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    Stern dirve protection?

    After a boating trip this weekend I gatherd a couple of concerns.. Firstly, do I need to do anything to protect my outdrive during the road trip. (IE transom saver. I always use one with my outboards, but never really have seen a need from one on my sterndrive). <br />Secoundly, what...
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    whats wrong with my trim pump

    I have a 1976 merc 115, my trim pump has gotten a little tricky.. when I press the button all I get is a click, unless I bang on the little nipple ontop of the pump,then it will get going. When it does get going, it goes up fine, but down starts out really sluggish the get progressivly...
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    Live well plugs?

    Live well plugs? Youve been fishing all day, now its time to go home, its 90 degrees out side you want the fish to stay alive till you get to your destination. Which happens to be 45 minutes or more away.<br /><br />What do you do?<br /><br />thanks,<br /> Thomas
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    what tires?

    My boat is a 17.5 vehull wiegh in around 1900 - 2500 lbs My trailer is made for this boat, it's a bunker style trailer, I need new tires becuase the previous owner installed car tires on it which don't hold the whieght well. what kind of tires should I get? I believ the rim is a 15" rim, or...
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    today is a good day

    well thanks to the 70 and sunny weather we had here this weekend, I took my boat out, started right up and ran great. However I was having a little problem with trailer sway. The vehicle is a 1988 grand wagoneer, which whiegh in at 4500 lbs, good tires all balanced. class III tow hitch. the...
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    today is a good day

    well thanks to the 70 and sunny weather we had here this weekend, I took my boat out, started right up and ran great. However I was having a little problem with trailer sway. The vehicle is a 1988 grand wagoneer, which whiegh in at 4500 lbs, good tires all balanced. class III tow hitch. the...
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    What to do with my Refund??

    What to do with my Refund?? it's been so long I can't believe I remembered my password.<br /> Well I have a decent refund comming and would like to put in into my 1990 17.5' v hull boat wich totes a mercruiser 3.0. attched to and alpha one out drive wich is proped with a 19 pitch ss 3 blade...
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    flushing or cleaning trim system

    My trim pump is runing sluggish, I believe becuase of two seperate instance, once the pump got submerged in very dirty water, another it had gearlube put in it as make shift hydro fluid. so I want to flush the system. any one have any suggestions???<br /><br /> Thomas
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    Unburnt oil/gas.. what to do

    I have noticed that I'm not efficently buring my oil/gas mixture of 50:1 on my 1976 115 hp merc, top 3 cylinders where very oily others not so much, I do have a good spark, and all cylinders are firing. The motor smoke heavely and smells strong of fuel, since I'm going to be using the boat to...
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    MUDDY EXHAUST

    I HAVE A 1976 MERC 115HP, Yesterday while runnign on the hose in my bakcyard I noticed that after a while at above idle rpms (2000) at all exhuats ports ( prop, & relief) there was a mud like substance comming out, and lots of it. It's grayish in color, and has a mud like texture.. any idea as...
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    What if I..........

    What if I plan to use my boat for hunting through out this winter, what should I do. the boat is a 17.5 foot fiberglass hull, with 1976 115 hp merc on it. I live in North East texas and we rarely see the temp drop below 20 degrees f. our average temp here suring the coldest winters are...
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    how tight?

    checking for shorts in my oile pressure guage lines, I found none, so I decided to pull the sender unit. when I took it off seen no defects, but I did hear a constant bubbling sound comming from inside the block, is this normal. I'm sure it is. considering I had just had the engine runnign for...
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    oil pressure sender

    I believe I have a bad connection on my oil pressure guage, becuas eof the dance the needle does, bUt i don't know which wires to check on the engine. my in-jun is a 1990 merc 3.0 and help would be appreciated.
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    What size o-ring?

    have an alpha one outdrive s# 1623 8950 -01 on a mercruiser 3.0,, when I pulled my l/u I only found half an o-ring on the shaft, I've herd it's not neccesary to replace the o-ring, but I do wish to, any one know what size I need? My loacal mech did not, and had nothign in stock.. I plan to go...
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    Couple of silly questions on alpha one out drives.

    Just have some time on my hand and was wondering..<br /> why the use of zinc on some parts. some parts I have found on this outdrive are new to me so I was just wondering what their pupose are for.<br /> zinc andoe plate ?<br /> anodic bolt heads?<br /> the two removable pieces from the...
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