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    Bilge Blower

    So I've had 3 I/Os over the years, all of them aluminum FWIW. One of the 3 boats had a nice quiet bilge blower. The other two including my current boat, it sounds like the blower is going to vibrate apart. Is there anything like a higher quality bilge blower? If so could someone recommend...
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    2005 Johnson/Suzuki 140 h.p Running Poorly, No Start

    I'm asking this for a friend. As the title states, he's got 2005 Johnson/Suzuki 4 stroke on the back of a 1850 Lund Fisherman. Early last year the engine was running very poorly, lacking power, sputtering, that sort of thing. I suggested getting rid of all the old fuel and replacing with...
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    How Long Do Flappers Last?

    I was going to ask this in another thread but didn't want to hi Jack the thread. Is there a life expectancy to flappers? In a properly maintained, never over heated engine what kind of flapper life span can one see. Also, what are they made of?
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    Alpha 1 Gen II Gear Lube Qty.

    My drive is an Alpha 1 GenII drive with the gear lube monitor. The book says the gear lube Qty is 64 ounces/2 quarts, it does not reference whether or not that includes the gear lube monitor. I pumped in 1 Qt plus about 1/4 of another quart when the lube started coming out the vent. After I...
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    Plastic Block Drain Plugs

    Hey Everybody, I've got the nice blue plastic drain plugs on my 5.7L Mercruiser. Got to installing them this weekend and firing up the engine, and it looks like a have a leaking/cracked plug. I saw a post a while back (did a search and couldn't find it) on this same subject and I thought...
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    How Long Is Too Long At WOT?

    This is a question I've had in the back of my mind for years and casually looking have not found a good answer. How long (time) is too long running out at WOT? You see folks with outboards, I had a few as well over the years, and you could run them for miles and miles at WOT with seemingly no...
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    Can't Remove Flame Arrestor

    I'm going to need some help on this. I'm winterizing my boat today, oil change went well, installed new oil and filter, I went to remove the flame arrestor as I wanted to 1) fog the engine, 2) I need to clean the flame arrestor as it's dirty. Last year (1st year I owned this boat) the flame...
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    Boatinfo Site

    Does anybody know if the Boatinfo site has been down for some time? Is it coming back? I tried to access it using the link that Don put in the Must Have Mercruiser Information sticky back in the day, nothing comes up. Well, a message comes up that says something like "would the owner of...
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    Engine/Throttle Cable Doe Not Throttle Down Smoothly

    Hey Everybody, Drive system is a 1995 Alpha One, Engine is a 4 year old Mercruiser Remanufacturing 5.7L. So I picked up this rig last year in the spring. Everything worked well shifted into gear fine I could throttle up to WOT fine, slowly pull back to idle, , everything is great. This...
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    EZ Sleaves - Do I have to use em?

    I have a Shorelander trailer and the other day I'm looking on line at the parts list and they call out EZ Sleaves on each axel. Can't I just run the seal right on the axel shaft? I thought the EZ Sleave was used if your seal surface was compromised. Why would they use the sleave right out of...
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    1989 Johnson 90 H.P Cracked Block

    Howdy All, I'm asking this question for a coworker of a friend of mine, info is a little sketchy so please bear with me. So apparently this guys 90 horse started having some operational problems, wouldn't idle, generally ran crappy. Fast forward through the tests, the shop pulled the power...
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    Boat Oscillates Right and Left On It's Own

    Hey Everybody, I asked this question about 10 years ago and don't remember the answer, , or maybe something changed since then. So my boat is a Lund Tyee 1950 IO/Alpha One Gen 2 drive. When in forward gear at idle the if I don't counter steer the boat will basically turn right and left all on...
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    Touch Up Paint For Mercruiser Drives

    Howdy All, Does Merc sell touch up paint for their outdrives, like the little tubes you can for your vehicle? If not what brand is best for this? Hoping black is black from one manufacturer to the next. Thanks!
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    1988 Merc 80 hp Tilt/Trim

    Hey Everybody, I have a quick question for my neighbor. Regarding the motor in the heading, what is the correct fluid level in the tilt/ trim fluid reservoir? What type of fluid do you add? Do you add fluid with the motor up or down? Thanks in advance for your help!
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    New Style Gimbal Bearing From Mercury??

    Hey Everybody, Just wondering if someone "in the know" could verify this for me? I just got off the phone with a marine place that is installing a transom kit for me. In our conversation he stated that the new gimbal bearings from Merc are a non greaseable sealed bearing. Is this true...
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    Through Transom Loose Bolt

    Hi Everybody, I have a little problem and I'm not really sure how to approach this. I have a Lund Tyee inboard outboard, it's an aluminum boat. The bolt that secures the lower support of my swim platform is loose, not wobbly loose but I can easily turn it with a screw driver. It's below the...
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    Removing/Reinstalling Alpha One Gen 2 Drive

    Hey everybody, I have a couple questions regarding removing and reinstalling my Alpha one Gen 2 drive. I've done this before on 1990 that did not have the speedometer pick up on the drive and it was pretty straight forward. Removal - shift into forward, raise drive to access the speedo tube...
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    Atwood Hydraulic Surge Brakes

    Hey Everybody, I have a couple of questions on a 1995 Shorelander trailer that has the Atwood hydraulic surge brake system on it. I just got the boat and trailer so I'm going through the hubs and brakes. I installed a new actuator in the coupler and was going to install two new wheel...
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    Mercruiser Engine Questions

    Hey Everybody, The boat is 1997, Lund 1950 Tyee Magnum, Grand Sport. It has an Alpha 1 Gen II drive and supposedly a rebuilt 5.7L as of 2 years ago. Incidentally I just purchased the boat this last Saturday. It is the Lund boat I've wanted for ever, practically my dream boat and I finally...
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    Mineral Scale On Mercruiser Drive

    Hey Everybody, I just picked up my new to me new boat, a 1997, 1950 Lund Tyee Magnum Grand Sport. Definitely a one in a million find as it's nearly perfect in every way. It is and always has been a freshwater boat. That said the Merc drive has some white mineral scale on it, doesn't appear to...
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