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    My Money pit

    93' 5.7 mercruiser in sea Ray On top of repairing the floor I Pulled risers and manifold to change them before this season and well, it was too late and the risers has been leaking into the engine all winter. Pulled intake and heads off and sure enough it pitted the cylinder walls. Since I...
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    what kind and weight of fiberglass for floor repair

    I am using epoxy resin and will be using marine plywood. and completely coating the plywood with resin. I am just wondering what kind (I am seeing all kinds, matt, woven different weights etc) and weight of fiberglass to use for floor repair. how many layers etc. need to get this ordered so I...
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    cheapest place to buy barr manifold riser kit

    going to buy replacement manifolds and risers, going with Barr and not GLM. trying to find the cheapest place to buy a whole Barr manifold and riser kit.
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    mission sea ray fix up

    Ok. Time to fix up old sea ray instead of buying a newer boat (darn) Going to go through the engine to make sure I don't have to worry about anything. As well as doing a couple performance bolt on upgrades. First question, I am reading about manifold and risers should be replaced often it...
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    Your opinion on boat purchase

    I am looking to buy a new boat, our sea ray needs some fixing so we are just going to buy a new boat and put the sea ray on the back burner. The two main boats that I am looking at on our local classifieds are: 2000 reinell 203 bow rider with a 5.0 Volvo Penta set up. a few seams coming apart...
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    snap on bow cover & top

    i want to buy a snap on cover for the bow and top for my boat. 1991 sea ray 185. doing lots of looking around and can't find any
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    merc 5.7 running temp?

    took new boat out today,has 5.7 merc....it was running a few above170 deg when running WOT....i thought this was a little hot. and when got that hot let off a little. what temps should they run at?
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    new fish finder need advice

    Getting lowrance x515c finder (head only) need to know what transducer to get for it. Hope I got a decent deal at $80 Ill be fishing in salt water in the bay and larger river fishing. Also, which power cables and transducer cable to get.
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    whats tohastsu 9.9 worth?

    Re: whats tohastsu 9.9 worth?
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    whats tohastsu 9.9 worth?

    new to the forum, and a new boat owner. just picked up a boat and it had a chevy 350 with a ski prop, so assuming (and by what the owner said) will be too fast at idle to do a slow troll. so i found a kicker at im going to buy tomorrow but would like to know what its worth before i buy. Its a...
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