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  1. Grub54891

    alpha 1 gen 1 noise

    Did you pull the drive yet? That is step one.
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    Testing my temp gauge

    Sometimes I want to give up. I suggest something and get ignored, then someone says the same thing.
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    yamaha 3.0 l4 blew head gasket help!

    What’s behind the engine bay panel? I’m part redneck, I would get in there with an angle drill or the like and drill a couple of holes in the bulkhead, being careful to not drill into a fuel tank or something. Then the bolts will come out far enough. You can re-seal the hole with a plate. thats...
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    yamaha 3.0 l4 blew head gasket help!

    On my 3.0 mercruiser, all you have to do is remove the two bolts on the right side of the front mount, when looking at the motor. There is a piece that comes out so belt can be installed easily.
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    Finally, a Funnel Solution!

    I got in the habit of cleaning them up and putting them in my bottom drawer in my toolbox. The shop I worked at supplied funnels, within a week they were all gone. I resorted to hiding my own, if I didn’t they would disappear. Someone would ask to borrow one and it was a big nope! You all lose...
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    Need help: Bizarre Bravo III freshwater galvanic corrosion quandry

    Did it previously live in saltwater?
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    Dragging caliper away from home

    I had replaced all my calipers, hoses, pads, and rotors on my jeep. Two weeks later I was about 10 miles from home and I had to keep my foot on the gas as the rig felt like it was working rather hard. Took a couple miles to find a side road to pull off the highway with heavy traffic. No shoulder...
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    Loosing Faith in Humanity . . .

    Gave away a 21’ Sylvan deep-v to a local kid, Mercruiser drive, small cuddly cabin. He used three years to get to work on Madeline island and was happy as a clam. This year he upgraded to a a different boat, and moved the Sylvan on to another guy who wanted to get into fishing on Lake Superior...
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    Loosing Faith in Humanity . . .

    I attempted to sell a 5.00 item on marketplace. The dude showed up from 25 miles away and said he wanted to take it home and try it. If it was what he was looking for he would come back and pay me. I still have it in my shed. I’ll throw it away before I let people scam me.
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    1981 MerCruiser 120 tick/ squeak

    Esgwheel: not overthinking. I think of it as in relation to the pistons also. One turn of the crankshaft = the piston has come to a complete stop twice, top and bottom and changed Direction. With a car it happens at around 2000 rpm’s. A boat at 4000 rpm’s it happens a lot more. Wonder how the...
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    Testing my temp gauge

    I get that, but it will show you if the gauge is reading. I often get annoyed at squaking people but do my best to ignore them. or just put a temporary pipe plug in the motor if you are running it.
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    1981 MerCruiser 120 tick/ squeak

    Your riser/ manifold should not get that hot. Service the impeller, look for any clogs in the input from the pump. The tock may be the exhaust flapper.
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    Testing my temp gauge

    You can test it in a pot of hot water without running the motor. Be sure to hook up a go ground and keep the connector on the top.
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    Raw water impeller question.

    That may or may not work. Hope for the best. Around here on Lake Superior, it doesn’t take long to get miles away from the nearest ramp or shoreline. Having a dependable boat is rather important.
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    yamaha 3.0 l4 blew head gasket help!

    Me neither. I’d rather fabricate my own gasket or just get a new one.
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    yamaha 3.0 l4 blew head gasket help!

    Yeah, sometimes stuff happens. Did you run a tap through the holes to clean them out?
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    Boat is put away for winter. What to do every day ?

    Retired but go run the lift in the fall and spring a couple days a week. Hunting season started for bow hunting, but haven’t been out yet as the wife just got a hip replaced two days ago. Been playing nurse.
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    Need some info on adapting a Sierra A1 marine fuel line to a Carter mechanical fuel pump

    I’ve always understood that flex line from the pump to the carburetor has to be pipe on a marine situation.
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    2003 Mercruiser 6.2L MIE Plastic Timing Cover Replacement: Need Advice

    Ya, I did that ONCE years ago. Didn’t work out well. Trying to save time and effort in life just makes it harder in the long run.
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    yamaha 3.0 l4 blew head gasket help!

    Are you sure it’s foot lbs, not inch pounds? I know-I know, it usually is foot lbs but ya never know. I’ve mistook that myself in the past.
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