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    Freeze damage or corrosion?

    So I have had a mystery leak on my 91 maxum since I got it this year. It’s spent it’s entire life on the Colorado river system and that water is loaded with minerals. (It kills plumbing in my house I’m sure the boats no different) when I pulled the out drive( g1 alpha 1) it had a lot of...
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    Is a 4 blade what I need?

    So I now have Completed my outdrive overhaul and I’m looking at props again. I went from a beat up 21p to a 19p and it rockets my little boat out of the hole with the 3.0 however it has the potential to over rev if I where to let it. So I am back to looking at the 4 blade props again. Wonder...
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    Missing parts?????

    So I recently (and for the first time) pulled my lower unit, a gen 1 alpha 1 to replace my impeller as I have never done it and I bought the boat this spring and has ran flawlessly since. But when I pulled it apart there was no gasket/ rubber ring around the top of the pump housing/ shaft...
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    New boat opinions.

    So over the weekend we had a blast in my 18ft maxum open bow(as usual) but I’m starting to get the itch to upgrade. This boat confirmed the bug is in me to stay and I have been looking at a new(er) model glastron gt 205 (the current hull style) but after this weekend I saw how well some of the...
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    Shop manual purchase?

    I have been looking to buy a shop manual for my outdrive my but my google skills have failed. I am in need of a hard copy for a gen 1 alpha one. Anyone know where I might locate one?
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    reverse issues alpha 1

    so my new to me '90 maxum 1800 came home in April, its a 3.0 alpha 1 (gen1) and for the most part has been stellar, well maintained, one owner and had maintenance records. however on the test run the one thing we didnt test was throwing it into reverse. it just kills the motor via the cutout...
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    reverse issues alpha 1

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    New guy with a new project

    have been trolling here for a while and decided to post my latest project. I have a maxum bow rider with the 3.0 and wanted the fabled thick carb gasket but our dealers suck and I couldn’t google the part number......... so I order a a 1/8 inch sheet of phenolic and made my own spacer. Worked...
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