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    Dreaded idle on '96 3.0LX with Merc carb

    I have google just about every site I can trying to find out what's going on. Situation: 96 3.0LX Mercruiser with Alpha/Gen 2, Merc carb. Carb rebuilt two years ago and in that interim, has ran like a scalded cat and idle was just about as perfect as you can get. Took it out this year, same...
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    1996 Merc. 3.0LX cranking issues

    LONG time reader here, not a lot of posting. However, I need some advice. Couldn't get the boat to crank up this weekend. First time in 20 years I've ever had one single problem with the boat, so I can't be too unhappy, but she needs to be fixed. Back into water, outdrive down, crank. Kill...
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    Boat/Seadoo insurance

    Well, after being a member of USAA since 1994, they decided to raise their rates. Haven't had a claim or anything like that. They "claim" that they had to raise their rates for Oklahoma to stay "competitive." Yeah, right...whatever....sooooooo, I did some looking around on the internet and...
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    Winterizing....to drain or not to drain....

    This stems from a post I put up a couple of weeks ago. In a nutshell, I've been draining my block and exhaust manifold after each use. Boat probably sits on the trailer inside dry storage at least two weeks before I put her back in the water. My thinking was keeping the cast iron parts dry...
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    rusting manifold/engine block

    Since I've owned my boat, '99, I've always drained the exhaust manifolds and block for winter storage. Put in some antifreeze in the hose at the water pump and be done with it. But, got to reading around in here and made me think of something that's been on my mind. I hear a lot about exhaust...
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    "lifetime" hull warranty

    Got a 96 Marada, 19'. Unfortunently, the company went out of business around 02 or so. Anyway, I've been reading a lot, I mean a lot, on the boat restoration site. My boat has never been left in the water overnight and used as weekend warrior during the summer. I have a super nice 10X30...
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    Fuel spitting from vent, sometimes.

    This one has me puzzled. '96 Marada 19ft, 3.0LX Merc/Alpha G2 setup. Filled the boat up Friday after getting it ready for the lake. Filled it slowly since I had to drive it over to the pump and didn't want gasoline (liquid gold) to go spewing out, as it has done this in the past before. Got...
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    Yet another stupid question......

    OK, I've been reading on here for a long time. Actually worked with a Mercruiser mechanic many moons ago during the summer. I have downloaded and copied all available information on outdrives and such. They all seem so generalized. I mean, I know you have to take off the speedometer cable...
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    slight water seeping in at launch

    Had this happen last year and actually forgot about it until now. When I launch my boat, '96 Marada, 18 ft. Merc 3.0LX, Alpha Gen II, I get a little water seeping into the hull. Once the boat levels off and gets off the trailer and then put the outdrive down, it stops. Doesn't leak anymore...
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    Mecruiser oils/lubes

    OK, someone school me. Is Quicksilver not the Mercruiser brand of fluids anymore? I can't find them at all. Where can I get them? Overtons doesn't carry them anymore, unless you want the Lubrimatic stuff. No thanks. So, what is the name of the lubes now? Just Mercruiser?
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    High Perf. or Premium

    First post coming over from fordf150.net that another brethren suggested since no one over there can answer my question. I come across this killer sale at Walmart on the Quicksilver Premium outdrive oil. So....I went absolutely nuts. Local "stealer" here charges out the wa-zoo for anything...
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