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    2007 Volvo Pento 3.0 Lower Unit Oil Seal

    Last weekend I managed to catch a rope on my prop shaft on my way back do the dock. I only noticed the rope when I pulled up on the trailer, and at that point it was firmly wrapped around the prop shaft. Most of the rope was behind the propeller itself. I pulled off the prop and managed to get...
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    Engine died, won't start

    I had my boat out on the lake on the 3rd, and it died. It was working fairly well when I put it in the lake, but dieseled a little at one point, then hydrolocked. Once that was cleared, the boat worked just fine and dandy for half the day, until it just outright stopped working. The engine is a...
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    Replaced cap and rotor, motor won't start

    I bought this cap and rotor and installed it today. My engine is a 1988 4.3LX Merc. Yesterday my boat ran, today it will not start. I can hear that there is compression, and the smell of gas leads me to believe that gas is being injected, and seeing as I worked on the ignition system, I...
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    Renting a boat

    Is it possible to rent a boat for a day? I want to be out on a boat for Boston's 4th of July celebration, but mine is not very well suited for such an activity. I figure maybe I can rent a 30-40 footer. Has anyone seen something like this, or have experience with it?
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    Poor new stereo performance

    I just bought this stereo for my boat. I understand that it's cheap and by a no name company, but it was supposed to be an improvement over the existing stereo, which was 20 years old and also cheap and no-brand. I'm having two problems with it: 1) Every few seconds, the voltmeter dips down...
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    Secondaries not opening quickly

    I have an 88 4.3L Mercruiser with Rochester carbs, and the throttle response is very poor. For a little while, full throttle would put me at 3200RPMs, and it would not exceed that unless I opened the secondaries myself. Now, they seem to be opening, albeit slowly. This problem appeared after I...
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    Prop sizing help

    I have a 4.3L Mercruiser on an 88 Century with a fiberglass hull. I do a lot of skiing, and I need something that has excellent pickup. I don't know the pitch of the prop that came with the boat, because it got worn out. That prop went to about 5500 RPMS (recommended is 4400-4800) after playing...
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    4.3L Mercruiser leaking hot water into bilge

    I have an 88 Mercruiser that is leaking hot water into the bilge on the starboard side right above the starter. Specifically, it's leaking from some kind of L shaped spigot (?). The spigot thing has a male end that goes into the block just above what I believe is the oil pan, and has a female...
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    1987 Force 125HP

    My motor has been problematic from the start, and it seems to have basically the same problems as everyone else. <br /><br />I can pull a tube, but it takes a while to get up to speed. <br /><br />Skiers are touch and go, up on 2 skiis is fine just takes a while to get to speed, one ski forget...
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