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    Boat leaking salt water - steering pin?

    Fun times. Put the boat in and ran her for a few days with a perfectly dry bilge.. 5 days later she's got water in the bilge and no rain. Have narrowed it down to this location: I believe this is the part under the steering pin.. Going to get back down there and look some more.. this...
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    Bravo 3 seacore - U joint replacement?

    Mechanic last sping installed the main bellow incorrectly, long story short, water made it in and ruined the gimbal bearing and put the ujoint got rusty. Had to hire a new mechanic to pull the drive off, replace the gimbal bearing and bellow correctly and put it back on. He cleaned up the...
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    383 FWC - Strong gas smell while idling, lower compression in one cyl. Any thoughts?

    Going to start by saying I know I should have addressed this when it was first put in, 5 years ago I didn't realize what was going on. The story is, bought a boat, the motor in it went south the 2nd weekend of ownership. Instead of rebuilding I decided to go with a reman directly from...
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    Ghost Lube Drive Oil Low alarm...

    Hi all, I've been chasing a res. drive oil low alarm around the block a few times... So after cleaning, checking connections, etc etc.. I finally just bought a new bottle, with a new sensors and of course it came all put together. The conclusion I'm at now is that the computer is telling me...
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    Reman 383 Stroker - Low compression in rear Stbd cylinder

    Hi all, I have searched and have turned up some older info, just wondering for a little refresh on the data if there is any. I bought a boat, in which the motor immediately imploded/died on the first weekend of ownership, even though it passed the survey and did great on the 1 hour trip to the...
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