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  1. nola mike

    Going electric vs marinas

    How is that different than running out of gas?
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    No spark possibly coil?

    That whole mess looks pretty corroded. I'd start by cleaning all your connections. Guessing a lot of other connections look like that as well.
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    Just curious

    Shouldn't. How bout you post your issues and we can try to help?
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    Starting a long sitting, 2003 Mercruiser 3.0 alpha one, with a gen 2 sterndrive.

    You may have 3 fuel filters. One at the fuel pump, one at the carb inlet, and a fuel/water canister. Change all 3 (and add a fuel/water filter if you don't have one).
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    Repowering 97 crownline. Best options?

    I did both of these things. Still not trivial to get the hose out through the plug, but much easier/faster/more complete than sucking it up, and the filter would have been damn near impossible to get at. Super cheap and easy to do with the motor out.
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    Washing interior with boat in slip/water?

    Y'all got too much time on your hands if you're waxing the floor of your boat.
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    Crazy 60's or 70's 2 seater CO-V-CAT

    My skiff hits 29 mph with a 25 hp. Weighs about 300# + 115# for the motor. Guessing that you could expect similar numbers.
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    Washing interior with boat in slip/water?

    All detergents work like that (except that the oil will go to the top when the soap degrades).
  9. nola mike

    fuel pump frustration

    Any universal *MARINE* pump carb rated (~5 psi) should be fine. I went with a carter, and none of them put out the correct pressure FWIW (went through 3 of them)
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    Installing a new 4.3 Mercruiser

    Pull the drive first, check gimbal bearing. Some of the alignment tools come with a bearing installer as well, might be worth buying.
  11. nola mike

    Mercruiser 170 Pertronix Ignitor no spark

    Gray wire from the coil neg goes to the tach.
  12. nola mike

    Installing a new 4.3 Mercruiser

    Don't know how the hell you got it out, but you absolutely need to remove the lower unit. For many reasons, including engine alignment, inspection, and of course just installation.
  13. nola mike

    Help with charging system?

    Hasn't been around in a long time. Pm'd him a while ago with no response
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    Super stuck gimbal bearing in Mercruiser Pre-Alpha -- is there a clip?

    i haven't seen the clip before, but is there something there at the 1:00 position?
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    Help with charging system?

    Yup (although this is the alt from the 3.7)! You've been away for a while!
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    Help with charging system?

    Didn't want to quote a post that you deleted, but you mentioned ignoring sense and excite--I'd appreciate you expanding on that. Since my new alternator charged briefly without the excite wire hooked up, I'm wondering if the real point of it is to power the idiot light in a car...
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    Preignition knock under a load 2000 Thunderbolt 5

    I'd be curious about what the timing does when it starts to knock
  18. nola mike

    Repowering 97 crownline. Best options?

    You: Also you: Yes. See your first post.🤣
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    Help with charging system?

    @achris, There was a reply in my email, but nowhere to be found here...
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    Help with charging system?

    I didn't do that, but like I said I did test voltage drop on everything and it was fine. I'm getting good voltage at the sense wire and ok at the excite (though apparently that isn't even needed). The rest of the electric system is fine. I guess we'll see when the new alt comes . Boo. I've used...
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