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    Time to upgrade. Looking at 5.0 MPI w Bravo 3

    It does have 2 props
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    Time to upgrade. Looking at 5.0 MPI w Bravo 3

    Thanks for the input all. I understand that purchasing a boat with damage is a gamble, but looking doesn’t cost anything but a little time. Nothing ventured nothing gained. I just assumed that it stripped the teeth from FWD and maintained enough on the teeth input shaft to still catch rev...
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    Time to upgrade. Looking at 5.0 MPI w Bravo 3

    Good evening - After a few years of boating we decided it’s time to upgrade into something a little newer and bigger. I’m familiar with the carbed 4.3 and Alpha Gen 1. The boat I’m eyeing has 5.0 mpi and Bravo 3. I’m trying to do as much research as possible as I’m not familiar with either...
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    My boat sank, part II

    That is the major reason we have insurance now, to cover liability. The other reason is we were involved in a highway accident last fall while towing the boat (uninsured at the time). Other driver was at fault, but their insurance was blaming yet another vehicle for the accident and refusing to...
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    My boat sank, part II

    Care to share your company? I'm almost 3x that, same vintage boat. It's full coverage and covers the trailer, storage, and some towards towing and roadside. Was going without insurance, and decided it was a good idea when I got stuck in reverse at the boat launch, doing circles backwards...
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    U-Joints for 2003 Alpha One Gen 2

    After seeing this I realized I wasn't seeing signatures when reading on my phone either. Tried to find the setting for that, which there isn't one. Rotated my phone to landscape view, and poof there they are.🤯
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    Outdrive gasket pushing out

    Just to follow up with the fix for anyone else that may see this. I put a straight edge on the outdrive mating surface and found there was a small hump by the shift pocket (measured vertically, pic is exaggerated and borrowed from Google if some one here happens to recognize it :p ). I took a...
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    Older Boats Not Welcome at Lake George, NY

    https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/23860.html Looks like there's a couple DEC run boat ramps on Lake George. We bought the empire pass which gets us into state parks, and most boat launches without additional fees (not sure which ones require the additional fees, but we haven't found one yet). It's...
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    Outdrive gasket pushing out

    It appears the nuts in that kit are SS. The nuts in the quicksilver kit are also listed as SS. Maybe one, or both kits are miss labeled? After learning about galling my first choice would be to source brass. If I'm stuck using SS, is there anything better to lube the threads? I have marine...
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    Outdrive gasket pushing out

    I searched high and low and cannot seem to find a brass 7/16-20 locknut. Both from the local hardware store, that usually has everything you could imagine, and searching the internets. Local store has chrome and ss available. Fresh water, but I'd still be concerned with chrome rusting. Should I...
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    Outdrive gasket pushing out

    I had no idea of this issue, learn something new every day….Glad I asked, Thanks! Found this on the web for anyone else that might be interested. Obviously, I’m not an expert, so take it for what that’s worth. - What is Thread Galling? Thread galling occurs during installation when pressure and...
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    Outdrive gasket pushing out

    Thank you all for the replies. I could see where the locking part of the nut may soak up of few lb ft of torque, but maybe not. Either way it's not going to hurt to change them out. Just to be clear I should be getting a 7/16 fine brass lock nut. Rick thanks for going down the rabbit hole...
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    Outdrive gasket pushing out

    I’ve been having an issue with the outdrive gasket pushing out by the shift pocket (Alpha). Both surfaces are nice and clean, and I try real hard to torque everything down nice and even, but it always seems to push out no matter what I do. Reading through some old threads, someone mentioned...
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    Water in Bilge? Where can it come from.......

    Yup, there's a cover plate that squashes the rubber to create the seal. Follow your cooling hose to the inner transom plate.
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    Water in Bilge? Where can it come from.......

    Tackled similar issue when I first purchased my boat. Found 4 different contributors. I could tell the PO was battle same issue based on the amount of caulk they smeared all over every thing. For me it was part 28 in the picture (only thing that caused finically hardship. I think it was $5, and...
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