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    Boat won't plane with 2.5L merc

    Hello, I bought an 18' Renken bow rider without an outdrive recently. I found a used alpha one with the 1.98 ratio that I needed for the 2.5L 4 cyl. The engine runs great out of the water, but I took it for it's maiden voyage and it wouldn't get up on plane. I didn't know what kind of boat...
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    outdrive/engine allignment

    Hello, I am new to the I/O scene and have an alpha 1 that I just installed. Over the winter I pulled the engine to do some work. Now I'm reinstalling everything. How necessary is the engine allignment? Everything went together fine, but I know for sure that I had to move the mount adj. bolts...
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    Painting suspension parts

    Hello, I have a tandom axle trailer that gets dipped in saltwater every weekend. So the axles, leaf springs and other suspension components are pretty rusty. I wanted to paint them, but did know what kind of paint to use? Especially on the leafs, since they are constantly flexing, I would...
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    Volt meter reading high

    Hello, I have a 1987 DT200. For the first time yesturday while running at about 3500 rpms I noticed my volt meter was reading over 15 volts. I thought it was the guage, but my fish finder was reading 15.2 volts also. I've never seen a volt meter go over 14v in both cars and boats. Is my...
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    Fuel/Water separator

    I have a 1987 DT200 and yesturday it stalled and I noticed the fuel primer bulb collapsed and cut off the fuel to the engine. I just replaced the fuel filter which is type that looks like an oil filter (about 15 gallons ago). I think it is a mercruiser brand system. Do these filters absorb so...
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    200HP suzuki dies under load

    Hello, this is my first post and I've done a lot of reading of other posts to solve my problem, but still stumped. I have a 1987 dt200 that starts and idles fine. When I put it in gear it dies out. So from reading other similar posts, I took the advise and cleaned the carbs. They were very...
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