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    4.3 nearly impossible to get in neutral

    I picked up an 05 Tahoe Q4 and took it out for the first time yesterday and ran into my first issue. The boat runs out great but when I pull it back into the neutral position it stays in F. If I let it runs like that about 10 seconds or so I can pull back like trying to go to R and it’ll kick...
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    2005 4.3 cracked exhaust manifolds, replace risers too? Source?

    Well I bought a 05 Tahoe late last fall and put it up for the winter. I drained the engine block but forgot about the manifold drains and the left one is cracked bad and blowing water out and the other side I can feel a hairline crack but it's not leaking. I want to replace both but do I need...
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    Stingray 185LX still porpoising after Smart Tab install

    I have an 05 185LX and like most Stingrays if I trim it up any it starts porpoising. The general consensus was that installing Smart Tabs would cure most if not all of it. Well I installed them last week and put the setting on the middle hole which is the recommended starting point. I took...
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    Speedometer quit working

    I have an 05 Stingray 185LX with 3.0. Last week the speedometer didn't work when I took the boat out, but eventually it would get up to around 30mph after cruising at around 40 for 10 minutes or so. I'm hoping it's just got something plugging the hole, but the problem is I don't know what hole...
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    When I trim up the front of the boat starts hopping?

    05 Stingray 185LX with 3.0 Mercruiser. If I run around with the trim fully down or very close to it then the boat runs smoothly across the water, if I trim up to where the MPH picks up and the engine sounds better than after a few seconds the front of the boat will start to slowly hop up and...
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    Can someone help me out with this "Trim" solenoid?

    My 05 Stingray 185 has been giving me fits with the trim randomly not working. It will get stuck up, down, midway and when it does I just get a buzzing sound from what I assume is the trim solenoid(picture attached). Now here's the kicker. I can run a new ground from tne negative of the...
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    Swapping from an interchangeable hub to a fixed rubber hub prop?

    OK, I'm a newbie so be easy on me. My 05 Stingray 185LX has a Michigan Wheel 14.5" x 19P prop with an interchangeable hub. I ran up on a sandbar and bent the prop so I just ordered a Solas prop but it says it comes with a fixed rubber hub. Will this still be a simple swap? Unbolt the old...
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