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    prop test more questions than answers.

    So I decided to try a few props and see if I could improve my hole shot, speed and economy. I have a 19ft Sea Ray cuddy with a 140 hp. It runs in fresh water. It came stock with a very underpropped 17 pitch which I replaced with a 14.5x19p Michigan prop. This worked pretty nice had a great hole...
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    Anyone using Weber marine carb?

    I was thinking about how much the Weber improved my Jeep that maybe it would help my boat as well. They have a marine/CG approved carb and it is a progressive 2 BBL so at slow speeds I am not going to use as much gas. When I installed this on my Jeep CJ I went from getting maybe 15(with a...
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    Mercruiser U joint replacement.

    I know this thread has been visited many times before but I am at a loss as to finding it so here goes. Is there a napa or spicer part number for the alpha one universal joints? I really do not wanna pay $25 each for u joints that should cost only about 10, just because they say Mercruiser on...
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    Oil acumulated in the Bell housing from sitting???

    So I finally got all my seals ect from Mercruiser and changed my gimbal ring. It took forever which is funny cause Fond Du Lac is 35 miles away and the seals came from all the way from California. It wasn't easy but it wasn't hard either. Instead of removing the engine my buddy Dan and I just...
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    Gimbal ring shims seals and gaskets

    I recently disassembled housing (along with sliding the engine forward. removing the exhaust pipe, bolts ect) to get at my cracked gimbal ring. It came apart for the most part how I expected. Most bolts were easy, some were hard and some were cooroded. Anyways I was very methodical about keeping...
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    Just clearing the air

    A friend of mine thinks that a bone stock engine out of a truck will work in his boat. I told him that is true mechanically, but cams,gaskets, hardware ect are different. He won't listen. He also thinks reverse rotation drives are backwards running engines. :confused: Anyone got a Merc link...
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