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    Failure to start - stranded

    I have searched here and found some great troubleshooting ideas about why my boat won't start, but thought I'd share my experience to get some input on what you all might think it would be. So I finally rebuilt my outdrive (married upper and lower units) and got out on the lake for the first...
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    Gears out of Whack!

    I replaced my outdrive that had failed and I must have screwed up somewhere, b/c I got the boat in the water and nuetral was reverse and forward was nothing and reverse stalled the engine. Is this because I didn't line up the shift shaft coupler correctly? I had the remote in forward drive when...
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    Slippage under load

    My wife and I just bought our first boat and are trying to work out the issues regarding a slipping problem on our Mercruiser Alpha I/O (boat is 1984 Wellcraft Nova, new engine 2001). I will give you the short story. Boat is slipping when it is under load, like when it is trying to plane out...
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    Slipping under pressure

    My wife and I just bought our first boat and are trying to work out the issues regarding a slipping problem on our Mercruiser Alpha (boat is 1984 Wellcraft Nova). I will give you the short story. Boat is slipping when it is under load, like when it is trying to plane out. From research, I...
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