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    shouldnt the alingnment be right?

    i am pulling the motor to replace the ring gear on he flywheel and replacing the oil pan, so shouldnt if i lift the motor out and put it right back, nothing should change so shouldnt it still be alined? i do have the tool, and i am going to check, but i am just curious. and just making sure i am...
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    SBC oil pan

    I have a 1996 mercruiser 5.7 with a one piece rear main seal, my question is, is there a difference between the older 2 piece seal and the one piece, with the oil pan. i have an older oil pan and would like to know if i can just use that. the pan on the motor in the boat is rusted and leaking...
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    what is this, and is it good or bad?

    i pulled the drive off my alpha gen 2 and have some oil leaking out, i think its the drive oil resivore, its on the left side and right between the two bolts
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    how do you pull your motor?

    just trying to get some ideas on how to actually lift the motor up and out of the boat.
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    Anybody have exact measurements for the engine alinement tool??

    was looking at buying one, but then got to looking at how it is made, and realized that my dad can make one, he runs a CAD controlled CNC machine. so if anyone has exact dia. and lengths on sections, it would help me out alot.
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    First time pulling the outdrive

    i have an alpha one gen 2 drive and i have to pull it due to needing to pull the motor. the way i understand it, all i need to do is pull the six nuts and it should all slide out. my questions are, one, does the drive shaft come out with it, and two, do i need to drain the drive before i pull...
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    Flywheel....... i think?????

    ok so i had some bad batteries, so oday i went and bought 2 new batteries, once they were in i went to try and start the boat and when i hit the switch, it was a loud grinding noise. and then i hit it again and the motor spun over 3 or 4 times and then it stopped hit it again and it spun over a...
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    Age Old Question, What battery should i get????

    I know everyone on here is tired of hearing this question, but right now i have 2 west marine 650 dual purpose batteries. they are 8 years old and keep dying so i am going to buy some this weekend. what i have been doing is when i leave the dock, i run off both, when we beach or start fishing...
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    coast gaurd inspection

    does anyone know how to get the volenteer inspection from the coast guard? everyone has told me it just looks better and you get checked and boarded alot less. i am located in richmond va.
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    oil pan rusting away!!!!

    i have a 96 5.7 mercrusier and i have noticed everyonce and a while that there has been a little bit of oil in the bilge, well i looked the other day and some was on the drive way and i waned to figure where it was comming from and looked and looked and all i can see is a corner of the oil pan...
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    Tach reading wrong then right????

    This weekend when i left the dock, i took off and when trying to get on plane, i looked at the tach and it read 6200. i know that wasnt right, and once on plane i took alittle closer look at it and it went back to working where it normally is, around 4200. is there a way to fix this, and also...
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    question about a mercarb

    hey, i have just finished putting a float in my mercarb and i was wondering how the choke works?? is it just a hot wire hat goes to the center or is it linked to the thermostat????/var/folders/bF/bF3YOL6lHUSS0RFXMvFgw++++TI/-Tmp-/com.apple.PhotoBooth-T0xa10200.tmp.BAdOli/Photo 46.jpg
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    Any ideas for my wife???need suggestions

    I love my boat. i love anything about my boat, or anything having to do with my boat. My wife on the other hand likes going out sometimes but doesnt want everything to revolve around the boat. like for instance, we are going to nags head in july and have a house on a canal with a dock and slip...
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    Where do you keep your boat???

    Just curious to see where everyone keeps there boat.
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    Cant keep it running over 3000rpm!!!

    I was out today on my boat, first good cruise this year. well it ran good all day and on the way back it died out, it would start up and run fine out of gear and could rev it up, then once in gear, if you slowly worked it up to 2500, it would die. i had to idle all the way home at 1200rpm. i was...
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    Wrong oil?????

    I changed the oil in my boat (5.7 merc) and put 5w30 with a quart of lucus oil stabilizer. then i got to looking around on here and saw in a manual that it said to use straight 30w. do you think i should change it again? the lucus was VERY thick, think that would be enough. I am going out...
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    Nextrail trailer question

    So i have been having problems with my trailer where the bunks have been bending out, well i got some good advice from guys on here, but thought i would double check with the manufacture, well called and before i could tell them what kind of boat i have, all they would tell me is its too heavy...
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    efi swap, is it worth it?

    what is the easiest way on a 96 5.7 merc to swap over to efi??? my motor already has late model center bolt heads. is there any way to take everything off a car or truck, maybe a throttle body set up off a early 90s pick up. could you do that and then just put a flame arrestor on top? i am just...
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    Bent Bunks

    I have a 2006 Nextrail under my 22ft proline, the dry weight for the boat is 3450, and the trailer is rated for up to 7000 so i know i dont have a weight issue, but i do have a problem. the bunks on it are 2x8s i think and they are standing up vertical with a 45degree angle cut on the side where...
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    2bbl carb rebuild kit #????

    I am having the carb rebuilt for a second time, the first i took it to a shop and they did it, now i am having a racing buddy do it. i bought what i thought was the right kit but it wasnt. any one know what the right part number is from mercury so i can order the right one???? it is a 96 5.7...
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