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    Plug gap

    Evening gents, Looking for the plug gap for NGK BR8ES plugs for a '97 Seadoo Speedster. Regards,
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    800 HP 104 mph bathtub! This guy is nuts!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIioNasDu04
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    1997 Seadoo Speedster Info needed

    Afternoon all, Am thinking about purchasing a '97 Speedster for the kids and nephews to tube, waterski, etc... Problem is, my expertise lies in outboards and inboards, jet propulsion is new to me. Looking for advise in what to look for. I will obviously bring my compression tester with me...
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    Indoor/Outdoor carpet

    Evening guys, Where is a good spot to purchase indoor outdoor carpet? Bought a little project boat and need to redo the carpet. This is one project I have not yet undertaken. Im assuming that some construction adhesive would be satisfactory for the adhesion to the aluminum, and simply...
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    Back on iboats

    Evening to the guys I know and the ones I dont. Havent been around in a while then my account seemed to dissapear, but now have it back. Happy to be back around, happy boating for 2010 all. Chris
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    Crank rated HP's

    I would really like this one answered. I always thought that prior to about 85 all makes measured HP at the crank, and then over about a 3 year period all makes switched to measuring HP at the prop. Now I read in a post by Mr Reeves that as far back as 62 OMC would advertise in promo videos...
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    Toronto Boat Show

    Visited the Toronto Boat Show Yesterday, and was quite pleased. There was an extremely large turnout, which I was worried about with the economy and all. Not sure how many were buying, buts lots o bags being carried around. Lots of good deals to be had as well. (That is what I told the wife...
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    89 4.3 Merc Hard Warm Starts

    Evening gents, Need some thoughts on an IO. It is an 89 4.3 Merc Alpha One outdrive. Cold starts she fires fine, but excessive amount of black smoke. After about 5 minutes of idling, the smoke will dissapear, and as you can imagine, this can be embarassing. Usually have to leave the...
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    Interesting Craigslist Ad

    I go through all of the Craigslist and Kijiji ads looking for good buys daily. Todays was funny. Ad stated that it was an Evinrude 115, no other details whatsoever. Inquired for more info, and the guy said that he had no idea about it. He has noticed it parked for 7 months now and is just...
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    Winterizing Cuddy

    It is that time of year for us Northern Hemisphere boaters, (:p to you southerners that do not need to worry about this, lol), and I thought I would start a thread about winterizing the cuddy. Short of the normal mechanical winterization, and winterizing the head, water tank etc..., how do you...
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    PM's

    Just writing to say to be careful what you open in your PM's but have noticed that admin has suspended the PM option. Wish these losers would take their SPAM and make themselves a sandwich, cause we dont want it! :)
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    Trim sending unit

    Evening Gents.... I have an 89 4.3 Merc with the Mercruiser Alpha One drive. The trim gauge is not working, tested it ok, then determined that the sending unit is bad. My question is, does the whole drive have to come off, bellows, etc... or is their an easier way? If freshwater, can this be...
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    Onboard Charger

    My boat does not have a factory battery charger, so I purchased one from Canadian Tire. Question is, in the instructions, it states repeatedly that the charger should not be used while the battery is installed on the boat??? Kinda defeats the purpose no if you must remove the battery when...
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    Tripping GFI for shore power

    Evening Gents, Ty PondTunes so far for your help, your suggestion of rebuilding the voltage regulator solved my first problem of the cd player shutting down to protect itself during the voltage spikes, so for that I thank you. On to my still prevailing problem, whenever I plug in my extension...
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    Internal Voltage Regulator??

    Evening guys.... 1989 4.3L Mercruiser with Alpha One In the electrical forum, PondTunes has been a fantastic help in chasing an electrical problem, and I feel he has nailed it with a faulty voltage regulator. Is this built into the alternator? If so, is there testing that can be done with a...
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    Trim Gauge

    89' Merc with Alpha Drive Trim gauge is not working at all. Im going to start by assuming the sender. Is my memory correct and the resistance on this model should be 84 for up, and 5 for down? After that, to test the gauge, when powering the gauge with a positive wire to the "I" terminal and...
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    Electrical Trouble

    Evening gentlemen.... Took the boat out today and had a couple issues that are new to me. Boat is a 1989 Cadorette 200 Holiday with a Mercruiser 4.3L Alpha One. There are 2 issues, which I feel may be related. The first is that when plugging in the shore power, it trips the GFI at the plug...
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    found one

    Evening Gentlemen.... I put a deposit today on an 89 Cadorette Holiday 200 with a 4.3 L Merc. Some of you know I normally hang out in the Johnny/Rude forum, as I usually have outboards, but this is my first I/O and would like a little advice from some of you more experienced guys. Offer is...
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    94 Mercruiser 3.0 with Alpha One

    Morning Gentlemen.... Not a frequent poster in this category, as I am usually a Jonny/Rude outboard guy, but as my wife wants a cuddy for this summer, am going this afternoon to look at a 94 Bayliner with a 3.0 Mercruiser with Alpha One as stated in the title. Question is, what type of things...
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    Load Resistor

    Evening Guys. When checking the DVA output on the orange wires from the power pack while connected to the ignition coils, lets say you should have a reading of at least 150V or more. If the reading is low, you disconnect the orange wire from the ignition coil for that cylinder and reconnect it...
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