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    Which one would you choose???

    First of all thanks for all the help guys!!! But i still couldnt save my old 470 mercruiser so im getting a different boat!!!! YEAH I am looking at a couple of older boats but in really great shape. If you guys had to choose would you prefer a 1986 Bayliner 19' open bow with a 3.0 litre volvo...
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    Cant find torque specs

    Hey guys, I rebuilt the head on my 1983 470 Mercruiser and I am about 150 miles from anywhere I can find a manual!!! I have internet and was wondering if there is someplace I can get the torque specs for the rocker arms and the valve cover!!! Or if not maybe 1 of you all may know them...
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    Really screwed it up now!!!

    Hey guys I have busted my butt rebuilding my 1983 470 Mercruiser. I was putting in the head today and as I was torquing the head bolts 1 of them stripped out the threads!!! Now I have 9 perfect head bolts and 1 that just keeps turning!!! Is there any halfway easy fix or am I totally screwed...
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    Need Help

    Hey guys Im back again --- you guys are the only ones that will shoot you straight and Thanks for that!!!! I am puttimng a head gasket in my 1983 170 horsepower 470 mercruiser. We have recently moved up to the mountains and my manual has been misplaced!!! It is 250 miles round trip back to...
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    Dip stick assembly

    First of all thanks for all of your help!!! Secondly I am trying to get the exhaust off of my 470 Mercruiser, but it wont slide off the bolts because the dipstick assembly only lets it slide about 2 inches out!!! How do you remove the tube the dipstick is housed in??? It has a 7/8ths sleeved nut...
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    Propeller shaft wont turn

    Hey guys I really appreciate all the help from you all!!! I was changing the impellewr on my mercruiser 470 it is a 1983 with an Alpha Drive. When I dropped the lower part of the lower unit everything was fine and when i turned the vertical shaft that drives the propeller the propeller turned...
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    Need help!!!

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey Guys I recently took on a huge headache. My partner took my boat out 4 years ago over heated it and parked it. I was laid up and never got around to even touching it!! It is a 470 Mercruiser 170 horsepower...
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    Need Help

    Hey Guys I recently took on a huge headache. My partner took my boat out 4 years ago over heated it and parked it. I was laid up and never got around to even touching it!! It is a 470 Mercruiser 170 horsepower 3.7 liter 4 cylinder. I just cleaned out all the old oil all the old gas and did a...
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