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  1. texasvet54

    My 95 SeaDoo XP won't crank!!!

    Hello All, I put a new battery in my 95 SeaDoo XP thinking that I'd be good-to-go for another summer and when I push the Start button, I get nothing. No sound or movement of the starter at all. I winterized it at the end of the summer by fogging the cylinders and the carb and I removed the 4...
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    How do I clean my houseboat refrigerator

    Hello All, I have a 15 cubic foot refrigerator that stinks. This summer, the dock that I'm on had to be rewired with GFCI's and when power was returned, the breaker for my slip tripped. I had food that was left over from an outing and it all spoiled. I was in and out of town, so it sat there...
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    My GFCI is tripping on my houseboat

    Help Please!!! I have a 52' factory built Three Buoy's Sunseeker houseboat with an aluminum hull. My dock was recently re-wired with individual GFCI breakers on each slip and when I connect to the receptacle for my slip the GFCI breaker tripped. Prior to the installation of the GFCI breaker...
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    Ethanol fuel

    I have a 1999 305V8 I/O Mercruiser on my houseboat that remains in it's slip through the winter in central Texas. Since I solved my carbureator problem a couple of years ago by putting a new one on, I've been using fresh gas on the few outings per year by using a 6 gallon external gas can with...
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    AC pressure

    I have a 220VAC Ocean Breeze air conditioning system on my Three Buoys houseboat. The system uses R-22. My coils are icing up indicating that I am low on refrigerant. My gauges tell me that my pressure is low at about 50 lbs on the low side instead of 70. When I add some R-22, the evaporator...
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    Air conditioning problem

    I don't see a forum that this might belong in, so I post it here. I have a 220VAC Ocean Breeze air conditioning system on my Three Buoys houseboat. The system uses R-22. My coils are icing up indicating that I am low on refrigerant. My gauges tell me that my pressure is low at about 50 lbs...
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    Engine turns over slow if at all

    Help. My 305cu.in Mercruiser won't spin fast enough to start. I suspect the starter, but I've not run into this situation with a starter before. I haven't started the engine in about two months as I've been cleaning the ethanol crap out of my fuel tank. So, between vacationing, grandkids...
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    SeaDoo LRV

    Hi All, I'm kinda considering buying a 2001 SeaDoo LRV that has recently had a new motor installed. I haven't had it to the lake yet, but it looks very clean. I'm kinda concerned that it is a carbed 2 stroke and I was thinking that my next ski would be a 4 stroke. Any thoughts would be...
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    carbureator rebuild

    i have a 96 SeaDoo GTI that is hesitating at times when I give it more throttle kinda like it's starved for gas. I took it to the local shop and they quoted me a price of $500 to rebuild the twin carbs. That seemed quite high to me, so I passed. I've been working on cars for 40 years and I've...
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    Can someone tell me what this stuff is?

    Re: Can someone tell me what this stuff is? My fuel line arrived in the mail today, so I'm back to my project of putting the carb back on and replacing all of my fuel lines. I've decided to take the advice I received and not use a glass fuel filter between my tank and my fuel/water...
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    Can someone tell me what this stuff is?

    As I've posted before, I've never had any confidence in the Mercruiser re-built carb that I had installed on my houseboat's Mercruiser V8 last year. So, I took it off and took it to the local Mercury guys and they said that I had a lot of crap in my carb. They put a rebuild kit in it and the...
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    carbureator

    Can anyone provide me with a good source for a new carb for my mercruiser 5.0L engine? I currently have a rebuilt Quicksilver 3310-804622R02 on it and I'm not so sure that it is working properly. thanks, texasvet
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    Champion spark plug in Mercruiser

    Attached is a picture of the Champion spark plug that I pulled from my Mercruiser V8. The Mercury shop said that I'm running a little rich and that is why it is all carboned up. How do I correct this and what does it say about the rest of my engine? thanks, texasvet
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    Which ignition system do I have?

    I have a 1999 Mercruiser (S/N 0L060433) with a 5.7L engine and I'd like to know how to determine which ignition system I have. My Mercruiser Service Manual has quite a bit of information about a Thunderbolt Ignition System. Does that sound right given my year and s/n? Thanks, texasvet
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    Which spark plugs to use?

    I just pulled some Champion RS14YC plugs out of my 5.7L Mercruiser and I was about to replace them with the same. I looked at the specs for my engine and they call for an RS12YC plug. Which one should I use? Thanks, Texasvet
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    Fast idle

    My '97 SeaDoo GTI idle is way too high, on the order of 2500rpm. I bought it at the end of last season, ran it a couple of times, even though the idle was high, and then put it up for the winter. Today, I had it on the trailer in the driveway and I got it cranked, but the engine idles so high...
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    gas in oil?

    I have a 250 HP Mercruiser with under 300 hours on it and I just drained and replaced my engine oil. Instead of the 5 qts. that I installed last year, i have 7 or 8 quarts of something that is obviously not entirely oil. This happened last year when I replaced the oil for the first time. I...
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    Which oil to use?

    I have a 1999 250 HP Mercruiser on my houseboat. I'm located here in Central Texas and the dealer tells me that I can go with something like Castrol 30W oil if I want instead of Quicksilver 25W - 40W. The Quicksilver is $6.49/Qt at Academy. Seems a little pricy to me. Any suggestions...
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    Bilge pump hose

    I have a 1992 ProCraft 170 Fish-N-Ski. I'm replacing the bilge pump and I'd also like to replace the bilge outlet hose. The only 3/4" hose that I can find locally, aside from a radiator hose at Auto Zone, is the following hose from Home Depot...
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    Is this a bilge outlet?

    I finally bought my first bass boat last summer, a 1992 ProCraft with a 90 hp Mercury. Now I'm taking a look at it before the season starts and I'm beginning to think that my bilge pumps aren't working. I'm basing this on the fact that I tugged on a hose located behind the fuel tank in the...
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