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    454 Mag MPI running rich

    2000 454 MAG MPI - MEFI3, Cool Fuel, Serial #0L611921 Approximately 530 hours Bought the boat last fall. Ran well, but I felt there was more in her. Previous owner didn't really have much service history either. So in the offseason I did the following and noted a few things: Cleaned flame...
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    454 MAG MPI Tune Up

    Hi all, it's been awhile. Thanks for all the help over the years. Disregard my signature at the bottom, my new boat is a 2000 Powerquest 260, with 454 Mag MPI - 0L611921. Just purchased this past fall with around 450 hours, freshwater only. Had a lot of conversations with other owners and same...
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    Low voltage, gauge variations

    Just took out our new to us Powerquest 260 with 454Mag EFI yesterday. Boat starts and runs fantastic. However, I noticed that when running back to the dock, when I turned on the nav lights (green/red and white stern) it dropped my volts low, both on gauge and on my GPS. In addition to that, it...
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    Alpha1 Gen2 shifting problem, HELP!!

    So thanks to all the help in the past year, our boat has been running perfectly, until today. I started the boat in the driveway like always. I heard a sound that I didn't recognize when it was idling. I shifted to forward fine, then back to neutral. Tried reverse and it made a grinding sound...
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    Engine Coupler Grease

    Going to be re-installing my freshly repainted, new gasketed, new water pump impeller Gen 2 in a couple of weeks. Before doing so, I have just a couple of questions. I have a new drive gasket which also came with a couple of small rubber O rings. I assume one is for the gear lube...
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    Re-painting outdrive

    This winter while our boat sleeps, I'm in the process of going thru the outdrive. I have all the old anodes off and want to re-paint. I'd also like to pull the top of the upper off to inspect the gears, however, I can't seem to find a socket that fits. I have a pretty good tool set, but these...
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    Winterized and drive pulled - an off season to do list

    So thanks to the warm fall, I just winterized our boat in November in MI. I also, for the first time since we've owned the boat, pulled the drive. I drained the gear lube first and didn't see any water in the lube - just a nice blue-green gear lube color, sweet relief. After pulling the drive, I...
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    Vortec Swap?

    Ill try to keep this brief. Last year we bought our first family boat, 97 Starcraft 2010SS. It came with a 2bbl 5.7Merc. Performance has always been reasonably adequate, but I'd love more. I've already tuned up the motor and feel like I've dialed in the props (2 stainless) to fit. THinking about...
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    Broken Power Steering Pulley

    This past weekend, I fell victim to the dreaded plastic pulley breakage on our 97 5.7. We were cruising at around 2900 rpms, when my wife said she "heard something" and the steering all of a sudden got tougher to turn. I cut power and shut her down within 10-15 seconds of this all occuring. I...
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    Vibration while underway

    After spending a lot of time researching and hands on work, I finally have our Starcraft 2010SS/5.7/A1G2 starting and running wonderfully. My only issue now is I am sensing more vibration while underway in no wake zones than I remember last year. Typically from about 1200-1500 RPM. I don't...
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    Shop Tachometer

    In the interest of fine tuning the running of our boat, I think it may be nice to have a good, accurate shop tachometer to gauge the boats tachometer with. Is there a specific brand or type I should look at? I see that some people also use digital multimeters as a tachometer as well. I have a...
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    Dual battery question

    Not sure if this should be in the engine section, if so, please feel free to move it. Anyway, I have a boat with Merc 5.7/Alpha. When I bought it from the PO, it had two batteries and a battery switch - I believe to be a standard Perko, it has the OFF, 1, BOTH, 2. When I got the boat, I noticed...
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    Broken Starter Bolt

    And my saga continues. After summerizing our boat and thinking we were good to go this weekend, we went to the boat launch to get our first day on the water of 2016. Boat is a 1997 Starcraft 2010SS, Merc 5.7 2bbl, serial number 0K010675 Lo and behold, despite running in the driveway, the motor...
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    Cold blooded 5.7l in lieu of coil replacement....

    This is probably the photo that best shows everything. Hopefully you can see it.
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    Cold blooded 5.7l in lieu of coil replacement....

    Okay, so I am changing course here with regard to replacing my ignition coil in the hopes of getting our boat started easier when cold. Here is the lowdown: Last June we purchased a 1997 Starcraft 2010SS. Engine is Merc 5.7l 2 barrel motor I believe this is a Vortec motor S/N 0K010675. When we...
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