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    Broken gear lube fitting

    Yes, it’s a bear to lay in there and do the job. I’ve never removed the motor to do that particular job. Remember to not drop the e-ring!
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    Broken gear lube fitting

    It can be done without removing the motor. Done more than a few. I drop the c-clip more than once, hard to find it if you do. Be careful! They make a brass fitting to replace the plastic one, get that! It's a real bear to get the job done. Poor planning from mercury! Good luck.
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    bow navigation wire runs through the railing… where does it come into the main section?

    I’ve personally ran wires through the rails. It’s a bugger of a job and some go easy. usually I pick the first stanchion. They can be run under the headliner or wall sections if they can be loosened enough to get in there. A couple of them I could run it through the chain locker and down through...
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    Doesn’t go straight, left to right back and forth at idle?

    What Bondo said . All of them do that, till I learned to just hold the wheel straight I was oversteering a lot. They will stay relatively on corse with little input from you.
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    12' Aluminum V-Hull - Issues porpoising and planing

    Put your battery and fuel tank as close to the bow as you can. Small boats are subject to load. My duck boat requires the fuel tank and battery just ahead of the back seat.
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    Older Boats

    The main issue with older 2 strokes is the labor cost. You spend say 4 hours re-building a carb and tune up, at $100+ an hour it adds up to you may as well bought a new smaller outboard.
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    Bizarre starter behavior (won't "bench test" on motor)

    Make sure the mounting surface is rust free, and the grounds at the back of the block are clean. Just looking at them dosent count, remove and clean them.
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    Bizarre starter behavior (won't "bench test" on motor)

    Some cheap jumper cables are thick with insulation but have a real small wire in there. Junk.
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    Best way to improve a short vintage swim ladder

    Mine is similar. The difference is mine has a swing down section on the bottom.
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    Motor knocking. Mercruiser 3.0 alpha 1

    Yes. Mine had the fiber gear, about 1/3 of the teeth were damaged enough to warrant replacing them. I went with metal gears. Really not that loud but I insulated the doghouse pretty well.
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    Towed some Folk

    Towed a guy once, after towing him, we found out it was the same guy who towed me out of a snowbank the previous winter! One hand feeds the other!
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    Wiper Arms

    Try a heat gun. Just don’t heat the gel coat.
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    Sputtering out and dying

    Even new condensers can be bad right out of the box.
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    Kohler generator overheat issues?

    Well, your cap is pretty rough looking. I’d replace that. All the ones I’ve worked on had a small plug that you had to take out on that raised area to burb any remaining air out of the tank. In my opinion, poor design. If it wasn’t burped the set would shut down.
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    Can the base of engine work? Two to bolts under engine are rusted and can

    Those bearings are not true sealed bearings. A true sealed bearing has a rubber lip on the inner race area. They are shielded bearings, unfortunately they can get water in them from leaking bellows. If everything is fine with the bellows, they last a long time. As long as alignment is good they...
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    My friend forgot to lock the hitch. Doh!

    Had mine come off the ball. I bought the rig used. Reguardless, left the driveway and a block down the street it came off. What happened was the last owner somehow bent the flip lever, straightened it out and you could not tell that the piece that grabs the lower clamp was cracked almost off...
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    Fuel Tank F Up

    By shoving a small hose onto a bigger fitting you may have peeled the inner part of the hose into the fuel system. Pieces of rubber have plugged it.
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    Timing Too Advanced

    Not sure myself, just following along.
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    Did I use the wrong impeller kit? 😡

    I burnt up my impeller and housing last year running on the hose out at my cabin. At home the water pressure is better and no issues. You should check the impeller again.
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    One Stringer or Engine Block is slightly compromised Question

    No. The front motor mounts do that.
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