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  1. mr300z87

    using an quadrajet from a 5.7L to trouble shoot one on a 7.4L

    There is a new freind i recently met at my marina he and his girlfriend just bought a 1974 30 ft Trojan which has a single Gen 5 or 6 7.4L with Q-Jet. Before buying the boat as a summer get away it had not really been run in a number of years. The engine runs smooth but has cold start issue...
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    Bennet Trim Tab cylinder leaking

    Couple weeks a go I pulled my 1990 Sea Ray Sundancer 250 out for the season and while cleaning her up before I cover her for the winter I notice oil around the port side trim tab cylinder see photo It looks to me like it is coming from between the transom and the mount. I my understading in...
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    Repair of Ritchie Compass

    Within a day of reading this thread http://forums.iboats.com/forum/gener...-engine-topics My F83 Ritchie compass lost all its fuild. Up until then I had a large bubble on top but enough fluid to still work. So I started to look around at replacements, Ritchie still makes an F83 model but it...
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    1996 90HP Johnson SPL intermittent low WOT RPMs

    Hi All I am long time Iboats forum member, most of my time on the forum is over in the MerCruiser section since that is how my boats are powered. I am posting here to try and help my friend with a problem he is having with his 1996 90HP Johnson SPL. He had an issue with some water in the fuel...
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    Replacing batteries advince needed

    So I am looking to replace 1 of my 2 batteries this season and the other in the spring next year so that so I have a 1 year stagger between them. These are for a Sea Ray Sundancer 250 with a Merc 7.4L (see project thread in signature file). The batteries in her now are the ones from my other...
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    HDS 5 transducer

    Hi all I am looking for advise as to what to do to get my Lowrance HDS 5 chartplotter/fish finder to read depth through the hull. I bought this unit used for my SeaRay project boat. See signature file. I do not fish so the primary function will be chartplotter and depth. It came with a brand...
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    5.7L Rochester carb issue we think

    Hi all, I have posted before regarding my friends 5.7L in an 89 Sea Ray Sundancer 250 that ingested water on it second voyage after a rebuild. Anyway last fall he pickup a running drop in 260 HP 5.7L Rochester 4 barrel thunderbolt IV engine of 89-95 vintage. Before he bought it they did a comp...
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    How fishable is a mid 2003-2008 Sea Ray Amberjack

    So my friend ask me to post here to see if anybody out there has a 2003-2008 Sea Ray Amberjack to find out how good of a fishing boat it is. A little back story, he currently has a 2003 Aquasport Exporer 250 25Ft walk around cuddy that is mostly used inshore fluke, stripper, ect, an occasional...
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    Trim Tab pump compatibility

    Not sure if this is the right place to post this question but here is goes anyway. I am working on a Sea Ray Sundancer 250 see link in signature and it is looking like the Bennett trim pump http://www.bennetttrimtabs.com/product/hydraulic-power-unit/ is NG possibly submersed in sea water...
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    5.7L bravo 1 Water in cylinders 1 and 3 after overheat need advice

    First some back history. Three weeks ago my wife and I went out for an evening sunset cruise, my lack of attention to the missing channel marker caused me to suck some sand through raw water pump into the water hose located under the engine and caused an overheat This is a BRAVO 1 with the...
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    Riser/elbow gaskest

    So today I installed the manifold on the Gen VI 7.4 Liter project Sea Ray engine (see thread in Signature) and am ready to install the 3" risers and elbows and want to make sure I use the correct gaskets. This is a raw water cooled engine with standard cooling there is only a water hose going...
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    Gear oil in Bravo Raw water pump

    Hi all, I have finally started working on getting the engine running in my project Sea Ray (see link in signature) and am at the point of putting the raw water/fuel pump assembly together. I know that the Merc Manual says to use their 90 wt HP gear oil in the fuel pump cam cavity. My question...
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    Seat box repair and upholstery

    Not sure if the is the right forum for this but here it goes. I have owned my 1989 Invader cuddy cabin now for about 5 years and it has been a great boat. It was well cared for all its life and is mostly original. One of the issues that has been driving me crazy is the pass/port seat box...
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    New fuse block question

    Hi all, I mostly frequent the MerCruiser and boat restore forums here on Iboat, but now I have an electrical question. As part of my pre season prep, I want to upgrade some of my electrical wiring by installing a new 6 position fuse block up at the helm to power the new accessories that I...
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    Gimbal Bearing installed backward!! Removal and re install??

    So I get the dumb a## award this week. I recently installed a new gimbal bearing in project Sea Ray (bravo Drive), and installed it the same way the old one came out so the old one was wrong also :blue:. I had nothing to do with that. Well I was reading some recent threads in the this forum...
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    Water in oil and hydrolock need advise

    So here is my friends story. Friend buys a 1989 Sea Ray Sundancer 250 a few years ago. The boat had been in dry dock for a few years but it is in good condition, engine seems ok and after a brief sea trial he docks it in his back yard to start boating season 2013. He did no maintaince and...
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    7.4L weber carb Jets

    Hi all, Now that boating season in NJ is coming to a close and my running boat will be coming out of the water soon, I am turning my attention to project Sea Ray. See signature file for link. Last night I started to dis assemble for rebuild the Mercruiser Weber carburetor I plan to use which...
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    Check out this raft of 30 boats at Tices Shoal yesterday

    Hi all, I have been a Iboater for a while but mostly hang in the engine and resto forums (that's what interest me) anyway I was out with some friends at a favorite Barnegat Bay (Central Jersey shore) tie up spot Tices Shoal and saw this Raft of almost 30 boats and thought I would share it...
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    What is normal engine operating temperature

    After a month long preparation which included upgrading my steering, upgrading to dry joint exhaust, replacing circulation pump, impeller on raw pump (bravo drive external belt driven pump) and a fresh coat of bottom paint my boat is in the water and running great. We have been using it a...
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    No powers steering

    For the last couple weeks I have been prepping and upgrading my 1989 Invader in preparation for boating season. Serial #s in signature. The upgrades included replacing the old corroded warn out steering ram with with a new style ram. Last Saturday I launched the boat but because of bad...
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