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    What sealent for trim distribution block?

    It's a 1980 mc1 "pre alpha". Ya after whatvi been through with this boat it wouldn't surprise me that some one painted the anodes. Looks like the previous owner or whoever worked on it just used some kind of sealent and no gasket.
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    What sealent for trim distribution block?

    Not sure what it's called but what should i use to reseal it? I would think its called a distribution block for trim rams? Can't find any gaskets on the schematics.
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    ideas to mount square saddle tanks

    Thinking of trying these. The rear one ill bend sit flush on tank bracket.
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    ideas to mount square saddle tanks

    Looking for ideas or mounts for my square saddle tanks in my 80 25' daycruiser. Rather not use fiberglass. Hoping there's some kind of strap or mount i can buy and screw to floor. I don't think there the original gas tanks.
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    Inner fender?? On trailer protect boat from tire debris?

    I'm getting closer to getting my boat in the water and noticed that the hulls taking some small damage from rocks and debris flying off tires. Thinking about building inner fenders for trailer with wood and carpet. Any ideas or suggestions?
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    Gimbal grease/oil seal possibly installed backwards.

    I might of installed my gimbal grease/oil seal backwards. I installed it so flat side is faceing the outdrive. I already installed the gimbal new bearing too. I just happen to be watching videos on outdrives and noticed one video mentioned the orientation of seal. Is this a problem? Or should I...
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    Is this right? Water coolant inlet for motor.

    1980 Tahiti day cruiser with alpha outndrive
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    Is this right? Water coolant inlet for motor.

    This is that the hose connects to. Looks like a huge rubber seal because the hose is twice as big as the metal fitting? The hose is 2" I believe. And the fitting is 1". And there's a rubber spacer/donut seal that the hose slid over and clamped too. Then the hose is connected connected the power...
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    Cracked hull, bottom of boat

    I thought I did take some pics but I gotta do some digging. I might of deleted them to clear up some storage on my phone. I'll definitely be updating my progress with pics and questions. I did take this all apart 2 years ago. Now I gotta figure out how it goes back together. This is my first...
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    Advice and suggestions on lifting dressed 260 engine

    It has the mount for the wire harness connector. I thought t Stat eyelet was just a horse shoe design?
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    Cracked hull, bottom of boat

    I stopped in regularly through out the process as he showed me how they did it. Didn't think to take pics. Each piece of floor is wrapped in fiberglass. It looked very well done. He only worked on it 1 day a week
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    Cracked hull, bottom of boat

    I sent it out. It was a small shop. He said it would be about a year to finish to begin with. He's just a 1 man show but he hires help. And his fiberglass helper left on him before he started on it and he did it during the slow season.
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    Advice and suggestions on lifting dressed 260 engine

    Some of you may be on fb and seen the post. Just looking for advice and suggestions on how I should lift my dressed merc 260 with aluminum intake. I used a lift plate on carb mount when i pulled it with it being dressed. But I was very skeptical and that was before the thousands of dollars I put...
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    Cracked hull, bottom of boat

    So I got my boat back finally, turns out stringers were rotten. One actually separated from the hull. The previous owner had just slapped a new floor over a rotten floor. Motor had a cracked head in the motor and rough truck cam. Swapped a mercruiser cam, remanufactured heads. Had stringers and...
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    Possible to use Volvo exhaust on mercruiser

    Thinking about swapping a sbc 383 into my boat in distant future. The motor has tall valve cover to clear girdles and roller rockers. I did some research and seen that Volvo has alot of spaceing for exhaust ports. I'm thinking they will clear with out spacers. Would i beable to block off some...
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    Cracked hull, bottom of boat

    New to boats so forgive me if this is a dum question. But noticed this long crack on the bottom of my 1980 Tahiti day cruiser. Anybody have an idea of how much it will cost to fix it? Or is it nothing to worry about? Or can it be easily fixed by me?
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    Very loud rattling/knocking noise under load

    just purchased a 1980 Tahiti day cruiser inboard/outboard. It has a 95 vortec 5.7 converted to a carburetor and a first generation alpha outdrive. I just took it out for the first time and runs and drives fine except when I get up to around 3000rpms under a load it makes a loud...
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