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    Marinas - Raritan Bay, NJ

    Hi all. Is there anyone here who docks at any of the marinas in the area around Raritan Bay in NJ? Which one? Any recommendations or warnings...? I have been down in Brick, but I'm looking to move up the coast so my drive to the boat will be shorter. :cool: EDIT: Arrrgh.... this post...
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    Prop and top speed evaluation

    Greetings to the gurus! So, like many, I am wondering if my boat is properly set up and tuned. As per the "Read this first!" post I will try to be as complete as possible in my description. 1) Performance issue you are trying to correct. Is my current top speed the max I should expect for my...
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    What is this on the OMC 460...?

    While browsing through the used boat listings on iboats I came across basically the same boat I have with the OMC 460, but a year older. Anyway, I was wondering what this is bolted to the starboard riser that I have circled in red. Any ideas? I don't have it on my boat. In that general area...
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    only 9mph @ 4000rpm !!!

    After having gone through much pain to work out cooling issues with my OMC 460, I finally have the engine running great - at least while docked! :( I finally got to take it out this season and only got to 9mph @ 4000rpm checked by GPS. Now, I don't expect a 26' cruiser to be a rocket, but I...
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    how fast can a water pump fail?

    Extremely frustrated here... I've gone through a lot of pain this season with the cooling system on my OMC equipped boat. So one of the things I did this year was replace the water pump components in my cobra outdrive including impellar, plate, and gasket. Once I had all my cooliing issues...
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    studs on cylinder heads

    What is (are) the best way(s) to remove rusty or frozen studs off a cylinder head? I've tried PB Blaster, but it seems that might just take forever. :(
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    OMC 460 cooling system issue?

    Hi there! I have a Cobra 460 (bought last year) and this weekend I replaced the impeller and all water pump parts in the outdrive with a kit, but when I started it up on muffs, I was not getting any water returning through the prop (and I'm not sure how much water was being sucked it). I'm...
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    I wonder what it could be...

    When I bought my boat this year, it was already in the water, so I didn't get to see anything that was below water level. One thing that wasn't working on the boat was the speedometer, but now that it's out of the water, I've figured out with the help of this board what the pitot is, what it...
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    Thanks to the boating gurus + manifold question

    You guys are great! I was winterizing my boat yesterday, and while draining the block I remembered reading here that I should poke around all the drains to make sure there isn't any garbage plugging up anything. Well, wouldn't you know it, there certainly was plenty holding back the water...
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    impeller question

    OK, here's an uber-noob question... What is the impeller that needs to be serviced? Also, where is it? I'm guessing from what I'm reading that it has something to do with the outdrive, and probably sucks water in for engine cooling. By the way, I know, in general, what an impeller is/does...
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    Engine died. Restarts only @ high RPMs.

    Hi all. This afternoon I had my boat out and all was well for over an hour when the engine mysteriously died. It wouldn't restart in neutral. If I gave it throttle in neutral it would start, but it would die at about 1200 or so as I was dropping down the RPMs. So 2 things I will mention...
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    outdrive gear oil difference

    Hi all. I've been searching the forum but can't find an answer to my question. What is the difference between the marine gear you put in sterndrives and the gear oil that goes into automotive differentials and manual transmissions?
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    Which radar mount for my Cruisers Inc.?

    Hi all! I hope I'm posting this in the right place. I have a 1988 Cruisers Inc. VeeSport 2660. I would like to install radar (a JRC that I already have) to the radar arch. Now there are 2 issues... First of all, I have full camper canvas, so I need a mount that will bring the radome above...
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