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    1986 Bayliner Capri 1600 Question

    Agree with Buck. Do you have the space (dry and able to be warmed in the winter) to do the restoration? Do you have the time (mine took 18 months) and desire to see it through? You can learn the skills and if you're really into seeing it through, you'll come up with the money. You should make...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    More Sniper work today. The harness that comes with the unit is nice and well thought out, but too short for my application so I extended it to the length needed for my boat. After extending the wires, I got the harness installed in the boat and tucked out of the way with the other wiring that...
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    1987 350 Mercruiser thermostat choices

    Is the 160 degree thermostat something I can go to an auto parts store to pick up or do I need to buy Mercruiser brand? Same engine as OP...a 1987 Mercruiser 350.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Pulled my fuel fill hose to install the Hardin Marine fuel return fitting. Got my pre-pump fuel filter and fuel pump installed behind the kick panel.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Started installing a Holley Sniper this week.
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    Mercury MCM165 6CYL 250CID Exhaust Riser for Holley Sniper

    Don't worry about the EFI haters...I'll do a writeup on my Sniper installation when I'm done.
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    Mercury MCM165 6CYL 250CID Exhaust Riser for Holley Sniper

    I'll be doing a Sniper on my 5.7 this coming week. I think for the riser you may have to go custom for the 250 - it's a pretty simple design though. I would take it to a local fab/machine shop and have them make one out of stainless for you. Take your stock riser and the Hardin one and tell them...
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    Which Spanner?

    Cool, so an AR15 upper wrench has the same size spanner on it? Good to know!
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    Wiring Gauge Question

    It depends. The main things to consider for choosing the minimum wire gauge for a circuit are how many amps that the circuit is protected for and the length of the wire run. You can use a calculator like this one to help you choose.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Zool, do you just hold the cup up next to the hull to see how close the color is? Thanks for the tip...I think you're right about what color it needs.
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    Mercruiser 3.7 (470) wont turn all the way

    That can only be determined by measuring the bores and then cutting until the groove is removed. Take it to a machine shop.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Worked on fixing the scratch today. I didn't finish, but I'd say today was mostly a success, being that I should be good enough to get the boat on the water the rest of the weekend. Here's the gouge before I started. I pulled the bow eye off for the repair. I used a 1/2" sanding drum on a...
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    Sapele marine marine plywood

    Didn't know you could get this. Yes, Sapele is sold as mahogany, because you can't buy Honduran mahogany any longer. It's good water-resistant wood. The original boat builder for my boat used mahogany in places and I used it in key places and didn't have an issue with polyester resin sticking...
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    New member - deck install panga

    I was also amazed at how much resin I ended up using.
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    Gimbal bearing.

    Here is a full transom reseal kit for an Alpha One Gen 1, genuine Quicksilver - it's $330. I paid $255 for the same kit in Feb 2021...crazy how much it's gone up.
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    Mercruiser-compatible 10 micron water/fuel separator filter?

    Well, I pulled my fuel water separator filter today and dumped it in a glass jar like you guys suggested and wow - there was about a tablespoon of nastiness in it! It's a Quicksilver filter (25 micron) that is new as of this past winter. When I had the carb off / apart last week, I saw a very...
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    5.7L 1984, Rough idle at start up, then ok after a minute or so

    It's gone up about $8 from last year when I bought mine.
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    Mercruiser-compatible 10 micron water/fuel separator filter?

    1987 Mercruiser 5.7 / 260 HP, SN 0B651656 I've got a fuel / water separator filter on my engine - Quicksilver PN 35-802893Q01. Looking up the specs, this is a 25 micron filter element. Is there a 10 micron filter element that will fit on my engine that is the same size as the filter I'm...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Today I built some cribbing under the keel and weighted down the tongue of the trailer to make some room to work on the trailer. Then I ground down the sharp corners on the bow roller supports which caused the gouge. Hopefully if I miss the center roller again, the boat won't hit the...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Just out of curiosity I sent the picture to a local fiberglass repair shop to see what they would charge. I was expecting a few hundred...was surprised when he came back with $2,550. o_O Not saying his time isn't worth that, but that's about 5 to 10 times what I was expecting. It's definitely...
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