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    Minn Kota Trolling motor wont turn

    I just bought a boat with a minn kota trolling motor, the thrust works but it will not turn left or right. Im thinking its not the pedal because I can hold the charge indicator button on the base and it says fully charged, but if i tap the pedal left or right the charge light instantly drops...
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    Alphaone upper locked up from sitting?

    I bought a boat last year thats been sitting since 1999 (dry in a garage) I pulled the motor last fall and went to drop a new one in it today and couldnt get the coupler to line up with the shaft. I noticed that the shaft wouldn't rotate at all no matter what position the shifter was in. So I...
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    Help with year range 4.3L

    I need a new block for a 91 sea Ray with a 4.3L. Im planning on buying an engine from a blazer, s10 or astrovan. I remember that it needs to be newer than 85 or 86 or my flywheel won't fit, and it can't be a balance shaft engine because my intake won't fit on it. What year did the balance shafts...
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    Non alpha drive on a alpha one gimbal housing

    I bought a boat for parts (1985 starcraft) that had an alpha one engine/transom assembly. The guy said he had an issue with the outdrive at some point and replaced the upper/lower gear gases with an older non alpha style. I was always under the impression this couldnt be done. The reason he sold...
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    Bypassing kill switch to test start engine 3.0L

    I bought a boat/trailer and the boat is going to the dump. Before I pull the engine Id like to try to get it to run but it doesnt have spark, no power to the coil. I remember reading somewhere a while ago that you can just unplug the main harness at the motor and jump a couple pins together to...
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    Boat dips to one side while cruising

    I have a boat that sits fine in the water and at no wake speeds. But right when you get on plane it immediately starts to dip on the right side. Its bad enough to where the first time I drove it, I immediately let off the gas and checked the bilge to see if we were taking on water. The boat...
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    Engine runs fine on hose but gets hot on the lake

    I was recently talking to a guy who said his boat runs fine on a hose, but everytime he puts it in the lake it starts getting hot. Ive read a few different threads of people having this issue but never saw any concluded with an actual fix. I would assume its a water flow issue somewhere, since...
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    Bolt size

    Can anyone give me the size of the 2 large bolts that hold the gimbal housing to the plate on the transom? Just got done putting a 4.3 in and somehow those 2 bolts are nowhere to be found so I need to buy new ones. Just don't know what length/thread size
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    Which intake for Balance shaft vortec engine/Balance shaft removal?

    So Im in the middle of an engine swap. the boat is a 1990 with a non balance shaft, non vortec 4.3. I bought a used 1993 Vortec 4.3L With balance shaft in it. The old 1990 intake doesnt fit it because it has a bulge that hits the balance shaft and keeps the intake an inch or two too high. So I...
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    1990 4.3 to Vortec 4.3 swap

    OK, so I was looking for an engine for my 1990 Rinker. Found one at a salvage yard, paid for it over the phone, they pulled the engine and I drove 2 hours away to get it today. When I got there it was a vortec out of a 93. So I just took it home and started pulling it apart. and am wondering...
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    1990 Mercruiser 4.3 engine interchangeability?

    Id appreciate a little help from some of you guys that really know these motors. Im in need of a replacement 4.3 block and was wondering what year range I can look at. I know I need to be newer than 86 for the old flywheel/coupler to bolt up to it. But im not sure what year they went from the...
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    Anyone Here have a Bayliner 2050?

    I have a 2000 Bayliner 2050 and dont know how the original support shocks were mounted originally on the engine cover/sunpad. My boat has a rear bench with the large engine cover, not the kind with a seat on each side. When I bought the boat the engine cover was rotted out and none of the...
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    Anyone Here have a Bayliner 2050?

    I have a 2000 Bayliner 2050 and dont know how the original support shocks were mounted originally on the engine cover/sunpad. My boat has a rear bench with the large engine cover, not the kind with a seat on each side. When I bought the boat the engine cover was rotted out and none of the...
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    Carb swap 305 to 350?

    Do I need to do anything special to change a 4bbl carb from a 1989 5.0 mercruiser to a 1999 5.7 mercruiser besides just change the intake with it?
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    Starter wire missing

    I bought a boat today mostly because I wanted the trailer. Previous owner said it needed a starter, and they didnt winterize it. So I was counting on the engine being junk for the most part. But before I go pulling it and taking the hull to the dump, I figured id see if i could get it started...
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    The works toilet bowl cleaner to clean hull scumline..impressive

    So I was looking at acid washing my hull to see how itd clean up. Because my boat is just about beyond cleaning without extreme chemicals. I tried power washing it a month ago when I cleaned out the interior before I took it out the first time this year, you can see in the one pic were theres a...
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    Amplifier shuts off when boat gets over 13v

    This winter i installed a 1000w Lightning audio amp to power 6 Pyle 6 1/2 inch speakers. Its worked fine everytime Ive used it for hours at a time in the garage. But when I took the boat out this weekend for the first time it works fine at idle but when I start getting on the gas and the voltage...
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    94 3.0L engine interchangability. Cracked block

    So I'm looking at buying a boat from someone that didnt winterize it and resulted in a cracked block. I was wondering what exactly ill be looking at for replacement blocks if its not repairable. From what I know the 3.0 volvo penta is just a bored out 2.5L chevy engine. Id like to be able to...
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    MotorGuide only works on one speed

    I bought a 10 year old motor guide Hyper drive 57lb thrust for my 15ft fishing boat today and tested it out to make sure it steered and the prop spun and I got it home, mounted it on the boat and tried it out, and it only works on one speed. you can spin the speed switch around and around and it...
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    no spark, old mercury 50hp 4cyl

    I bought this boat last week from a friend. It had been sitting a few years but after emptying the old gas from the system i got it started up and it ran great. Started multiple times with no issue. But now after sitting a few days it has no spark. I disconnected the big harness at the motor and...
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