier

    I am having a hard time getting this to come out. Gently prying is not working. My question is, do I really have to do this? The one that is in there looks great - could I just replace the impeller in the water pump and put in some nice new gaskets and call it good? The boat is a 1997...
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    Carter Fuel Pump With Filter?

    I'm still struggling with the littlest things and its the simplest boat you can imagine. A 1997 Maxum with a 3.0L motor (3.0LX) and it's just seawater cooled. I want to replace the water pump on the engine block (water circulator), but I cannot find the recommendations for torquing that...
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    Adding After Market Fuel/Water Separator

    I have a Mercruiser 3.0LX engine and an Alpha One Gen II sterndrive and I would like to add an after market fuel/water separator similar to this one: http://www.sterndrive.info/sterndriveparts/id1.html We are trying to decide whether to install it in the back of the boat, near where you add...
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    First Time in Lower Unit - Broken Bolt

    Working on an Alpha One Gen II and trying to split the case on the lower unit to service the water pump, but the shorter bolt that ties them together from underneath near the pin in back has broken. I've found some good links on how to take out a broken off bolt and if I don't have left hand...
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