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    Shift shaft issue from shift tube

    Working on the 1988 Sea Ray 16' Seville with mercury 100 OB. In restoring this puppy, I was working the throttle/shifter and noticed it was hard to move. Looking the OB over I noticed that the shift rod leaves the powerhead in about the center of the shift tube. At the lower unit the rod...
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    1988 Sea Ray Trim Motor fun

    As my restoration project moves forward, you will see me posting the issues in hopes that it helps others. Boat has it's original 100/115 Mercury OB on it with a non-working trim motor. I did the basic diagnosis of testing the trim switch on the controls. This is a three wire setup using...
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    Sea Star I lock valve leak

    Hi everyone, Boat is a 1988 Sea Ray 16 ft OB Seville. As I'm going through it getting it back on it's feet, I refilled the steering on the original Sea Star I system and had noted that oil had been on the carpet under the helm. Boat sat for 14 years. Using the correct Sea Star steering fluid...
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    88 Sea Ray Hydraulic Steering - basic questions

    Hi guys, First post here, forum looks great and has helped a ton already. I picked up a 1988 Sea Ray Seville with the 100 Merc outboard on it. Original owner said the 88 was a transition year and actually the motor was a 120hp with the 100hp cover. From what I can find it looks like 88 was...
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