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  1. nola mike

    First time water in bellows

    What's the boot sleeve?
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    FUTURE of TWIN Gas / diesel engines in boat , who can afford fill ups

    Lol. The same people that could afford twin engine 35' cruisers 6 months ago will be able to afford gas today. The gas is a small fraction of boat ownership for most.
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    Purchasing a 1971 23' Winner, no engine, great shape...

    Either the boat isn't a 71 or that engine isn't original. Looks like a narrow bilge, so not sure that a vee would even fit. I think the estimates given her are likely pretty high, depending on how much work you do yourself and what kind of deals on parts you can score. Agree with needing to...
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    Bad 1970 Mercruiser Engine, Please tell me there is still hope.

    At best it sounds like your mounting pad is bad. You really need to check the transom and stringers before proceeding. The boat really won't be safe or useable if there's rot. And based on the engine and your situation wouldn't be salvageable (yes, everything's salvageable with enough time and...
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    Snapped screws in carb...

    There were no issues before the boat swamped. There's grit in there now but looks in good shape overall. One of the venturi screws was already snapped off. I think someone was in there before and gorilla tightened the screws.
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    Snapped screws in carb...

    Finally got around to rebuilding my Edelbrock 1409 after my boat got swamped. A good bit of junk in there, although the carb looks really easy to rebuild in general. Ran into problems with multiple screws snapping off, despite my being *super* careful, heating/pb blaster, to no avail. Anyway, I...
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    Do I need to worry about gear pieces in my Mc-1 lower ??? - I'm mating it to an alpha 1 upper

    No first hand knowledge, but most here will tell you that short of disassembling the lower and cleaning, you'll end up trashing your new upper from the debris.
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    New gimbal bearing, can’t get alignment tool in coupler

    Isn't your engine out? If so, knock it out from the inside.
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    New gimbal bearing, can’t get alignment tool in coupler

    No, that isn't it. The orientation doesn't affect function.
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    Second Happiest Day . . .

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    3.0 mercruiser valve adjustment

    I was being a bit tongue in cheek there (since no real factory manual covers everything ever built), but I'll be damned if the real thing doesn't spec 100 psi. I can blow through a straw harder than that.
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    3.0 mercruiser valve adjustment

    Which manual are you using that covers everything from a 3.0 to an 8.2l?
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    Any East coasters get hit with that storm yesterday?

    It fell off the lift during the last unexpected storm and is rehabbing in the driveway 😥
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    My new trucklet!

    I came hear to say that...
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    Any East coasters get hit with that storm yesterday?

    Had a surprise storm and tidal surge come through yesterday. Our area on the river took some significant damage. My skiff, which was on the top of a 5-ft seawall, got tossed around and is a bit worse for wear. Also lost a few other odds and ends. Video posted, you can't really see how far the...
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    No Water Draining From Port Exhaust Manifold

    I've had this happen as well, I need to pay attention to what order I drain things in to see if that makes a difference. This year I got very little if anything out of the starboard manifold.
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    Need Help Installing Distributor in 4.3MPI

    This is one of them fully automated 'puter controlled ignitions. As long as the box knows where the rotor is, it can figger out when to fire.
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    Can't mate upper and lower gear housing 1979 Mercruiser 140 3.0L

    They can catch the lower seal and hold it open, or dislodge completely, torn apart, etc and end up in the gear cavity as bt mentioned in post #2
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    5.7L 1984, Rough idle at start up, then ok after a minute or so

    I'd rule out an intermittent fault to the coil pos as well. Maybe run a jumper
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    Electric Boats

    How many times have you run out of gas? I can count on zero fingers the number of times in 30 years of driving for me. How many mechanical problems with your gas powered vehicles have you had? How many issues with the fuel? An EV will end up being *much* more reliable than a gas vehicle, and...
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