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    help!!!!!! about to give up on boat.......alpha 1 issues

    i will keep the chain of events that lead up to today as short as possiable as most of them have been posted on here. .......so got the motor put back together :D got it fired right up :D.....back it off the trailer so i am thinking great about to put all the trouble behind us and enjoy...
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    i/o on pontoon?

    this is just me thinking out loud here and yes iot tends to get me into trouble some times:D:D:D i was just wondering if ther is currently or ever was a pontoon, either a tri or a bi toon) that was ever powered by a i/o? if so can any one list manfuractures? how did they preform? what...
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    looking at a poontoon that has been sitting for some time

    ok here is the deal. i have a lake lot. a dock across the cove from my place has a pontoon sitting in it. it has been suspened in air with the straps that drop under it to lift it up out of the water via electric hoist. we moved into this house about 3.5 years ago and it has never been hoisted...
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    dropped oil pressure!!!!!!

    ok motor was freshly rebuilt (for detail please see one of my other threads) and finally for it wet. So we idled out of the marina to get pas the no wake marker. and rolled into the throttle to about 1/2 throttle ran there for for about 5 min and all was good. Temp holding at 150/160 mark oil...
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    fresh rebuild - getting ready to get it wet - what to look for wile one hte water

    ok a little back ground first (feel free to look at previous post as well) Bought boat (1988 sunchaser 3.0 alpha 1) july of last year. Was told it had a cracked block, thried to patch that and it held. Took boat out to find out i was getting water in the oil. Pulled boat out to investigate and...
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    side bunks/guide ons

    so i have made up my mind to put side bunks on. I am going to build them my self. My question is how long should i make them? i have seen comerical one is both 2 ft and 5 ft. then i seen a set that was lit maybe 6in wide. my boat is only 17 foot long but i feel that they would realy help me out...
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    adding a 2nd thru hull

    feel free to move if in the wrong section........ for osme od reason my boat does not drain water properly. the stringer right below the front motor mount is solid and water can not pass through to the bilge pumpor the bilge drain. after a rain i have to put a spait bilge pump infront of that...
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    belt replacement

    1988 181 cid i blew my belt (yes it was getting old and i should have done it before) all that this belt runs is the circulation pump and the altanator then to the crankpulley i can not find any numbers on the shrapnal. any ideas on what size belt i need/should be on it? the one that was...
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    grease fitting only three?

    ok so i have been doing a lot of work on this old girl. 2 of the things that i have done is the impeller and the gimble bearing. after putting outdrive back on and went to grease it all up i only found 3 grease fitting. one on top and one on each side. when i look in the manual it showed a few...
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    shift cable

    wanting to know if there any way to lubericate the shift linkage? i have an 88 181 w/alpha1. when i am using the controlls it is kind of stiff for the first little bit. now when i get into the throttle part it is as free as it should be and smooth hence why i am asking sbout being able to lube...
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    tilt/trim guage reads nothing

    88 sunchaser with 3.0 alpha1 my tilt/trim guage it bottomed out i have check the connection and all looks good there. i have looked at the sending unit on the port (new on lengo and still learningif looking at rear of boat it is on the left side) took it all apart and cleaned the contacts...
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    please help me set my trailer up properly

    if this get to be a little wordy or confusing feel free to speak up and i will try to clearify i have a 1988 sunchaser deck boat. the hull is set up like a tri hull but wide like a pontoon. she has a 140 hp i/o with alpha 1 and this is my first boat. i ahve already done a complete rebuild on...
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    cant find infor in manual

    Re: cant find infor in manual ok lets see if this helps....serial number off the valkve cover looked like 00348658. i took this pic of what i am working on as well i hope it helps. the 2 main questions i have are how is it supos to connect together? what about the wiring how does that hook...
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    cant find infor in manual

    i have fliped through both my seloc and the manual i down loaded tryingt o find info on (it think it is called)the shift interupt. it is the thing that momtearilly interups the power when you shift gears. i am needing to see how it hooks back up......i took mine apart last august and have sleep...
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    prop nut question

    when doing the impeller on me alpha 1. i didnt know how tight i should tighten the nut that holds the prop in place. should i just tighten it down good and snug? what about the star looking washer that was directly under it that had like a pocket for the nut to sit in, should i bend a tab down...
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    alpha1 issue...wont go into gear

    back ground.....boat is a 1988.......3.0 140 horse (fresh rebuild) alpha 1 out drive....... wile rebuilding motor i check gimble bearing....was bad and i replaced it......figured since i didnt know when the impeller was done, and out drive was off why not change it. Good thing i did as one of...
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    repair in progress...replacing gimble bearing...

    in the middle of switching out motors. figured with motors are out switch out the gimble bearing. i have read through the manual (both seloc and mercruiser) and they both bascally say that it pulls out with a (in a poor mans shop) slide hammer. well i have one main question before we get carried...
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    alapha1 going in shop what should i have them look into for me

    ok i am in the middle of rebuilding motor for my boat. i do not know when the last time this thing was in the shop. i bought her last july knowing that she had a cracked block thought i could fix it and run it but it was a hole lot worse then i thought. new motor about done which brings me to my...
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    lx vs. non lx 3.0

    what is the differance between the lx 3.0 and the non lx 3.0? which is better? which has more horse power? how do i tell the differance? my 3.0 in my boat is busted up (froze cracked below the head) and i was able to find a differant 3.0 at the salvage yard that so far appiers to be good. it...
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    dad found me replacement motor but it only turns 1/4 turn...what give...update

    dad did it again, he has this habbit of going through one of our recyceling places here in town that taked in motors. well the 3.0 181 in my boat has a busted block (from previous ownner now winterising it). dad went over to this place and found a 140 mercruiser whick know is a 181 cid motor...
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