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    Battery Charger with ACR

    I just installed a Blue-sea ACR and picked up two brand new Interstate batteries, one starting and one deep cycle. Everything is working much better than the battery isolator I installed earlier this year. I have my starter and trim motor on the starting battery and my master power switch (depth...
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    Another Battery Isolator/Automatic Charging Relay Post!

    I will apologize in advance if this has been covered, but I searched and didn't come up with much. I have a NOCO 140A battery isolator that I bought last year and finally hooked it up last week. I'm not sure if I have it wired correctly though. I simply removed the heavy gauge wire from the...
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    Fluid capacities and weights

    I tried searching but could not find what I was looking for. I am about to winterize my 05 Tahoe and need to know what the engine oil and outdrive gear oil fluid capacities are and the recommended fluid weights.. It's the carb'd 190HP 4.3L with Alpha 1 outdrive. I didn't save the info from when...
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    Problems with new boat audio system

    I installed a new Aerial Airborne Tower on my 05 Tahoe Q5 last week along with a set of twin speaker cans with Polk db speakers. I also replaced the 2 speakers inside the boat with the same Polk speakers. I have installed a JBL 4 channel marine amp as well. I have each set of tower speakers...
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    What to do with wake boards??

    I just bought a boat this year and the wife and I are going to be wakeboarding, or attempting wakeboarding I shall say. My boat is a 2005 Tahoe Q4 with 190HP V6. I have a new Hyperlite 140 and she has a 130. My question is, without having the wake tower, where do I put the boards? What is...
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    Service manual question

    I am in the process of downloading service manual 32 from the adults only section. My question is, it says for 2001-newer GM V6 MPI. I have a 2005 4.3 V6 but mine is carbed, not MPI. Will this manual still apply to me? I did not see anything else referring to the newer carbed V6 engines. :D
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    Pics of my new boat - 05 Tahoe Q4

    I picked up this boat last Friday, it's a 2005 Tahoe Q4. It is in excellent condition and the original owner says it's only got about 40-50 hours on it. Since there is not an hour meter, I can not be 100% sure, but from the looks of it, I'd say that's about right. When I bought it Friday, there...
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    Trailer wiring on Tahoe Q5

    I am about to pull the trigger on buying a 2004 Tahoe Q5 with 220HP V6. The boat is in great shape with low hours. I have already gone to look at the boat and heard it run on ear muffs. Now I have a question on the wiring. The boat is 100 miles away and when/if I go to pick it up, I need to know...
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    Rebuilding 140HP 3.0

    I have an '85 boat with a 140 horse 3.0L. The boat sat for a few years before I got it and the previous owners put it on the water and supposedly overheated it. I aquired this boat at the end of last summer for free and have already put a floor in it since the old one was rotting and it has sat...
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    Electric fuel pump

    Is it possible to put an electric fuel pump on a 1985 Mercruiser 140? I am thinking of converting this engine to electronic ignition and figured I might as well go all the way with an electric fuel pump.
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    Diagnosed my problem, i think

    I have been working on getting my recently acquired boat into the water this last couple of weeks. I got the new floor in and replaced the impeller this weekend thinking that was the reason I was not getting water to the engine. The old impeller looked new, but I replaced it anyways. I buttoned...
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    My 85 Thunder Craft restoration project

    Check it out. http://www.shareaproject.com/pages/projectTut,p,476,00.html
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    Dumb trim questions

    This is probably a dumb question, but why do I have 2 buttons for Trim up and 2 for trim down on my control? They both seem to do the same thing, but I can see the outboard when when I push the trim buttons.
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    no water flow

    I traced down my starting problem to a bad coil. Got a new one today and after a few cranks and pouring gas down the carb she finally started. I had ear muffs but no water was coming back out so I shut her down. What can I look at to see why no water is pumping into the engine? Its an 85...
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    Picked up my free boat

    I started a thread last week about getting a free boat. I picked it up yesterday and brought her home. I don't know a lot about though, other than 1985 Thunder Craft 170 with 140HP 3.0 Mercruiser I/O. I know last summer they replaced the inpeller, propeller, water pump, and throttle cable(s)...
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    Getting a free boat, what do I need to know?

    My mom has this 1985 Thunder Craft 17' 135HP boat that has been sitting since the beginning of last summer and they have decided to just give it to me rather than letting it rot away. They already have a pontoon and a camper so a 2nd boat just never gets used. I don't know a lot about it, I have...
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