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    MerCruiser 3.0 Alpha One, melted water tube base

    Did you replace the manifold as well as the riser? If not how did you get the new riser to seal to the manifold with the deteriorated mating surface? I have a similar condition on a '99 3.0L although nowhere near as bad. My thought was to use some high temp RTV gasket sealant during...
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    Alpha 1 Gen II Stern-drive Oil in Cooling Water & Water In Stern-drive Oil

    Over the past few seasons I have regularly had to add gear oil to the reservoir for my 1999 Alpha I Gen II (coupled to a 3.0L) as it will drop maybe an inch throughout a summer season. I do not have oil in the bellows or oil dripping in the driveway. And each season when I changed the gear oil...
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    Steering System Replacement Recomendations?

    Good Morning! I have a 1999 Bayliner 19" Capri open bow runabout. 3.0 liter with Alpha I Gen. II standard rotation sterndrive. The propeller is a Michigan Wheel Stainless Steel: Apollo 14.125 x 19? pitch propeller. The steering system is original, a Teleflex single cable non-assist rack and...
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    When to De-Winterize

    I live in the Baltimore, MD area and have a 99 Bayliner Capri Fish-ski model with a 3.0 L and Alpha I Gen II drive. The motor is currently winterized with anti-freeze. My question is when is it safe de-winterize the engine: remove the anti freeze and leave water in the block. With the long...
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    1999 Bayliner Capri 1954 Transom Condition Question

    Re: 1999 Bayliner Capri 1954 Transom Condition Question The damaged area seems to be isolated to the left side where the support rod is screwed into the transom. The black through-hull fitting inest to the support rod is for a live well, this boat is the fishing model of the Capri. I...
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    1999 Bayliner Capri 1954 Transom Condition Question

    I have a 1999 Bayliner Capri Model 1954. I've been installing a new swim platform for the boat and been drilling multiple holes in the transom to mount the platform. Today I drilled 1-1/2" deep holes for the support rod mounting screws about 2 inches above the botoom of the transom on each...
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    Stiletto Propeller Question

    I have a 19.5' Bayliner Bowrider with a 3.0L 135 HP Mercruiser and Alpha-One Gen II sterndrive. I originally used a 14.25 x 21, Michigan Wheel Vortex Aluminu propeller. The boat would run about 38-40 MPH at max RPM of 4500. Last winter I purchased a 14.25 x 21 Stiletto Advantage II propeller...
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    Low Gear Oil Reservoir

    Mercuriser 3.0 Liter with Alpha I Gen II drive, S/N 0L420022. At the end of last seaons I pulle the stern drive, replaced water pump, aligned couplings, etc., reassembled with all new gaskets and O-rings and filled with gear oil. After a few outings this year the gear oil level in the resivoir...
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    99 Bayliner Capri Fuel Tank Question

    I previously posteed this in the Bayliner forum, and I'm not sure it applies here, but the boat has an Alpha 1 outdrive. I have a 1999 Bayliner Capri. At the end of last summer and during a few warm days this year I have noticed a strong smell of gasoline from the engine compartment. I also...
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    99 Bayliner Capri Fuel Tank Question

    I have a 1999 Bayliner Capri. At the end of last summer and during a few warm days this year I have noticed a strong smell of gasoline from the engine compartment. I also noticed what seemed to be gasoline contaminating the water that collected in the engine compartment and drianing from the...
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    Fuel System Winterization Questions

    I have a Mercrusier 3.0 L with Alpha One Gen II outdrive that I am preparing to winterize. I have two questions regarding the fuel system: 1. How do you ensure the craborator bowls are drained and fogg the engine at the same time? My thought is to remove the fuel supply at the fuel filter...
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    Water Ski Sizes

    I am new to water skiing-knee boarding-tubing have owned a bass boat for a long time and last year moving into a 19' Bayliner that the whole family could go out on and that could tow a skier. I want to purchase a first set of combination skis but want a set that can be used by the widest range...
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