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    trim problem

    I have a 1993 searay 17' bowrider, 3.0 merc alpha 1. I was on the water today and started having a hickup w/ the trim up switch as I was getting up on plane, the trim down and the separate TRAILER switch works just fine, but the regular trim up had a symptom of cutting in and out and then...
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    prop pitch change

    I've got a 1993 17' searay , 3.0 4cyl alpha 1 I/O. I'm runnin an aluminum 3 blade 19 pitch prop. (well it says 48-78120-19 on the prop). I'm wondering if switching to a 4 blade with a higher pitch would save on gas at a lower rpm and would go faster at WOT with out loading up my engine too much...
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    starvin for fuel

    I have 93, sea ray 170 bowrider, 3.0 merc 4 cyl, anyway, when I had her up and running she dropped in rpm and was sputterin out of low to high idle while in gear, so I rebuilt the carb which had junk in it, and the f/w seperator which was also filthy, I took it out after that and she ran like a...
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