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    2005 Mercruiser MPI 5.0L misfiring(?) when in gear, idles fine

    Finally got my friend with a fuel pressure gauge to stop by. Seems to be reading around 45PSI so I doubt fuel pressure is the issue? Really good thought though, appreciate it
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    Drying out interior foam (got oily or wet under table pedestal?)

    Thanks! Makes sense. Yep, good advice. Thanks Luckily no soft spots on the floor, nothing else really seems to be mushy. I'll take a foam sample and see what we're working with. Thanks
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    Drying out interior foam (got oily or wet under table pedestal?)

    Thanks for your response, Mike. I have to admit, I'm not sure exactly how to interpret this. I can't tell if you're saying: 1) Enjoy your boat.... while you still can. Your stringers are rotted out and the floor is rotted out and there's nothing you can do so just have fun until your boat...
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    Drying out interior foam (got oily or wet under table pedestal?)

    Hello, My boat ('98 sea ray sundancer 250) seems to have a wood floor covering foam-type of construction. There is a pedestal for the table that is not flush mount, there's like a protrusion under where it mounts to the floor for the pole to sit in. This is not my exact pedestal but it shows...
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    2005 Mercruiser MPI 5.0L misfiring(?) when in gear, idles fine

    Hello, I have a 2005 Mercruiser MPI 5.0L (running a bravo 3, if that matters). Seems to idle fine, but as soon as it goes into gear, it starts misfiring. This motor is pretty new to me so I don't know the full history, but it did just get a new distributor cap and rotor and new plugs. I am not...
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    Flushing Sea Ray 250 Sundancer in salt water... How To, and is it necessary?

    Yep, this makes sense, thanks! Just one question. You mentioned a "sodium analysis" as the best advice. Does this mean that if I do a sodium analysis at the end of each season, assuming I use my boat mostly on the weekends so it's not like I'm flying through hundreds of hours a week as a...
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    Flushing Sea Ray 250 Sundancer in salt water... How To, and is it necessary?

    Thanks for the detailed reply! sorry for my ignorance, but I'm a little confused about something. This makes it sound like IF things are plumbed in prior to the impeller, a garden hose just won't cut it. But my understanding was that it's totally fine, and even a good way to flush, to hook up...
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    Flushing Sea Ray 250 Sundancer in salt water... How To, and is it necessary?

    So... it turns out I have questions about this. Maybe they're dumb ones! One, it sounds like you're suggesting putting it "after" my pump... I have a bravo 3, so my impeller is on my engine. Do you mean putting it between my impeller and my thermostat? Is that right? Two, what happens if my...
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    Flushing Sea Ray 250 Sundancer in salt water... How To, and is it necessary?

    Interesting. Yeah this makes sense, although to @Lou C's point, is this mostly for dry docked boats? I wonder if boats that stay in water just keep their water for the most part. Ah sorry, yeah it's docked. I guess that was confusing phrasing. It's docked in saltwater. But good to know that...
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    Mercruiser MPI 5.0L w/ Bravo 3 outdrive not going into gear... lower shift cable is very hard to shift

    Thank you for all your help, @Fun Times. I will give it a few more days to loosen up (either the gunk inside of the drive or the cable... I've been going down most days and dropping more oil down the housing, and manually putting it in and out of gear. Fingers crossed that it just magically...
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    Flushing Sea Ray 250 Sundancer in salt water... How To, and is it necessary?

    Hi all, I have a 1998 SeaRay Sundancer 250 w/a 2006-ish (maybe 2005-2007) mercruiser MPI 5.0L and a Bravo 3. I keep it in a saltwater marina. My boat has a little flush port on the rear of the transom. I can hook up a hose, and this port ties right into my cooling system. Just a few...
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    Mercruiser MPI 5.0L w/ Bravo 3 outdrive not going into gear... lower shift cable is very hard to shift

    Ok, so there was a fair amount wrong when I checked the cable routing today. I tried to take a photo of the routing, but it's hard to capture everything. On the diagram provided by @Fun Times, it looks like the cable should bend starboard, go down around the manifold, and then loop back...
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    Mercruiser MPI 5.0L w/ Bravo 3 outdrive not going into gear... lower shift cable is very hard to shift

    @Fun Times Thanks again for a detailed reply! I am not at the boat today, but tomorrow, I'll take some engine photos and post them, flow some oil down, check the routing, and see if it magically fixed itself. If not, I guess it's coming back out of the water, ugh. But, I will keep you posted...
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    Mercruiser MPI 5.0L w/ Bravo 3 outdrive not going into gear... lower shift cable is very hard to shift

    I see, thank you so much for your detailed reply. Boat is a 1998. It could be a later motor. For what it's worth, parts from a 1998 Merc 5.0L seem to be a little hit or miss whether they work. I do need to ID the engine, the serial plate is in pretty bad shape but I plan to get that cleaned...
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    Mercruiser MPI 5.0L w/ Bravo 3 outdrive not going into gear... lower shift cable is very hard to shift

    Hi all, Having an issue with a mercruiser MPI 5.0L, it's probably a late 90s or early 2000s as it has the crab style distributor cap and the cartridge-style fuel/water separator. It's connected to a Bravo 3 outdrive. Long story short: My motor doesn't go into gear. The shift cable from the...
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    What is this connector and bracket? Fishfinder/GPS/etc.?

    Happy to be corrected on my wording here. This is a better description than what I said ^
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    What is this connector and bracket? Fishfinder/GPS/etc.?

    Haha nice! Yeah, you get it :) glad to meet another "if it aint broke, don't fix it... and even if it's broke, don't throw it away" person. The striker is pretty new on this boat but luckily I had it on my other boat for many years so I can offer some insight! Just take it with a grain of...
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    What is this connector and bracket? Fishfinder/GPS/etc.?

    Oh! Yes, this is it. Thanks so much for this, it was the spark I needed to track down a ton of models. Unfortunately, they are those awkward mid-tier models that are better than my Striker but would probably cost too much in time and extra gear to upgrade, and are overkill for my nephew's...
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    What is this connector and bracket? Fishfinder/GPS/etc.?

    Thanks--just to be clear, I've already installed a new system (not a great system! Striker 4, but it does the job) so I'm not trying to use this as my primary fishfinder. That said, I love old tech (bit of a tinkerer, or maybe a hoarder) and I would love to figure out of this current system...
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    What is this connector and bracket? Fishfinder/GPS/etc.?

    Thanks. Trying to confirm brand/model, can I ask what model fishfinder you have that has a plug that looks like this? Appreciate it!
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