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    Roasted my impeller (pictures attached) what parts should I buy?

    1987 wellcraft elite with 260/350 mercruiser I/O I had a squeeky altenator belt which I replaced. I decided to put a new belt on and test it out. So I put the muffs on and was running it when my wife came out to tell me she needed me to move my truck so that she could go to the food store. I...
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    45mph top speed sound about right to you?

    I have a 1987 wellcraft elite 222XL with what I believe to be the origional 5.7 / 260hp mercruiser and a alpha1 outdrive with a 1.5:1 ratio. I did a compression check to find all cylinders between 170 - 175 psi. I bought the boat 2 years ago and it had a 12" diameter 19" 3 blade aluminum prop...
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    Brass brazing cast iorn monifold?

    1987 wellcraft elite 222 XL with a chevy 350, older boat but appears to have low hours, good compression, no overheating issues etc. basically a good running, clean boat. Long story short one of the valve covers was rusted and seeping oil on the head last year, so I put new valve covers on it...
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    Slave soleniod???

    1987 Mercruiser 250/350. I see a slave solenoid mounted above my water separator. I see a solenoid on my starter. Seems a bit redundant. Is there a reason for doubling up? Just curious.
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    I hear a puff of air and the engine stumbles

    1986 Mercruiser 260 5.7 Here is a weird one. Last year before I wrapped my boat I changed the oil and noticed some oil on the back of one of the heads. I figured it to be a bad valve cover gasket so I pulled the valve cover to find out the valve cover was rotted. I hade two small block chevy...
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    Gunk of flame arrestor

    I am getting sick of having to clean the gunk out of my carb flame arrestor every 15-20 hours on my aging 350. I know on boats it seems standard practice to route the breather hoses to the air horn but I think I want to try an atmospheric catch can with two inlet nipples and a breather. I can...
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    Bypassing power steering cooler. Need P/N

    1987 Wellcraft Elite 222 260/350 Serial # B489983 I noticed some oil in the bileg, turns out to be this black diaphram looking thing tied ino the inlet hose. I am assuming a power steering cooler. So I bypassed it. There is one hose coming from the gimbal housing to this "cooler" and another...
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    Does anyone with a similar boat as mine have a preference on a prop that like?

    1) Performance issue you are trying to correct. Greater top speed 2) Current prop manufacturer, model, aluminum or stainless as a minimum. Aluminum 3 blade 3) Current prop diameter and pitch (required). 13" diameter with a 19" pitch 4) Wide open throttle RPM and speed with an average load...
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    How do I find out what color my boat is

    1987 welcraft elite, i have some chips in the blue gelcoat, so I was thinking of ordering some gelcoat, I hear spectrum is good. How do I go about finding out what color my boat is if I cant get any help from calling welcraft directly? In other words, if I call spectrum and say I want to order...
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    My idea for temporary stringer repair

    I bought a 1987 Wellcraft Elite last fall. I never looked at a boat before but I read a lot to see what to look for. Two things I read about were soft floors and stringer rot. When i went to get it I looked over the boat for hours and couldn?t find anything majorly wrong with it. I think I...
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    Question about compression & serial number

    1987 Wellcraft 222 Elite with a 260/350 Mercruiser The Serial number (unless I am reading it wrong) is either 6489983 or 8489983 (I am unsure about the first diget) never the less I cant find either number anywhere online, it doesnt sound correct. Is either number a valid number? The block...
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    Please confirm my alternator wiring is correct from my attached image

    I have a 1987 Wellcraft with a 260 mercruiser 5.7 I have a Arco 60065 alternator, when I umbolted the original (motorola maybe?) alternator I see it has 4 wires, a thick black wire, a thick orange wire and two thin wires undershrink wrap and bullet connectors. I assumed that I would place the...
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    Torque shift prop

    Torque shift prop. Has anyone on here tried using one? If so, what was your experiance?
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    PCV Tubes route to the flame arrestor in a boat???

    I just picked up my first boat last week. Its a 1987 Wellcraft Elite 222 with a 260/350 and Alpha 1, everything is origional. As you can probably imagine with a 25 year old boat motor, I am guessing that despite how smooth it runs the rings cant be as good as they were in the Reagen...
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    questions, so many questions...

    So I bought this boat http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=526644 Feel free to answer my questions , direct me where to find the info or yell at me for asking the wrong question in the wrong section, at the end of the day i just need your expert advice... 1) What pitch prop came stock on...
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    New to forum, buying my first boat this week, have a few basic questions.

    I grew up and still live in NJ about 20min from the hudson river. When I was about 10 my father bought a used 1974 sea ray 195 run about from a guy on greenwood lake. We quickly got bored of the lake and trailerd it to the hudson river, I grew to love that boat, But I really grew to like this...
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