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  1. nola mike

    Need to vent....

    I dropped it back off at the dealership and showed them the video. Waiting to hear their response. Good thought about the news. I'm waiting for a resolution before I start posting reviews.
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    Whoo Hoo! I have a hole in my boat...

    Noticed excessive water in the bilge last year, but was never sure if it was from people bringing it into the boat or if there was a leak somewhere. This year went looking for it. No engine leak, so started looking for a leak at the transom/Y-pipe/plug (bellows were dry). Hadn't been able to...
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    Mercury SmartCraft Gauge Question

    This looks like an "I got my other electrical gremlins sorted" type of problem? No solution, but might be fun to have pitot speed and GPS speed. You'd have both speed over ground and speed relative to water flow/currents...
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    GMAIL issue !

    Your phone is tracking you as well, probably more so.
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    Impeller Question with Rabbit Ears On

    Ha ha, like those tootsie roll commercials, none of my outdrives has ever stayed together long enough to have a worn impeller, and I replace them whenever I crack open the drive.
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    Towed some Folk

    Coast guard (and I assume other) regs require you to help a boat in distress I believe
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    Towed some Folk

    Yeah I've fortunately been more often on the helping side of things (not always). I figure at some point I'll need to withdraw from my cosmic account.
  8. nola mike

    Need to vent....

    So go to pick up the car today. They again tell me the symptoms don't match up. I ask if they tried to put gas in like I asked. No. Start to drive home with 15 miles left in the tank. Pull over and try to put gas in. This is . 15 gallons later. I can't even.
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    Acorn anode rubber washer for the lower aluminum bolts.

    I slathered 4200 all around and in that bolt passage. That little washer is all that's keeping the water out of the transom.
  10. nola mike

    85 Mercruiser 3.0 possibly bad coil??

    Yes, that test should spark. You're not testing the coil under load, so yeah, you can have an internal short under some conditions. At this point I would certainly spend $20 on a new coil. Here's a somewhat generic diagram for a 3.0, dunno if that's what you're after?
  11. nola mike

    Tell tale hose size, '04 Merc 25 hp

    Anybody?
  12. nola mike

    serpentine belt too close to exchanger?

    But will the HX behave? See if you can push it towards the belt to see how much travel it has if it's vibrating
  13. nola mike

    Tell tale hose size, '04 Merc 25 hp

    Forgot to measure it today, does anybody know what size the hose is for the exhaust tell tale? Part #8M0108355. Thanks
  14. nola mike

    Hard plane after switch from points ignition

    I'm confused...is the new distributor pulling the timing back or just not advancing? Should be 20' or so full advance. Just for fun, what happens when you set the points to 20-25'?
  15. nola mike

    Need to vent....

    I actually think a big problem is that they're not into car repair, they're into sales. I'm always talking to a "service manager" instead of the actual tech working on the car. If I'm talking to whoever's working on the car I can at least ask follow up questions. I truly don't understand why...
  16. nola mike

    Booze and boat don’t always mix well.

    When we missed the last ferry from the edgartown side we would first try calling the harbor master to get a ride. If no luck we would borrow a dinghy and leave it till the "morning" (aka noon). If it was still there we returned it. Oddly enough nobody seemed to care that we did this. I imagine...
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    Need to vent....

    Yup, that's the part. The new one has an "a" suffix. I challenge you to find a parts diagram showing it though. The Internets had told me that this was integrated into the fuel tank in 2017+, but if this is the fix then apparently that isn't the case. So I guess good news there. I may see if the...
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    Wiper Arms

    You're replacing the motors? Cut em off
  19. nola mike

    Booze and boat don’t always mix well.

    Chappaquiddick, home of boozy shenanigans since Ted Kennedy! (And me in my younger days)
  20. nola mike

    Anybody use OTA TV?

    I couldn't tell from the description what exactly they're selling here. In the past these were basically pirating content, idk if that's the case here or not. I have a rooftop antenna and home made dvr system that's accessible to any device on my network. Also for free content Samsung TV and...
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