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  1. CAPTKEV85

    Time for a new prop and properly sized......

    1985 sea ray seville 25 foot cuddy cabin with 260 merc 5.7 4bbl rochester. On the boat right now is a 14.5x17 3 blade michigan prop reman from previous owner. Well I ran a ground hard and tore up the prop. Now I want to buy a new prop with more speed because I feel the boat can do more. At 3000...
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    How to make secondaries open faster mercruiser 260

    mercruiser 260 350 with a quadrajet. Boat boggs while flooring it and between 3300 rpms and 3800. I noticed when secondaries are opening there moving but when they reach wide open the boat takes off... Any ideas?
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    Carb or prop causing bogging mercruiser 260

    Just splashed my boat and I am having the same problem as last year. When I floor it the boat falls on its face and then it takes off. So far I have done plugs, wires, cap, rotor, all filters, and rebuilt carb. Last year people said that the prop could be to large for the boat, but I feel when...
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    Overheating at an idle. Mecruiser 260

    I have a 1985 sea ray with 260 mercruiser. At idle it overheats in 3 mins once you go over 1000 rpm's it cools down. Last year I put new thermostat 140 and it still had problem. Then I put sea water pump in drive. Still same problem. Boat has new risers and manifolds too. Any ideas? Thanks
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    Rebuilding my Quadrajet

    Were can I purchase a rebuild kit for my 1985 mercruiser 260 4bbl quadrajet carb from? There is a code on the carb mc34???
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    260 MERCRUISER Carb suggestion

    I have had issues with the carb that came with the boat. Its a carter 4bbl, I want to send it out to get remanufactured, but I was thinking about an edelbrock performer carb. Can this work, because they are cheaper new then having my carb rebuilt.
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    trim motor

    Hey guys New York has had alot of rain in the week. Now I went to check on my boat and noticed my drive was all the way up. I never leave it up because I dont need to. So I jumped on and hit the switch to go down and it did. Then when I went to trim it up I hear sizziling in the switch. The...
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    shift cable was melted !!!

    Well yesterday I replaced my shift cable because I was stick in forward. Pulled it out of the boat and the entire cable was melted. The previous owner had it done last year and it looked like it was resting on the y pipe. So i put a new cable in and boy is it smooth. Now I have been running hot...
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    Ended today getting towed

    Hey guys my boat is stuck in drive. When I take the cable that goes to the drive and move it. its jammed. The guy I bought the boat from said he had a new one installed last year. The boat had no signs of this until i went to take it out of forward. any Ideas?
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    Finally left the mecruiser 470 woohoo

    Hey huys I havent been on in a while but I have had dozens of conversations about the dreaded mercuiser 470. Well the fourth of july weekend I blew the radiator cap 2 feet in the air and floored it to get the beast back to the dock. She ran for 10 minutes then shut down. Well needless to say I...
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    JOHNSON 225 ocean runner

    Hello everyone. I'am normally in the mercruiser section of this forum, but now I might be in this section. I am currently looking at a 26 foot mako with a 225 johnson ocean runner motor Im not sure of the year though. It is a family friends boat and he has since past away in 2006. The boat has...
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    Good old mercruiser 470 alternator

    So a few years ago I purchased the after market alternator kit from ebay. It bolts to the head and a long belt goes to the crank. Well this thing vibrates so much it cracked the bracket. I re welded it and 2 years later the alternator bolts that hold it together are breaking. So I got a new...
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    2 barrel rochester carb merc 470

    So knock on wood, my 470 is running perfect. But we all know this motor idles for crap. The merc manual says the idle in gear is supposed to be 550 to 600. Yea ok she loads up and stalls. So now I decided to rebuild the carb. I know this carb pretty well but the last 2 times I had it done by a...
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    overheating issues

    my friend has 2 2004 volvo 5.7 gxi i/os in my 30 foot carver. I live in long Island and we have a bad eelgrass problem. Everytime he goes out his exchanger clogs with the seaweed and he has to clean them almost every trip. The seawater pickup is being pulled from the outdrives. Someone...
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    2004 volvo 5.7 gxi heat exchanger issues

    my friend has 2 2004 volvo 5.7 gxi i/os in my 30 foot carver. I live in long Island and we have a bad eelgrass problem. Everytime he goes out his exchanger clogs with the seaweed and he has to clean them almost every trip. The seawater pickup is being pulled from the outdrives. Someone...
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    breaking up while under load

    mercruiser 470 Had a great day on the water. New head and gasket. My overheating issue is finally gone. But I ran the boat for about 2 hours at 3200 rpms cruising. Then came into the canal and she was running a little rough. I know 470's idle for crap. So I decided to go out again and once I...
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    Mercruiser 470 Distributor

    So i decided to put a new cap and rotor on, and of course the threads on the distributor to attached the cap to a wiped. Can this be helicoiled? Or do I have to go and buy a 500.00 distributor.
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    Shifting Issues

    so I put a new water pump in my outdrive. When i put it back together i actually had the drive in reverse instead of drive. When I put it on the boat it wouldnt shift to neutral or drive. So I split the drive and put the drive in forward. The prop spins clockwise and the shaft spins...
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    1977 Mercruiser Pre Alpha Drive

    so my mechanic gave me a free upper freshly rebuilt. So last weekend i decided to swap the uppers. I bought a water pump kit and when i pulled the pump off thewas alot of lower unit fluid, when i move the shaft more oil comes out. So I called my mechanic and he said its the water pump base thats...
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    Tac question

    When my boat is running at an idle or on plane the tac needle jumps around doesnt stay were its supposed to. Is the tac bad?
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