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  1. NHGuy

    shift cable outer housing stuck in coupler

    Okay. I was stupid. Call me stuff. I'll take it. When I put my new lower cable housing into the transom I didn't pay attention to how it was aimed, and it found it's way between the coupler and it's housing. No matter what I do, I can't get it out of there. I'm about to the point of...
  2. NHGuy

    Alpha One Gen II Shifting

    Yup, getting a cable
  3. NHGuy

    Alpha One Gen II Shifting

    I went out this morning and checked. Cable moves but has resistance. I'll remove the drive and see if the cable is dodgy when it's free at the drive end too.
  4. NHGuy

    Alpha One Gen II Shifting

    Yes, it's wired TB V. I'll go over the system for cable movement and shift adjustment. If the cable sticks , I'll stick in a freshy! I'll tell you ,even though it was only 60 degrees yesterday it was glorious getting the boat out. Last year I had shoulder surgery in May and could not handle...
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    Marine Power 340 Pulley Wobble

    I come from the world of wheels and tires so I have seen a ton of spinning objects. I do not know what is acceptable movement in those crank mounted pumps. When I focus on the brass pump I can see that it moves as the pulley and shaft under it spin. The crank pulley looks stationary from that...
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    Alpha One Gen II Shifting

    Hi, long time no post! First dunk of the year was yesterday and most went well. Except at first it would not come out of reverse while running at very low rpms. Around 550. Then later when fully warm the rpms would stay low for longer than normal. Not a stall but slow and then recovering. I do...
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    fuel tank bonding, sender grounded

    My boat is the 87 Formula shown in the description below. And I am far from the original owner. The wiring is original and I have the OE manual with diagrams. My fuel gauge hasn't worked and I am cautious of making any connections in there. I tested the gauge and it is OK. I replaced the...
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    Bimini mounting on windshield frame

    I notice that a lot of boats on my lake have their biminis mounted to the windshield frame. I would love it if I could do that. But I am afraid to drill there for fear of hitting my irreplaceable curved and tinted 1987 vintage side windows. Does anyone have any insight?
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    Fuel System Bonding connection 1987 Formula F223LS

    I believe I am not getting a bonding contact to my fuel tank. I tested the wiring, sender, and gauge. All passed. but I have a full tank reading at all times. Can I replace the bond contact? Believe it or not I have the original factory manual that came with my boat. It includes pages of...
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    Alpha gen II has steering play

    My brothers Gen II has a ton of slop in the steering. Is the Access plug kit 22-88847A-1 the go-to for servicing this kind of problem?
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    grounded the alternator hot post, now no spark

    I feel pretty stupid. I know enough to power down the engine while working on it and I still messed up. I touched the main post on my alternator while assembling my power steering and now I have no spark. This was done while the key was off. There's no spark now, I went as far as...
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    dumb move I made

    I was putting my drive on today and for some reason the splines would not engage the coupler. After many attempts, some colorful language and frustration I decided to remove the propeller I was using and BLAM. I had pulled an old prop off the shelf and it had no hub. So the prop was not...
  13. NHGuy

    97 350 Mag Power steering leak

    I'm getting Power Steering fluid on top of my intake, which is concave and silver. I'm comfortable that it's PS oil cause when I lost power steering I added some red atf and that's what color the oil on the intake is. it only ran a few minutes. before I lost power assist again. Where could it...
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    Bleeding TieDown 660E

    My 2012 Tie Down model 66 surge actuator took a dump. The back up solenoid failed. So I attempted to disassemble things to get a new solenoid. Well, the old one had a rusted case, rusted safety cable, that bad solenoid, and I could not find the master cylinder gasket. I thought about making a...
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    plug fouling at low rpm solved 1997 ThunderBolt V

    I posted about this issue over the winter and I don't see how to get back to the original remark. I had been "banging my head against the wall" with plug fouling and rough running at the end of last summer. I tested for everything physical. Timing, compression, leak down, temperature...
  16. NHGuy

    coils

    Hi there. Longtime no post. How is every one? So, I had some trouble starting my engine at the end of last season and ended up winterizing it without a good start. Some of you may recall i built this engine over the winter leading up to the 2016 season. It's a 383 with 1997 Mercruiser Alpha 1...
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    Getting ready for winter in snow country!

    Last year I constructed a support that went high over the boat to get a steep roof. It had a straight ridge pole that stood up high with a tarp over it. This was to get the snow to slide off easily. It was a pain to put up, but I was determined to keep the snow from bashing my curved glass...
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    Not really a service help post, I'm a happy boater today.

    Took my rig to my local ramp today. Dunked it and started off, it "wanted" to stall. Well it did stall, twice, so I turned back to the docks. Talked the admiral into hanging out with a coffee while I checked things over. I hadn't used the boat for over 2 weeks and it's my new 383 which I am...
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    mercruiser will not plane 220HP chevy v8 305

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    How do you change the Avatar?

    I want to update my avatar, just can't see how it's done.
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