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    Weird trailer tire wear

    I recently towed my boat about 1000 miles for vacation, and it is having some weird tire wear and I can't figure out why.... The tires are wearing like they are seriously under inflated: both tires, on both inner and outer sides, are very worn, yet the center 3 or 4 inches of tread look brand...
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    3.0L...too powerfull to ski???

    I have a 19' Bayliner with the 3.0L 135hp 4 banger, and the stock 21P prop.... I've been waterskiing my whole life (past 30 years), but I've never been what I would consider an expert at it. I started skiing as a kid behind my dad's 17' boston whaler with a 40hp outboard, and have skiied behind...
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    My little 3.0L is blowing my mind...

    I just got back from Saginaw Bay with my brother...we went smallmouth fishing out at Charity Island. When we headed back, the lake was dead calm, so I did something I rarely do, and opened the boat throttle wide open for part of the run back to Port Austin (22 mile trip back). Once the boat...
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    Boat won't start because...ah...duh!

    Got my boat out with the help of my 11 year old son for some walleye fishing. I got to the ramp, put in the boat, pulled out with the electric trolling motor, and the tried to start the I/O--- no go! I've ran it several times this week on the muffs with no problems, and I'm a maintenance...
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    Waxing the boat while on the trailer

    Just wondering, if there are any tricks to waxing a boat while it is on a trailer...especially wondering if there are any easy ways to slightly lift the boat off the bunks to wax under them. I'm talking here about a 19' fiberglass boat I/O (relatively heavy)....
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    West Michigan river steelhead

    Anyone here fishing any open water river steelhead on the Grand, Kalamazoo, or others? I'm from the east side, but I've got fishing fever, and I was thinking of headin' west if the fish are biting (and maybe even if they aren't). Tim
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    3.0L Merc normal compression?

    Hi all, I'm wondereing what the normal compression is, in psi, for a 3.0L? I just did a compression test and although my numbers are all within a few psi of each other (which is good), my reading of 180 psi seems too high... Thanks, Tim
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    Better holeshot with same rpm's @ wot...possible?

    Hi all, I have a 19' with a 3.0L mercruiser with a 3 blade, aluminum, 14.25x21 prop. I was wondering if I could find a different prop that would give me a better holeshot for skiing, without changing the 4800 rpm wot I have now. I could care less about top speed. The reason I ask is that I...
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    Should a Mercruiser I/O drive use some oil?

    Hi all, I just got an '04 Bayliner with an alpha drive from a guy who was, like me, very anal. He kept every receipt for every bit of work he ever had done on his boat, and the records look very complete...engine oil changes and drive unit oil change every fall, etc. The boat also has an hour...
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    2004 Mercruiser 3.0L manual is a joke! Alternatives?

    I hate to sound like a troll on my first post but here goes: I just bought a nice used 2004 Bayliner with the 3.0L Mercruiser. I'm an ex-aircraft mechanic (A/P...airframe/powerplant) so I would like to think I know at least a little more than the average guy about engine maintenance and...
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