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    Choosing boat batteries

    I've got a 25ft cabin cruiser with a Mercury 383 MPI engine. At the moment it has two group 31 Werker cranking batteries that I purchased from battery plus and was under the impression that they would be superb in quality, but I'm beginning to think that I was wrong. We've had them since 2007...
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    1958 7.5 Johnson Think I payed a fair price?

    Hey guys, it's been a while since I posted, but recently I bought myself a new motor now and I'm picking up a 12 foot aluminum boat this weekend, Here's the motor I got do you guys think this was a good deal, it looks nice and seems to run well tell me what you think. Also, what do you guys...
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    Choosing an outboard

    Howdy guys, it's a been a while since I've posted here, but I've got a few questions. I got my first job this summer WOOT! And now I'm aching to buy an outboard. About a year back my entire rig was stolen right off the end of our dock. So I'm trying to rebuild and start new. Anyways I was...
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    4 Bolt Vs. 2 Bolt main

    Ok, so I posted a while back about our engine in our boat having a knock (Mercruiser 383 Mag MPI) We ordered a replacement long block from US engines. It came in a few days ago, so I went to my shop to go check it out. Our mechanic said it has a two bolt main rather than a 4 bolt. Is this going...
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    My boat has a knock, I don't know how it happened.

    This is not a mechanical question is first thing I would like to say. Our Formula 25 PC was re-powered back in 2007 with Mercury's MerCruiser 383 Mag MPI engine. After about 200hrs of use I changed props and really screwed up the engine. I heard what sounded like a knocking sound so I took it...
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    35HP Chrysler

    Could anyone tell me the year of my outboard here are the numbers. Model:357H4P Serial:110 Thanks, Dan
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    30 HP carb on 35HP engine.

    Howdy, I'm not sure of my engine year but I think it's an 84 but here are the part numbers if anybody can confirm the year that would be great. Model:357H4P Serial:110 Anyways I ordered a 30HP carb off of ebay, from what the seller says it came off an engine from an 82. Will this carb work...
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    Air Silencer?

    Howdy, we've got a re-powered cabin cruiser which was re-powered with Mercruiser's remanufactured 383 Mag MPI. Anyways a few weeks back I was lowering the boat into the water and I had a buddy crank her up. Since the boat had been sitting for about 3 weeks it took a few seconds longer to crank...
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    383 Rod knock?(video)

    I have a repowered 25ft cruiser with a Mercruiser 383 Mag MPI engine. It was installed about a year and half ago. Well i was running a 3 blade SS 19p prop on it and it performed great. however I was taking more and more people out on the boat and as you would guess the slower and slower it was...
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    Sewing a Zipper to a bimini top

    A while back we got a new bimini top for our boat. Well our old one was custom made and it had an inclosure around it with the plastic windows that you could zip on and run in the rain. I was wondering if i could do a do it yourslef job and put a zipper on the bimini top myself or do i have to...
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    35 HP carb.

    I have a 19b 84 35hp Chrysler and I need a carb for it as my old one is torn up. I was wondering if the carb on my engine was used on other engines. I'm having trouble finding a carb for my engine and and found one for a 70hp chrysler. would this work? Thanks Much, Dan
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    Transom Deadrise

    I have a 1986 Formula 25 PC. For the longest time I was always pretty sure that our boat had a deadrise at the transom of 24 degrees. But recently I was noticing that most modern cabin cruisers of similar size to mine usually have a deadrise no greater than 21 degrees. No I'm beginning to wonder...
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    Setting Idle Speed

    Motor: Mercury 200 (20hp) Year:1968 My Mercury runs fine but it seems to me the idle is way to low sometimes it will stall out. It really needs to be set higher. Well I can't seem to figure out how to do this and I don't want to start mucking around with stuff under the clam shell with no real...
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    35hp waterpump

    We have a 1988 35hp merc that we were trying to change the water pump in. Anyways we got all the LU bolts off but we couldn't get the unit off. what are we doing wrong here do we have to disconnect the shift cable or something like that. Thanks, Dan
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    ID MY Merc

    High I have freind of mine who recently purchased a boat with a 35hp Mercury. In order to buy parts we need to know the year in which the motor was made so here is the serial#. 3453932 Thanks Much, Dan
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    Storms in the intercoastal.

    Next friday me and a buddy are taking my 25ft Formula Cruiser down to St. Augustine from Jacksonville. We plan on leaving my boat house around 12:00pm we are taking the St. Johns river up to the ICW. In all the trip is + -75miles. Here is my concern here in Florida we get afternoon...
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    Saint Augistine, Fl

    Me and a buddy of mine are taking a trip down to Saint Augistine for the first threee days of August. We live just south of the Buckman bridge on the St. Johns River. We measured out the trip it's about 70 miles through the ICW. We were planning on renting a slip for the time were there(3 Days)...
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    Hobie 16 weather Helm

    Alright we have a hobie 16 it's mast is raked pretty far back due to short shrouds. The rudders are (I beleave) at full rake. Well when that brezze kicks up man It really tries to rip the tiller out of your hands. It kind of scares me. sometimes I have to use two hands for the tiller and I like...
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    Plug Gap 20hp Mercury

    I recently changed the plugs in my 1968 Mercury 200 (20hp). They are champion and I set the gap to .035 instead of .030 because I do trolling with this engine and I do high speed running to . Is this gonna hurt anything. I've already run the engine like this and it seems to run fine but I just...
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    Sea Ray Vs. Formula

    I just wanted to bring up the subject. We have a 1986 Formula F-25PC cruiser. I was looking at Sea-Rays from the same era as our Formula and they look very similar I also noticed that the hulls were similar. I was also wondering if Formula and Sea Ray had any ties in the 80's. If you had the...
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