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    overheating-water pump and impeller?

    1983 Chris Craft w/mercruiser 350 V-8 260 hp. The water pump has gone out. I am replacing it, the thermostat and whatever else needs to be replaced. My questions: 1. Does my engine also have an impeller that needs to be replaced? 2. Can I buy the water pump at NAPA or should i buy one from a...
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    mercruiser trim not working

    Boat: 1983 Chris Craft with original 260 Mercruiser engine/outdrive. The outdrive will tilt all the way up and down but the trim will not work under power. The wires at the trim sending unit things on each side of the outdrive are damaged. I don't know know how to open these to replace the...
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    broken panel mount fuse holder replacement

    One of the panel mount glass fuse holders in my '83 Chris Craft has one of the tabs broken off. The problem is that they have 2 positive tabs instead of just one. the second one has a jumper wire to carry the power to the next fuse holder and so on. Now the 2 at the end dont work now because the...
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    trim sender and trim limit switch wiring damaged

    The wires on each side of my outdrive (mercruiser) going to the trim limit switch and the trim position sensor are damaged. i need to know how to replace them. The outdrive goes up and down but under power the trim doesn't seem to work. First I probably need to figure out which mercruiser...
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    Leak in bilge from outdrive-need help

    I have an '83 Chris Craft Scorpion 210 with mercruiser outdrive. I took it out on the lake today for its first test run after interior rebuild and have alot of water leaking into the bilge area. I can see it coming in through the middle of the outdrive but I have no idea how to find exactly...
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    outdrive trim tab anode adjustment

    I have a 1983 Chris Craft Scorpion 210 with a mercruiser outdrive. I need to adjust the trim tab anode but cannot get to the bolt to loosen it. I can see it, but a socket will not fit down it the top of the outdrive. Is there a special thin wall socket designed to fit in that space to loosen...
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    Help! Cracked block from freezing

    I have an '83 Chris Craft with a 350 V-8 that I have been rebuilding for a year and when I winterized it I missed a freeze plug and just got back from the lake for the first test run of the year and water is pouring out of a crack on the left side of the engine just above freeze plug. I have had...
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    mercruiser throttle control removal

    Need help. I am replacing the vinyl in my boat and need to remove the throttle control that is mounted on the driver's side of the boat so I can remove the vinyl covered side piece but I cannot get to the screws behind the logo cover. I need to remove the handle first then the logo thing will...
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