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    Help with bow roller setup

    Needing some advice. I know in general you want to bow eye to sit just below the bow roller and the winch strap to be level. I am replacing the bow roller and trying to adjust the current setup. I have the boat positioned front to back where it needs to be and slid the winch post away to let...
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    cover prop for winter?

    Maybe this is an odd question but I got to thinking about this the other day while driving.... if while parked outside rainwater gets in the exhaust opening in the lower half of the drive through the prop hub does it have a way to drain out or does this become a freeze hazard in the winter...
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    cavitation burn

    I have 2 props, different makes but both 14.5x18 4 blade. Performance is very similar but one has paint coming off through the middle of the blade on the pressure side. The othe looks like new. Is this an indication one prop is working better than the other or just a fluke? Was told the...
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    Neutral Safety Switch

    2000 Maxum 2100SR, Quicksilver controls, having trouble intermittently with a no crank situation. Have narrowed it down to the key switch or neutral safety switch but leaning toward neutral switch. How hard is it to access the switch and does the control have to come apart and/or off the...
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    different props.... MW, PT, Solas

    I'm curious if anyone has had similar experience with Solas props. About a year ago we had been running a Powertech aluminum 3blade 19p and would run at rev limiter of our Merc. Decided to try 4 blade and local shop had a 19P Solas aluminum, thinking we could sacrifice a little rpm due to the...
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    snap on cover replacement snaps

    I have some loose and some missing snaps for the cover and don't know where to look to find new ones. These are screwed on but the problem is many of the screws will not hold. What is the best solution? Cant go bigger with screw because it wont fit through the center of the button. Should...
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    replacement blower

    I need to replace the blower and looking for suggestions. It has an attwood turbo 4000 on it right now. I have no problem replacing it with the same, but wanted to see if many thought there was something better, be it Detmar, Rule, etc. I know they should all function the same, Im more...
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    bubbles in gelcoat

    This past weekend I went to look at a project boat (03 Larson 180 4.3 with Volvo drive) on a local marine shop lot listed as needing a motor and as such was deeply discounted. The boat overall seems pretty decent shape although dirty. The interior is better than I expected, no rips or...
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    does fogging oil kill spark plugs?

    How many change spark plugs in the spring after fogging the engine in the fall? I pulled a plug the other day after finally getting it out of storage and some other maintenance taken care of and noticed they were completely black after the engine was fogged last year. No real deposits just a...
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    fuel hose routing

    Does anyone see any issues with this fuel fill hose and its proximity to the exhaust manifold. Its the same basic position as the old hose but I raised the lower portion to help drain better. The old hose dropped down to the floor, (you can still see the darker area) then had to make a small...
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    anti siphon valve or not

    I have read many posts about the ASV causing issues of fuel starvation and wonder if I should just change this to a brass nipple? I have noticed on line there are 2 different ones noted sometimes, one for 200HP and less and one for 200HP and up. The one I have is aluminum which seems like it is...
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    fill hose to replace or not?

    I will apologize in advance....I had posted some of this before but it was deleted in the updates, I know there were some suggestions posted but I cannot get to them now. The tank end of my fuel fill hose looks like this. There is a crack in the outer covering forming off the end of the tank...
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    brown sealant on fill hose

    I am going to replace my fuel fill hose as the old one has started to crack. I notice on the tank end of the hose there is a brown farily solid sealant of some sort pushed out from the end of the hose. Is this something special used at the factory, or can I unclamp and remove the hose and...
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    drive lube oil fill line

    How hard is it to change the hose/line that runs from the transom to the drive? I remember when I had it winterized last fall the shop tech told me the line was starting to show some age and crack and I might want to think about changing it. Otherwise want to watch for leaking drive oil or a...
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    EZ loader type equalizer

    I have an escort trailer that as near as i can tell from web searches has an 'EZ Loader' style equalizer bar. In the equalizer bar center where it bolts to the trailer frame there is a rubber bushign with steel sleeve for the actual bolt. Anyone with experience with this setup, how long...
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    serpentine belts

    Serpentine belt on my 5.7 needs replaced, the Merc # on the current belt has been superceded once maybe twice that I can tell and from what I can track down the latest # comes in at roughly 75$....I went to local O'reilly's and match it up with a Gates belt for 25$. I cannot think of any reason...
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    prop barrel ?'s

    A few prop questions... Some aluminum props have a raised 'wedge' ( for lack of a better term) on the barrel around each blade some dont, I dont think ive ever seen them on stainless props. What is the purpose of this raised area? What does the lenght of the barrel affect on a prop? I have...
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    Solas props

    I have a Maxum 2100SR w/ 320HP 4 barrel 5.7 with 1.47 ratio Alpha 1. We were running a Powertech 14.5X19P aluminum 3 blade prop, and would run 4900 top end, but was starting to get some cavitiation burn on the prop. Last weekend switched to a Solas 19P 4 blade prop expecting to gain some low...
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    solas rubex 4 blade

    How predictable would a change from powertech aluminum 3 blade 19P prop to Solas aluminum 4 blade 19P prop be? From what I read I expect to lose maybe 100 rpms, but im a little past the top rpm anway so I can live with that, I just dont want to lose several hundred. I didnt know how much...
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    aluminum prop comparison

    As fars as the inexpensive aluminum props for alpha 1 go, is there much difference between Solas, MW, Powertech and Quicksilver. Or are they all pretty similar blade designs, or are some more up to date and current? My concerns are: Overall performance and design, is there one that stands...
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