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  1. SimpleM

    Trim Switch dead

    New shifter/trim swich installed on 87 3.0 Mercruiser last August. Maybe 20-25 hours on boat since. here is the control used: Trim switch will not activate trim in up direction, only down. Took retainer off trim switch to expose actual switch and if I really hold my mouth right, I can get...
  2. SimpleM

    Merc 3.0, odd stumbling issues.

    1987 3.0 Alpha 1, purchased mid April with 172 hours on it. I have always had to give it a little throttle to get it to start whether hot or cold, and it will only idle out of gear for about 60-90 seconds before it seems to load up, run rough and die. However it will putt along in gear at idle...
  3. SimpleM

    Quicksilver control: Throttle only button failing.

    Ok, so If I hold my mouth just right, wiggle it just right, and pray really hard, usually within 45 seconds I can get my Quicksilver control to go to throttle only. It appears to be original equipment on my 1987 Sea Ray. I know I need cables, and would like a new control, but short of that...
  4. SimpleM

    Outdrive locks in forward, not in reverse?

    Ok, took my Alpha 1 prop off tonight, put the outdrive in reverse to help put some pressure on my wood block so I could keep both hands free. Just to make sure it had caught in gear, I turned the prop. The prop caught slightly but with pressure it turned, freewheeled one way, but moderate...
  5. SimpleM

    Lugging under WOT

    Ok, I am an old salt when it comes to OWNING a boat, but I was still a bit of a young pup, (and did not have access to "iboats" and the legions of those that know far more than I) when I owned my last one in '94, so self maintenance and proper boat awareness is something I am in the process of...
  6. SimpleM

    Mercruiser shifting adjustment.

    I have not had a boat since 1994, so I am not sure if I am just remembering wrong, but it feels like my recently purchased boat has an awful lot of travel before it shifts into gear both forward and reverse. In forward it is so much that the engine is revving (slightly) before it drops in. I...
  7. SimpleM

    Anyone else have a gas spitter?

    So I bought an 87 Seville today and when I gassed it up on the trailer it spit the gas back. Did not matter how fast or slow I put it in, or how deep or shallow I inserted the nozzle. In a 10 gallon add, it spit back 3 times, and each time gas came out the vent as well... Anyone else...
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