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    ignition coil ??

    Someone gave me a 1983 OMC sea drive v-4 motor, it appears in good shape except one of the coil towers is broken off, I have the broken piece and it fits in place very nice, it has a 3/8" fine wire sticking out of it, if i insert that wire back into the hole it came out of and use some JB weld...
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    Some more impeller questions

    I want to go over my boat before the season, it's a new boat to me. I feel confident to remove the outdrive and replace impeller on the bench and have some questions. 1) How do i know the difference between alpha 1 generations? it is on a 1988 boat with a 350 merc magnum engine. 2) Can I buy a...
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    Century Mustang 195 parts

    I'm gonna be getting rid of the above boat, it's a 1980's era with a merc 4 cylinder i/o, think they were called 470, if anyone needs parts let me know quickly and i'll see whats left. In NY area.
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    Grease questions

    OK, I have foreign cars, a harley, tractor equipment and now a mercruiser engine, everybody says to use their specific type grease, how many grease guns or tubes can a guy have??? Is there any one grease that can meet all the different types of requirements? I suppose it needs High RPM, high...
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    Seat hardware, look at pics, please.

    I need to replace these seat sliders on my 88 Cobalt, they are no longer available thru Cobalt, does anyone recognize these items? possibly available thru another retail dealer? Thanks
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    WOT adjustment

    I have a 1988 350 merc mag engine 260 hp with a 4 barrel carb, last year it was not reaching WOT I thought it was propeller but after removing boat from water I niced when i shifted the throttle to full the butterfly stayed closed. What should i be looking for and any tips on adjustment.Thnaks
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    throttle cable lubrication

    I have read about the throttle cables needing lubrication, I have a merc Quicksilver unit monted next to dash, I removed the trim cover from the top and I can see some linkage and some white grease has been applied, I could do that easy enough, but I thought the cables themselves had to be...
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    depth sounder questions

    I had an old lowrance 3200 with thru hull transducer mounted in my boat, i picked up a faria depth sounder over the winter with a transom mount, could anyone tell me if I could mate the old thru hull to the new faria?the only clue as to what the old thru hull is from an attached sticker that...
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    cobalt parts

    has anyone come across any cobalt dealers that happen to have a bunch of older stock parts on hand? Checked locally my dealers have no old inventory, but i'm sure somewhere in this country there is a dealer loaded up with older parts, 80's-90's vintage.
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    seat fixes

    I have an 1988 cobalt with back to back seats that are supposed have bases that slide away from each othe and form a kinda lounge seat, my seats just don't slide, I've tried spraying lubricant but just doesn't seem like any movement is gonna happen. Any ideas? Also the captains chair has a track...
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    Garaging

    Maybe i'm in wrong thread but let's see. I'm pretty new to boating and trailering and live in the NE with some snow expected in winter. My boat is outside wrapped now but I have a pretty unused garage space i would prefer to store boat in and be able to work on in winter but it won't fit while...
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    NYS Boat regis??

    My neighbor wants to give me an old boat,about 1973 pre H.I.N. I called DMV a coupla times and rec'd different answers maybe someone here has been thru it. The transferable registration has been lost, does she have to renew registration at full fee to get a duplicate transferable registration...
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    brake shoes

    I need new brake shoes and possibly new drums, do I have to go back to trailer manufacturer or can they be gotten at Napa, kragens, advance auto? Thanks
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    motor id

    i have been offerred an o/b motor with no name on the coverand i don't know enough for simple visual id i get the idea(from owner) it is a evinrude, It is a v4 cylinder 2 cycle motor and on the transom mounting bracket it is stamped 185932 and below that says 25BN1, any help as to model, year...
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    merc risers and manifolds ??

    In the middle of summer I bought a boat with the 260hp merc v-8 engine, it's running fine at this time, I just read Pascoe's article about boat maintenance and now have some ?? It's obvious he thinks merc is not the best quality, I don't know the past history of boat and would like some...
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    bilge water and transducers

    I am new to boating and very novice question. I want to install a new depth finder , searches on this board tell me that transducers need to be in water to work, yet everything else I read says "NO" to standing water in bilge, bad for boat. So is the bilge supposed to be wet or dry? even when my...
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    seat hardware

    I have a 1988 bow rider with a helm seat that slides fore/aft on floor tracks. The aluminum tracks have some sort of plastic/nylon sliders inside that have self destructed, I can't get them from dealer/cobalt does anyone know who may have been original provider to Cobalt for these items. I know...
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    Speedo problem

    Just when I was taking my cobalt br23 boat to the ramp for winter removal I noticed my speedo stopped working. This had happenned once before and corrected itself. I'm new to boating and guess that plastic thingy hanging off back of transom is something to do with speedo? Any ideas on what/how...
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    hydrosport vs cobalt hull ??

    In looking for a trailer for my 23 cobalt b/r a guy wants to sell me a 23 foot trailer with rollers, tandem that he had a hydrosport 23 on, is anyone familiar with hull designs of each and could say that it could be a possible fit?Thanks
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    NYS Homebuilt

    I'm looking at a trailer here in NY w/o paperwork, every seller says "it's easy, just go to DMV", I looked at DMV website which says you need a certified weight slip and a bill of sale for all materials used to construct the trailer. The first is easy what about the second? anybody actually done...
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