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    5.0 mph belt routing

    A picture is worth a thousand words. closed cooling or fresh water cooled? What drive?
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    Replacing gear lube hose between transom and bell housing

    You do not have to cut the hose, it’s just easier. You run a strong likelihood of breaking the plastic fitting on the transom if you try and remove it without cutting it. Depending on the engine bay space you have, it’s potentialy a huge nightmare to replace that fitting
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    350 mag mpi 2011, low fuel pressure

    Pull the vacuum line off the dampening (also called dummy) regulator and see if there is fuel in the vacuum system. Had a friend with the same symptoms as yours and the upper regulator diaphragm was bad causing fuel pressure issues and smelling fuel due to it being sucked into the intake in the...
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    Water Leaking from engine MercCruiser

    Its the water distribution housing. Part of the drain system that's made of plastic and cracks by looking at it, or sometimes breathing near it....
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    Bravo 3 overheating - oil expansion

    My bad, thought we were trying to help each other out on here.
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    Bravo 3 overheating - oil expansion

    Mod Edit - No!
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    Sea water pressure sensor

    I’ve gone through 2 sensors in 3 seasons. Can anyone convince me it’s a bad idea to just dummy the sensor out? I keep up with impeller changes and watch the temp gauge. This thing has been more of a nuisance than protection. Both sensors were OEM and not cheap. At the very least I’m going with a...
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    Trim sender failure

    Troubleshooting erratic sender readings. Found this nice rusty pile of goo and rusted metal. Assuming that’s the issue. My question is, this was a brand new sender I installed last summer. Wondering if I didn’t install correctly and that’s why it failed so fast?
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    Cabin light lens removal

    Trying to figure out how to get to the lamp inside this style of cabin light. Doesn’t seem to unscrew or just pull off. Thought I would see if anyone has this style before I try any force. Thanks
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    Sanity check from a parts pro please

    My gear lube monitor bottle has a slow leak from the bottom fitting or wire penetration. I ordered part number 8M0075709 new in the box unopened. My current bottle has the hose barb pointing to the left when viewed from the front of the engine. The one I received has the hose barb pointing to...
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    MPI vortex intake manifold

    **edit vortec...... I was under the impression that swapping from a 5.0 MPI to 5.7 MPI requires a different intake to match the different heads. Part 8M0104793 is listed for 5.0 5.7 and 6.2 on multiple parts sights I’ve looked at. I’m confused what do the pros say?
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    Power steering issue

    when pulling up to the dock today I had a moment of panic as I had the wheel turned all the way I believe to starboard (can’t remember as panic set in) and the steering bound up and I couldn’t turn the wheel. I gave a little force but no go. I quickly grabbed my boat hook and got a cleat on the...
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    Used Bravo 3, what to look for?

    going to look at a used Bravo 3 a guy has had on a pallet in his shop for quite a few years. It was from an outboard conversion which I believe as it comes with everything from inner transom plate to props. 500 bucks seems like a good deal. Just want to be sure it’s not toast. Besides pulling...
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    MPI low pressure pump

    I have read that the low pressure pump is not needed and that the engine will run fine on just the high pressure pump. Tracking down a fuel pressure drop to nothing on my engine I discovered a bad connection on the booster pump and it was not coming on. Fixed that and took the boat out and now...
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    Bogging and wild tach question

    left the dock today and after motoring through the no wake zone and letting the temps come up and stabilize I dropped the hammer to get up on step. As I was ramping up I noticed the tach going crazy and then the engine bogged down and I shut it off but it would have died on its own. I assumed...
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    Water distribution housing delete

    has anyone come up with a way to replumb this plastic hunk of crap? I have the air actuated one on full closed cooling. On my second one and the drain plug is leaking. It gets much worse if I really tighten it so I’m assuming the POS plastic housing is cracked yet again. Thanks
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    Major water in the fuel system

    Motor started vibrating and coughing. Emptied fuel separator that I just installed and it was completely full of water. This was the first start up of the season. Ran fine for the 5 minutes of fresh gas I put in the filter when I installed it. I plumbed a 5 gallon outboard can in and installed a...
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    Distributor cap screws

    Misplaced the 2 screws that hold down the distributor cap. T-20 torx head mercy part number 10-884786. Can’t seem to find any info on what thread pitch they are so I can buy a couple new ones. Anybody know??
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    New exhaust elbow questions

    Got my new OEM elbows today. They came with the plug uninstalled. It appears to have a red sealing or loctite compound on the threads. Do I need to use anything on the threads when installing or are they ready to go in as is? Also need to pick up a couple 3/4-14 to hose barb fittings for both...
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    Bravo 3 sea water pump inlet hose

    looking to replace me hose from the inner transom fitting to the inlet on the sea water pump for my bravo 3. OEM part is well over 100 bucks which seems crazy for a short section of hose. Is this just rubber hose or radiator hose? Seems like it can be just bought locally from bulk. OEM part...
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