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    1989 Welcraft I/O 5.7L INSTALLING TRIM GAUGE

    I am installing a trim gauge on my boat so I don't end up just burning out the motor because with all the noise I cant ever tell if I have it all the way down or up. My question is from the attached pictures from back where my pump motor is what wire would I tie to for my SENDER WIRE?
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    1989 Wellcraft 5.7L Was running......NOT NOW HELP GUYS

    Motor was running fine before i put it in the garage. Over the winter i installed a whole brand upper and lower outdrive to the boat. Also before i put it in the garage i set the timing on the motor as well. I know i have spark at all plugs. Getting fuel into the carb. I have a edlerbrock carb...
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    Mercruiser Upper drive box (rebuild)

    Alright so had the boat out this weekend and she was running awesome. Well we all know something is about to happen soon if all is going well with our boats. Anyway, after a few hours on the water i noticed a loud wining noise coming from the outdrive. It was coming from the upper cap of the...
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    Engine Help please 1989 Mercruiser

    So it all started out last summer i noticed that my head gasket was leaking water out the side and down the block so while out on a road last summer she finally died. white smoke all through the water. So after that trip i got home and pulled the head off and replaced the gaskets and put...
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    Waste Holding Tank Question CANT STAY ON LAKE

    Alright heres my problem. I took my boat up to raystown lake, PA and last year i stayed alot well tonight i took the boat up and i was not going to stay the night but as i was unloading things from my boat into my truck about dark time a range came up and asked if i was going out on the lake for...
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    Mercury 40hp outboard wont go in reverse

    Alright a buddy of mind just got ahold of me and said he has a 1970s- 80s 40hp mercury outboard and it wont go into reverse. He said the control handle will go in reverse but the motor wont kick in reverse. he as try to do it by hand back at the motor but still wont kick in reverse. I dont know...
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    Temp gauge problem

    Ok i just put a new sending until in the motor and my temp gauge still goes Neg. when i turn the key on??? is the gauge bad or what. I know the gauge works because i can get the gauge to go pos when i ground it out but when i hook it up to the sending unit and turn the key on it goes neg. When...
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    Pulling motor out for Through Transom Exhaust

    I have a 89 inboard v8 350 on my wellcraft and i want to put the exhaust through the transom but i cant unless i take the bullhorn out. (the steel Y pipe that hooks down out the outboard pipe and takes it through the propeller) The only way to get that attached is to pull the motor out because i...
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