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    3.7 Carb issue...surprise, right?

    Hey guys and gals, Ok, I'm up to my neck in my 3.7 again. This time, I'm chasing a throttle issue. When I start it up, I idle for a bit, it gets rough, then wants to stall. So, I hit it with a hammer (not really... I just flick the choke plate closed) and start it again. SHe's still a touch...
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    Shift cable? Lower unit? I just can't seem to hit the gears right.

    Ok, 3.7 Merc with an Alph 1 Gen 1. I picked this boat up a couple of years ago and can't for the life of me seem to get everything to work all of the time. Right now it's a shift issue. Replaced the lower shift cable last year along with the gimble bearing and all bellows. Now, I can't seem...
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    Alpha one upper driven gear bearing

    OK. I did a stupid and underfilled my Alpha. I spun the upper bearing and I've gotten it out, checked everything over 3 times and that bearing is the only casualty. Can I install the new one, shim and torque chack it and NOT have to to the alignment procedure? Mind you, everything else is...
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    3.7 mercruiser problems

    Not that they don't persist but what can I expect from a $450 boat. I've rebuilt the carb and now I get a pretty decent idle. Oh, wait.... the history. It was last put to sleep in 2004 before the former owner went to Iraq. I took it out of mothballs this spring. I instantly replaced all of the...
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    3.7 carb question

    My 3.7 is starting hard, backfiring a little and stalls after about 5 seconds. I figure it's the carb and my brother, a ford mechanic, says I can throw another 2bbl carb on there and I should be fine. Any thoughts? My issue is, I can't afford the $500 + for a rebuilt 1389 carb and I don't trust...
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    Inline 6 ignition

    Friends, fellow boaters... and everyone else, I've a question. First the background. Last year I lost half of my ignition on this 90 HP merc, inline 6, circa 1985. I replaced a switch box, believing it to be the culprit, though without a DVA to confirm. It didn't correct the problem. I them...
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    JC Craft

    I managed to get a hold of a JC Craft 180 Bow Rider. 3.7 with Alpha 1. This is a great little boat. The only real issue was the bad seats and vinyl. There appears to be something missing between the consoles but I can't figure out exactly what. I'll try to get some pictures ready but in the mean...
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    A little help....

    So, here I go again. I go and buy a $450 boat. Turns out to be a 1987 JC Craft (little known) with a 3.7 merc, 18' bowrider in front of an Alpha 1. The only real problem was that the boat hadn't been run for years and the vinyl was crap. Well, it was easy getting the controls off the side...
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    2,4 & 6 not firing.

    Ok, 1985 90 HP inline 6 So there I was, pulling a tube around the lake. I stop and switch riders. Upon restarting, I have NO GUTS. I went from the standard 5200 rpm and 45+ MPH to 5 mph and 1100 rpm. A lot of diagnostics and I found that 2, 4 & 6 were not firing. If I jump them from trigger to...
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    1975 Australian Cruise Craft

    Just made a deal with a guy for a free 1975 21' Cruise Craft. All I have to do is swap a 1988 140 hp Evinrude and a 1990 140 HP Evinrude. I get the older one and the boat after the switch. Needs a transoim and a face lift for sure. Anyone have any experience with one of these? How about that...
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    Damaged bow

    Ok, I've been lurking around here on and off for a while and now I have a project to take on. Last year I bought an 85 Glastron with a sweet running Merc90, original. It goes like a bat out of hell but, when I got it, it had been bow hit, HARD. (It also needs a new skeg but I got that covered)...
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