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    Exhaust Shutter

    Read a couple of older post about an "exhaust shutter" what is it? I have a 1985 merc 5.7every once and a while when on muffs I can hear a little tapping noise coming from the passager side exhaust elbow/bellows. wondering if that is what it is.
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    water in motor oil

    So I posted earlier today about how my bilge filled with water from improper seal around the base of the plug. When I got home from work I sealed it correctly and checked the motor oil and sure enough there was a quite a bit of water in there. As I stated the water level was above the crank...
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    Plug Problems--Bilge Pump Works

    So we have a 84 Century, Merc-5.7, that we have used now for 8 years..no major problems. I have been noticing that it seams to be taking on more water then I felt it should when I pull the plug, so last time out I decided to get a new plug and the base that the plug goes in. Ordered it, and...
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    OMC Outdrive Removal

    So this weekend I am going to pull the outdrive on a 92 OMC..Is there and "tricks" that would make the job go easier? I thought I read somewhere someone said put the gear-shift in forward? Also I have new gaskets and will greese up the Gimble, U-joints while I am in there. Is it 100%...
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    Outdrive Oil Fill Problem

    So my brother-in law has a 1992 Four Winns with a OMC outdrive on it. Last summer he went to check the oil level in the outdrive and as he took the top fill plug out he heard something fall down inside the outdrive, like a piece of metal of some sort. He didnt drive it after that but we want...
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    Thru hull exhaust, lots of opinion but...

    I am thinkning of putting a pair on my 1984 350 Centruy/Mercruiser...(I like some noise) my question is what type of pipe should I run? I have read where people will use exhaust tube, (which I assume is rubber or something) but I want to make a set that I can control manualy to either run the...
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    growling niose

    I started my 1984 5.7 Mercriuser yesterday from storage.. It fired right up and ran fine.. The problem I had was the same problem I had last year, at higher R.P.M's (2000 or so) I can hear a growling or ginding noise coming from the rear. It does it with the prop engaged or disanged in forward...
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    wakeboard pylon

    So I helped a buddy install a pylon yesterday on as we finished up we got to looking at it and could not fiqure out how a person is suppose to attach the rope to the top of the pylon????? All it has is about a 1.5" groove around the stainless end, there must be something that attaches to that so...
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    Changing oil in lower unit

    I have a 84 Merc and am wanting to change the oil in the lower unit. Do I simply pull the plug on the bottom of the gear housing, drain and fill from the vent hole. Mine only has the vent hole on the left side of the top of the drive shaft housing. I have seen some that has a fill and a vent...
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    Wakeboard Tower

    So my friend bought one of those wakeboard towers, I think its called, Its a tower that goes in the middle of the floor of your boat. As you can tell I dont know much about them. Anyway I will be helping him install it, and I am pretty mechanacly inclined.....but I am wondering how long are we...
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