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    Got Ripped Off

    Look on the bright side.....they would have cost you $1.25 each at my local dollar store.
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    Boat Battery Questions - Cranking

    Walmart.com. and a good price!! EverStart Lead Acid Marine & RV Deep Cycle Battery, Group Size 27DC 12 Volt, 750 MCA $93.76You save $0.00 Price when purchased online
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    Anyone have experience with exterminating Rats?

    Neighbors all have wood retaining walls in the yards.Saw that my garbage pail had a hole gnawed through it. Saw a big one strolling across the neighbors back yard.Looked at a few Youtube videos combining corn muffin mix and baking soda and making some cookies for them.Baking soda is supposed to...
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    Boat Battery Questions - Cranking

    Stick with 2 group 27 dual function batteries with over 700 cranking amps and NEVER EVER buy an Interstate battery .NEVER.They dont last and they deplete your 2nd battery.Interstate are the absolute worst. .I have run with this setup in my Regal Commodore which has twin V8s and a fridge and...
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    Thread locker for permanent underwater applications

    I didn't see anything to suggest that this is a thread locker.Reads more like a gasket maker /sealant.More likely to be used to be able to disassemble things more easily. Charlie
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    Shift cable resistance, best lube point to possibly help?

    Even with the Trilux ($50 a can) I still get some growth.Especially on the topside of the trim tabs and undersides of the bell housing in the area of the shift cable bellows and ss clamps thats why I slather on the grease after Trilux.3-4 years ago I couldn't stop the barnacles from growing on...
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    Shift cable resistance, best lube point to possibly help?

    Lol,I have the opposite.Salt water and Im floating from mid May until Nov 1st. Barnacles and little crustacea like to grow in the creases of the bellows so I try to get grease into every crease to deter the growth and help preserve the rubber. Charlie
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    Shift cable resistance, best lube point to possibly help?

    WOW!! 18 years is a long time.I tend to agree on the Oem parts although I have used both .Approx 22 years ago I bought 2 aftermarket transom kits on ebay and had them professionally installed,after approx 10 years I had the transom kits done again with Oem.The 10 year old aftermarket equipment...
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    Shift cable resistance, best lube point to possibly help?

    The only things I have been able to verify at this point is that there is resistance going into reverse with the drive on and with drive off.Swivel shaft and shift arm and wheel were very well greased upon removal of the drive. Boat is shrink-wrapped and we have been averaging temps in the 20s...
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    Shift cable resistance, best lube point to possibly help?

    1988 mercruiser 5.0 twin Alpha drives.Was planning a transom service kit to be done on both drives but not until next season as my boat will just be sitting in the slip for 99% of the time this coming season. Stbd shifter has some obvious resistance when engaging in Reverse.Feels the same with...
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    Rotate Impeller on Occasion

    Mc DUHHHH
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    What happened now?

    How was it running prior to the tuneup parts change? any reason to prompt the tuneup? Any history?? Charlie
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    Can a Gen1 lower work with a Gen 2 upper outdrive application??

    NOT the most accurate statement I have ever seen. here.
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    Can a Gen1 lower work with a Gen 2 upper outdrive application??

    Scott,You are living in the past man!!!
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    Can a Gen1 lower work with a Gen 2 upper outdrive application??

    Trying to help a friend out that has a mostly broken skeg on his Gen 2 drive,I have a spare Gen 1 lower drive that I would be willing to give him .Not sure it will mate properly?? Looking to save him some welding or adding a keg guard. Charlie
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    Alpha outdrive stud came off with nut. Never saw this before???

    Lolcktite RED is a more permanent thread locker??
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    Alpha outdrive stud came off with nut. Never saw this before???

    Threads were super clean but I brushed them up anyway. Dont have a tap so running my gun brush in and out the casting and will put it on a drill .I will get it cleaned up good before reassemble. Charlie
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    Alpha outdrive stud came off with nut. Never saw this before???

    Yes planning to reuse the stud.It came out very clean and seems like it will screw back in fine. It appears that there was some crusty barnacle on the top of the nut which didn't want to let the nut turn so everything turned.Charlie
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    4.3 that I was not winterized

    I had my heads magnafluxed years ago and discovered cracks that were not visible to the naked eye around the valves. Pretty sure thats what it was called. Looked like a big magnet was attached to the heads and metal filings were spread out on the suspect areas and VOILA the cracks were then...
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    Alpha outdrive stud came off with nut. Never saw this before???

    My Locktite is too old to trust, got to buy a new one or maybe use super glue???? Probably a bad idea but Im sure someone has used it before Lol .Charlie
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