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    2001 Crownline 180BR Continuous beep

    This past weekend I first encountered this issue. Obviously when I turn the key before starting there is the loud beep then when started it turns off. Well I was boating for a half hour, stopped and anchored for a couple hours, started the engine and the beep stayed on after the engine was...
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    Requesting Prop help

    I just bought a 2001 Crownline 180BR with the 4.3L engine. It currently has an aluminum 14dia and 23p prop on it. I am able to get to about 44mph @ 4k rpm's. I had a 95 Rinker captiva 190 with a 4.3L in it and was able to get to 52mph at 4800 rpm's. I'm not sure what the specs were on that prop...
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    Requesting Prop Help

    I just bought a 2001 Crownline 180BR with the 4.3L engine. It currently has an aluminum 14dia and 23p prop on it. I am able to get to about 44mph @ 4k rpm's. I had a 95 Rinker captiva 190 with a 4.3L in it and was able to get to 52mph at 4800 rpm's. I'm not sure what the specs were on that...
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    Mercruiser 4.3LX Will not start (fuel issue)

    1995 Rinker 190 with Mercruiser 4.3LX This past holiday weekend, I took my boat out on Saturday, it was really difficult to cold start upon launch (hadn't really had too much trouble in the past), but the boat ran great all day, started fine after anchoring and floating, etc. Took the boat out...
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    1995 Rinker Captiva 190 Speedometer sticky

    Occasionally the speedometer will work w/o issue but other times, the speedometer needle acts "sticky". Right now the boat is in my garage and the needle is showing 10mph. On the lake, sometimes when I accelerate to wide open throttle, the needle doesn't follow my speed and will either show...
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    Mercruiser Alpha One Gen 2 4.3 LX Exhaust Shutters failed

    I have a 1995 Rinker boat that I just recently purchased used and i'm doing some maintenance work on it. I found that both exhaust shutters failed. I've picked the parts out of my exhaust and now i'm ready to replace them but I can't quite figure out which part number I need to order. I had...
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    Mercruiser 4.3LX Alpha One Shifting causing stalling

    I have a question for the experts on this board. I have a 1995 Rinker Captiva 190 with a Mercruiser 4.3LX Alpha One engine. I have had it for about a month and it never caused any problems until 2 weeks ago. I launched my boat off of the trailer, put it in reverse, backed it off, had a nice...
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