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    Transom water leak, not bellows?

    Re: Transom water leak, not bellows? you guys got me worried, soon as i came home i went a knockin on the transom and drilling 1 1/2" deep holes into transom from inside to inspect wood, seems fine, did not come out as dust and wasnt moist, also no differentiation in sound when knocking around...
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    Transom water leak, not bellows?

    i have a small leak in my transom, boat sitting in water for maybe 5 hours and pours in maybe a little less than a gallon? not much, but im in salt water mostly and want to take care of this before it becomes bigger. inspected all bellows from exterior without removing drive and all seem fine...
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    float-on trailer question, need advise quick

    looking to switch to an aluminum trailer for my 93 scarab sprint and ran across this trailer: http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/boa/3206059539.html my question is, the bunks are currently too wide for my boat i believe, can i move them down onto cross braces and mount them there or are those...
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    Return-to-center mod for non-power steering

    was thinking, and anyway some sort of elastic mechanism could be attached to non power steering system to help remove lowspeed wandering and returning steering wheel to center? what would be the dangers of this or possible problems? something like this, though a bad example...
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    new boat, some questions on 5.7 mercruiser

    Re: new boat, some questions on 5.7 mercruiser took some other pics, didnt get a chance to remove intake manifold yet and check status of runner the block casting number is 10243880, which seems to be a 95-00 vortec block, i know it was a 4bolt main, apparently with a roller cam, much newer...
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    new boat, some questions on 5.7 mercruiser

    Re: new boat, some questions on 5.7 mercruiser additional pics
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    new boat, some questions on 5.7 mercruiser

    Re: new boat, some questions on 5.7 mercruiser doesnt look good to me, first experience with this so maybe im wrong? is this bad enough to have caused the amt of water i had in my oil?
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    new boat, some questions on 5.7 mercruiser

    Re: new boat, some questions on 5.7 mercruiser pictures of spark plugs and ignition module
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    new boat, some questions on 5.7 mercruiser

    Re: new boat, some questions on 5.7 mercruiser i had this on my phone, didnt have time today to take any, planning to do timing/compression test tomorrow
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    new boat, some questions on 5.7 mercruiser

    Re: new boat, some questions on 5.7 mercruiser ok heres a pic of prop pic of carb closed/WOT and and pic of where serial number should be, any hints on how to figure out the drive ratio short of opening it up? didnt find drive ratio printed anywhere
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    new boat, some questions on 5.7 mercruiser

    5.7 mercruiser/alpha 1 in it. it currently has a 23 pitch prop, first time out at WOT it was hitting maybe 40mph at 3200 rpms but wouldnt go above, distributor was loose as timing is off and i would have to adjust in order to idle/throttle up smoothly so it does need the timing adjusted with an...
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