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    Alternative alternator mounting?

    Hey all, I am one of the two teens rebuilding the 29' carter with twin '79 sbc 350's. We had to turn the manifolds around to make the exhaust work with the new engines and exhaust system. The issue is that our alternator can no longer mount to the manifold. Does anyone out there know of a...
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    Next RV trip, leave the boat at home!

    Don't know if this has been posted before, but I though it was pretty cool. Amphibious motor home, showed as $1.2 million but starts at $850,000. Powered by a big cat twin turbo diesel which can be shifted to run twin 19" props once in the water. There's tons more info around on the site, kind a...
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    Bilge drain.

    I made a post in another thread about this, but did not get any replies so I decided I had batter make a thread of my own. The weather is finally sticking above 0 degrees so we are hoping to soon start the transom (finally!) on our 29' carter safari. I was wondering if it even makes sense to...
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    Oil coolers

    We have an oil cooler already connected to the output on the raw water pump on our 350 merc. I believe it must have been a transmission oil cooler due to the fact that red oil leaked out of it when I took the plugs out. I was wondering if I was to clean it out, that it would be suitable to use...
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    Estimation on supplies quantity for transom please

    Hello! As you may or may not know we are currently replacing the transom on our twin i/o, 29' Carter Safari. We have just about finished removal and should hopefully be buying the needed supplies soon. I realize that this is a very difficult thing to estimate, but was wondering if anyone knows...
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    Engine aligning

    I was wondering if it is essential to get your engines aligned, apparently if you don't your splines will get ground off, is this true? We are putting a couple rebuilt 350 mercs in and are wondering if this is just a myth to get your money? Thanks for any input!
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