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    Dim Dash - Instrument Panel Switch Lights

    This is my dash. It is so hard to see at night. My toggle switches have no lights. The words (Horn/Nav/Anchor/Blower/Pump) are not lighted (solid panel, no lights behind them) -- At night, I cannot tell which switch is which, or if they are on, or anything. I've looked at making another dash...
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    Creative Minds - Fill The Hole

    I'm going to be pulling the stereo from below the glove box and moving it to an under dash mount by the steering wheel. This will leave me with a nice size hole on the port side. I'm trying to come up with ideas as to what I can do with the hole. Sure, I can fill it and have nothing, but what...
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    Volvo Drive Stuck Up - Sometimes Stuck Down

    Hi guys, normally I'm messing with Mercruiser stuff, but this is the very first volvo drive I've even looked at. The boat was stored for 2 years, with the drive up. On the first attempt to lower the drive, pushed the down button, motor whirled a bit, and finally the drive went down. Then it went...
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    Bimini Fabric

    Hi, I'm just curious. I redone all the upholstery on my boat and have a ton of this marine vinyl left over. Is this material suitable for making a bimini top?
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    Mercruiser 3.0 - 2 barrel merc carb

    I've searched around and cannot come to any real conclusions about my issue, so I decided to ask here. I'm running a 1992 mercruiser 3.0 with a 2 barrel merc carb. Boat has ran great, idles around 650. It always had the (sometimes it wants to bog down if you try to go WOT from an idle) -- carb...
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    Mercruiser Points OMC electronic

    I have a 1991 Mercruiser 4 cylinder that has points. My buddy bought a 1993 OMC 4 cylinder that has an electronic ignition. I was curious if I could use his distributor from his OMC and stick it straight into my mercruiser. If so, does anyone know the process? Thank you
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    Gps

    Hi everyone, I know this topic has been discussed a lot, and I've searched and read what seems like hundreds of threads about GPS units on boats. There was one single thread that mentioned an auto gps unit being used on the water. But it escapes me in my search for the name of the unit. Here is...
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    Storm put big gash in boat

    1991 invader, outside of boat was amazing, no scratches or chips.. We had a big storm blow through last night and my a huge piece of sheet metal from my neighbor's shed blew off and hit the boat. How can I fix this? :blue:
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    Fuel Tank

    I have a 1991 invader, and when I pulled the carpet up, I noticed the wood over the tank was separate from the other deck. It looks like someone tried to replace it. My question is, is the deck all one piece? Is the fuel tank enclosed under the deck, with just the service hole and cap on it, or...
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    Mercruiser 3.0 carb broken piece

    I was pulling the engine from the boat and while removing the cables, the threaded part and nut off the carb throttle lever broke.. Checked on replacement part, and it's almost 50.00 just for that lever.. Anyone else ever had this problem, any way to fix this? I've looked around and cannot find...
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    Mercruiser 3.0 4 Cylinder Alpha 1 Gen 2 Outdrive to Alpha 1 Gen 1

    The lower on my gen 2 is cracked where the ring screws in at the prop. Can this be fixed? Can I remove the upper and lower and put a gen 1 on there?
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    1991 Invader V165 Restoration

    Hi everyone, I bought me a 1991 Invader V165 and the floor is pretty much gone in this boat, so after watching FriscoJarretts glastron repair. I'm pretty new to this, and have lots of photos, and I'm sure I'll have lots of questions.
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