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    Boat fell Of lift. What to Check?

    Well Our Formula 25 PC was on the lift when the cable had snapped and our 7000lb boat when plumitting into the water.Well the boat fell in rough chop and plowed itself through the boat house wall. Then It drifted over to our neighbors dock where it smashed its self up pretty good. all it needs...
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    Horrible News, updated pictures

    Well last night Our boat was stolen right off of our lift. The boat was a 1986 Formula 25 PC Cruiser. We just repowered it in august witha new MPI 383 mercruiser with Bravo One drive. The boat was a great boat and I have a feeling that somebody planned it out and new that it had been towed to...
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    small boat. Center console?

    I love this boat but its not pretty and its just kind of dull. I decided that it would be cool to put a floor in this boat with a small cc and a bench seat and a bow seat. The reason why is I have a 25foot cabin cruiser and I love sitting down and being able to drive with a sterring wheel. But...
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    Hands On Power Boat Course

    Well this an e-mail that I sent to a Friend of mine about a two day boating course In my hometown of Jacksonville,FL. So here are a few things that my friend knows that some people may not. This was done a controlled course by a cerified powerboater who has over 30 years expeirence with power...
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    Outdrive Lock?

    was on westmarines website and found this do you guys think its woth the money and risk does anybody have one
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    20Hr check-up

    Well we just had our boat repowered with a 2007 mercruiser 383 with bravo one drive. Well we called our mechanic about the 20 hr check up and he said it would take 3hrs of laborand at 90hrs thats seems a little high. What do they do at a 20hr check-up the manual says all i'd have to do is change...
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    Good By O.M.C

    stumbled across this on youtube figured i'd share.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PoGduMYrfY
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    Water muffs

    Well we just repowered our boat with a 2008 MPI 383 Mercruiser V8 with Bravo One drive. I operate the boat in brackish water and the boat sits on a lift. I have not flushed the engine yet it has about 20 hrs on it. When I was reading the owners manual it said that the Bravo One drive had two...
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    How long does a tank of gas last ya?

    A full tank or 60 gallons lasts me about a 9-10 hrs on our formula. Its 25 feet long and weighs about 7000lbs with A mpi 6.2 liter mercruiser. The boat is a 1986. What kind of fuel economy do you guys on the forum get. Anybody with a similar boat it would be interesting to know.
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    Drive trimed up. Is this Bad?

    Well I know that having you drive trimmed all the way out is bad. But I herd that it is bad to have it trimmed out a little bit while on plane. I boat often just never with a sterndrive boat. And when I run my grandfathers boat which has a sterndrive while on plane about 3300-4000 rpm I hit the...
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    Big Boat Hole shot

    We just repowered our Formula 25 PC. The old engine was a 260 H.P. Mercruiser 350 With alpha drive. When we repowered we got on an from mercury remanufacturing. MPI 383 it has 325 H.P. and 390lbs of tourque at the prop. Since the prop was still good we put it on the new bravo one drive. The prop...
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    Wow look at this video

    Amazing power from these E-Tecs unbeleiveable tell me what you think http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLrHqCUDvCY&mode=related&search
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    Fly wheel & SP wires

    My 1955 5.5 hp johnson got the whole ignition system replace last september except for the spark plugs which I beleive are the cause to my developing problem. The motor starts and runs but while running it will run real rough switching from running on one cylinder to two cylinders. It aslo won't...
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    high performance gear lube

    Where can I get this stuff. I can't seem to find at wal-mart. Is there any equivalent oil or any other place besides west marine that i can get the right oil thanks dan
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    Will I have the power (video)

    We just repowerd our formula 25 pc with a 383 stroker mpi. The engine cranks out about 325 hp and 390lbs of tourqe at the prop. I have attached a video of the boat getting on plane hope this helps the wake sure is big enough thats for sure yes that is me at the helm incase your wondering...
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    What Do You Think New motor

    We just repowered my grandpa's boat with a remanufactured 383 MPI 325 hp engine. We went out today and my friend made this video pretty cool it maxes out a 40mph. The boat is a 1986 Formula 25 PC cruiser. The old engine was a 5.7 liter 260 hp carburated engine it could barely plane the boat. The...
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    SS vs. aluminum

    THis may be a dumb question but why is a stainless steel prop better than aluminum. My grandpa just got a new motor and outdrive on his boat. The old motor struggled to plane the boat with the 19 pitch aluminum prop. But with the 19 pitch stainless steel prop it did just fine.
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    Outdrive Question

    Were repowereing our boat with a new 383 stroker with bravo 1 drive. The ol engine was a 1986 5.7 liter 260 hp mercruiser oh and both engines are mercruisers. My question is will the prop from the old Alpha One drive fit the Bravo One drive. Thanks Dan
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    Plug Wires

    My 1955 5.5hp johnson had everything under the flywheel replaced back in seotember except for the plug wires. And now when I run my motor at low rpms the top cylinder cuts on and off. Its not untill mid ti high rpms that both cylinders fire consistently. Do I need new plug wires, Where can I get...
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    Bad News

    Well I was installing two new sparkplugs on my 1955 5.5 H.P. johnson and I over tightened the spark plugs stripping the threads on the bottom sparkplug. Now The sparkplug hole has half the threads than it use to have. I was on ebay earlyer and I found A head that hasn't been installed on an...
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