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  1. Grub54891

    Lost All Steering on Bravo 3 Outdrive

    If it’s loose in the gimbal housing and the gimbal ring is loose and beat up from wear. You will be able to tell when you get the pin unattached from the rest. As suggested, you will be good to have a factory manual.
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    Lost All Steering on Bravo 3 Outdrive

    I've done this repair twice on customers boats without removing the motor. But if the seal area and steering pin need replacing, you will more than likely need to pull the motor if you have to replace the housing itself.
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    I'm doing my Bellows. Mercruiser A1G1. Are the Amazon Bellows Kits any good?

    I got away from Sierra years ago. A shop I worked at used mostly those parts. Customers would come back reguraly for another replacement. Boss didn't care, money for him. I moved on to a good shop and we only use Quicksilver parts. Now issues are very few!
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    Good mechanics recommendation - Lower Hudson area?

    Wish I could help, but I'm to far away. You could go around and ask at marinas and talk to other customers in that marina to see if they are happy with the services they get.
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    helm wiring, should be simple, i'm not too bright.

    Add a ground buss back by the battery area. That makes a cleaner installation and ABYC standard is no more than four wires on any stud. If you use the block itself with a lot of wires you run the risk of yet another place to find issues. Edit, I didn’t see your picture of the fuse block. You...
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    Slip/moored boat what do you do with your trailer?

    This was back in the mid 70’s. The ones I saw were parked in yards next to garages back then. I’d imagine nowadays with cameras everywhere it’s not as bad as it was back then?
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    Boat will run perfect in neutral and will rev up in neutral but will die instantly

    Shift interrupter switch hanging up or a stiff cable.
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    Takes on water over the transom while loading and unloading

    Some ramps are rather steep. Not much you can do except not back in as far but on some ramps you have to run it down deep.
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    helm wiring, should be simple, i'm not too bright.

    Sometimes it gets confusing. Looks Greek to me! lol
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    Bildge pump removal

    Again.
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    Accessing live well hoses

    I've found the screws with a metal detecting pin pointer. That was on a fiberglass boat so I don't know if it would work on a tinny.
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    Lenco Trim tab troubleshooting

    I believe those are the electric version. If so, I've seen/replaced enough of them that I personally don't like them.
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    Slip/moored boat what do you do with your trailer?

    Why would you be removing the outdrive frequently? Years ago when I lived in Minneapolis, I noticed several boats without outdrives in the area. I inquired with one guy why they were like that? He said after every outing they had to remove the drive and store it inside as it wold get stolen.
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    Rain water getting into front of boat (Sea Ray 180)

    We have had a couple that leaked for customers. All the hosing in the world would not show leaks. So when it Raines for a day we checked them. Now we found the leaks!
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    Loosing Faith in Humanity . . .

    Shoot, I had an item I was selling on marketplace and a guy said he would take it. When he showed up on time I thought great! Then he said he would take it home and see if it would work for him, he would come back if he liked it and pay me. I told him to pay me and if he didn’t want it, bring it...
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    rodent infestation

    They make.22 shells with birdshot in them. A friend of mine lived right in town and used them for a major squirrel infestation. (He ate the squirrels too) ! Nobody ever complained about hearing gunshots.
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    20volt drill

    At the shop a guy dropped a 18 volt dewalt in the lake around 15 years ago. We flushed it out with that electrical spray stuff. It doesn’t get used daily but it still works, just still smells like it does when you have an electrical fire.
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    First launch of our boat

    Yeah, expect a couple glitches at first. Like I always say: it’s always awkward the first time…….
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    Windshield question

    Haven’t seen that brand. Most I’ve seen are Taylor made.
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    Snapped the dreaded Mercruiser transom Drive Lube Fitting....

    You using zip ties for hose like this? I do. https://www.cabletiesunlimited.com/7-87-50lb-uv-black-clamp-head-cable-ties-100-bag.html?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20865960428&gbraid=0AAAAADwtFs2FxqIiaSio4mdvp74ae_8EH&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIv7L-mr7sjQMVSCzUAR1eqiQOEAQYBCABEgJn1_D_BwE
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