I've have been putting off winterizing because I have had so much other crap going on this last week. I did not realize it, but the last two nights/mornings it has gotten down around 30°. I have not had a chance to check the boat yet but I'm just scared that I may find some damage. It has been...
Our mercruiser has an ignition safety switch that I assume you can hook to your body/clothes so if something "bad" happens it will kill the engine. It's just a little string with a U-shaped plastic thingie on the end that pulls out of a little plunger/buttom deal. I think the goofy thing is...
Hey ya'll......this is not a "need help" post...just a "what the heck!" post. Sorry if it doesn't really belong here. Just wanted to share this experience....<br /><br />Been needing to have my gimbal bearing replaced(Merc Alpha) so I finally stopped at a repair shop while we were at the lake...
Just posted this question on another board and then I remembered you guys. I remeber you guys helping me out before so maybe some of you all have the answer. Anyhow, here's the post....<br /><br />Don't know much about how an outdrive works but I think I am developing some sort of problem with...
I'm starting to look for a newer truck to pull my racecar and boat with but I'm not sure what the best choice is at this point. Think I want a 3/4 ton so I want to learn as much as I can about what's available from the big three makers. I know it's a matter of preference and price a lot of times...
Need to find a good service manual for my 91 4.3L/Alpha 1(Gen II) - Is SELOC a good choice, or is there something better out there that I should look for??
We just got our boat last year so I don't have much mechanical experience with it(yet). I noticed last year that when I would make a fairly high speed turn that somtimes I could feel a vibration throughout the boat. It was not very bad, but it was definately noticable(to me). I'm guessing some...
We've had outboard boats for years, but this is the first winter I've had an I/O so I'm not exactly sure what all to do to get this thing ready for the dead of winter. It's a '91 Celebrity with a 4.3L AlphaOne. Here's what I have already done. Unscrewed the plugs on both sides of the engine...
Correct me if I'm wrong here but I always thought that deep cycle batteries were meant to be used to run lights/trolling motors/stuff other than starting an engine. My boat came with a deep cycle battery in it as a starting battery. Is there a reason for this? Am I missing something? Why would a...
Was at the lake all weekend with my truck('88 C-1500) and yesterday when we were getting ready to go load the boat, I noticed the emergency brake light was on. I went to release the e-brake but it was not on. When the e-brake is on, the light is slightly brighter, but even when released the...
Sorry if this has been asked before(did a search with no results) but I have some stuff(barefoot wetsuit) I need to sell and this would be a great place to advertise it. I don't see a place to do this so I WON'T ;) for fear of being beaten severely by the moderator(s). Ya'll ever thought...
When we are on the lake my stupid radio won't pick up hardly any FM stations. Looks like the radio just has a piece of wire coming out of the antenna plug-in and then it's hooked underneath to one of the front railing bolts. I really don't want to drill a hole in my boat and mount a goofy...
Our boat has a fiberglass deck that extends off the back. When the outdrive(Merc) is raised all the way up it hits the bottom of this deck. When we got the boat it already had a groove carved in the gelcoat where it had been rubbing during trailering. I see adjustment knob things on the sides of...
Our boat has a fiberglass deck that extends off the back. When the outdrive(Merc) is raised all the way up it hits the bottom of this deck. When we got the boat it already had a groove carved in the gelcoat where it had been rubbing during trailering. I see adjustment knob things on the sides of...
My brother-in-law bought a boat last year and someone had smeared some kind of nasty stain/varnish crap on his teak floor storage cover. You couldn't even walk on the stupid thing because it stuck to your feet! :rolleyes: YUK! We bought our boat this last winter and someone had used some...
