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    Ebbtide 2003 Hard shifting at the control box, cables are good ?

    its an ebbtide 182 2003 with a 3.0 mercruiser engine and alpha one gen 2 drive . I put everything back together . Still little stiff with that black shift spring assist thingy . but when romoved it shifts ok. but months ago i dont remember hearing clunking/grinding from the outdrive as the...
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    Ebbtide 2003 Hard shifting at the control box, cables are good ?

    so those 2 cables ends i can put in either location on the left side right? Also what do you mean motor must be running when operating the control box?
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    Ebbtide 2003 Hard shifting at the control box, cables are good ?

    Also does it matter where those cables go in the picture?
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    Ebbtide 2003 Hard shifting at the control box, cables are good ?

    its weird , the control and box move nice when cables are unhooked. Also cables move freely to by hand when unhooked? except for the lower cable that has that black plastic spring assist thingy. That one i can only push it and and it springs back on my end, i think thats normal ?
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    Ebbtide 2003 Hard shifting at the control box, cables are good ?

    hello fellow boaters! long time no see/chat/msg lol well i have a 2003 ebbtide 185 and hard shifting from the control , it makes a clicking/crunching noise at 10 oclock ( noise from box ) going into foward gear. Also very stiff. Ive taken it apart and the cables move easily by hand ? also...
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    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

    yes i did, i will take it apart today and i do have an exrra needle / seat and float. ill rebuild it again.🥴🥴 and hopefully third time does it🤲🤲
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    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

    ok i checked again and pump works good.. fuel has no water at all.. fuel is good / fresh very flammable even 1 drop and it goes.. I did notice for the 5th time AFTER it died, i go pump gas at the carb and no fuel at all squirts . Im 99% damn needle/float is sticking.
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    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

    ill check those thanks
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    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

    i followed this but coudlnt get passed # 6 lowering the rpm to 700 using idle screw
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    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

    i bought it couple months ago and i recall the guy saying he has a hard time starting it. So i rebuilt the carb twice and still have issues. i have tried to do the idle adjustment but she wont go under 900/1000rpms
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    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

    yeah my last boat i bought an oem mercruiser kit didnt have an issue this time i got 2 cheap kits and tons of issues 🥴 ill order a good kit and do it carefully this THIRD time around 😂 but i got a full tank of it 🥴😑 ive always used fuel that looked like that ? infact the fuel u saw was...
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    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

    yeah my last boat i bought an oem mercruiser kit didnt have an issue this time i got 2 cheap kits and tons of issues 🥴 ill order a good kit and do it carefully this THIRD time around 😂
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    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

    i also want to check the fuel tank and pick up line but how to remove this ? I cant even fit a wrench or my hand in there.
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    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

    ok i got her to run again. only to die after couple min of running ?? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ i can get her to run again but rough and just over all same stuff again and again.. i Noticed couple times after she dies , i manually pump fuel with rocker arm ( i took off the throttle cable ) and no fuel ? But i...
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    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

    u know guys i forgot to mention i always smell gas when im.next to the boat. with my previous boat i didnt. Maybe i might have a loose hose or hole in the tank ? or maybe from all that cranking just lots of fuel in the intake /carb ? gas will stay in the carb for days right? normal when u take...
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    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

    maybe u never know ill check tom
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    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

    well it ran for couple min then died , without me touching anything this time! 😂 but carb has fuel not like last time. it seems like it gets flooded as it wont start easily again. i have to turn back the idle mixture to start her. this boat is giving me more grey hair 😂🥴🥴
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    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

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    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

    ok i primed it by connecting a hand pump to the fuel line and sucked the gas out and now when i crank i get a pulse of gas every second or so.
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    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

    ok chris i did that and no fuel is coming out ? i tried cranking it over 10 times nothing.. should i pull the pump?
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