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    overheat, hydrolock & starter

    Hi all, happy Supra owner new to inboards. My boat is a 97 Comp with a 351 H.O. PCM according to the tag on the motor. History is unknown, I traded it for a bike. It looks almost new, sounds amazing and crazy fast. Since I've had it I only changed the oil and repaired minor things here and there...
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    "Smooke on the waa-ter..." HELP!

    Hello all. I need some advice since my boat is in the water, far from the trailer now, far from my garage, manual and at the vacation rental. It's an 86 Rienell with a mercruiser 5.7 L and Alpha one outdrive. The events occurred as follows. 1) Boat was launched once a couple of weeks ago...
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    Merc 5.7 ltr dropping spark...

    Hello all, I took my boat out of storage and replaced plugs, wires, dist cap, rotor this year since I noticed some rough running out of it at the end of last season. It started and ran fine for a few minutes then died. I tracked the spark loss to the coil, and can actually see it arching below...
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    New Alpha One Lower blues....

    Hi guys, lurker and new to posting, great site! Name is fil, living in Austin now, had my 22 ft cuddy all over the country and love it! Specimen: 86 5.7 ltr Mercruiser Alpha One gen 1. O/D S/N oa664624. Scenario: New Sterndrive Engineering Lower unit replaced after low level lake claimed...
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