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    Change outboard motor height

    Does anyone have suggestions on how to change the outboard motor height at home with a boat on the trailer? I need to drop my 2017 Mercury 115 ProXS down one hole on the transom of my tritoon, but unfortunately both the upper and lower mounts in the motor mount have holes instead of one set...
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    What do you pull your boat with?

    Ecoboost Expedition
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    New Tritoon - with new center log damage

    Hi all. A little background here, this is our 3rd boat, but first new boat and first 'toon. We bought this 21' Lowe tritoon new in June of this year. At a local lake this weekend we somehow stumbled upon a tall tree stump in about 9' of water, it had to have been maybe a foot under the...
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    New starcraft owner!

    Well, after a long wait my uncle has finally decided to sell me his 1988 Islander 221v with 4.3 Mercruiser. Not having a garage or carport to keep this under my first order of business is finding some sort of cover for it. It's coming with a snap in cockpit cover but of course I want to...
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    Show Yer Boat II

    Our 2008 Caravelle 217LS w/ VP 5.0GXi bought used in June of 2014 from the original owner with 39 hours on it. It's basically a brand new boat at half the cost. :) We doubled the hours on it in our first 3 months of ownership.
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    What do you pull your boat with?

    I haven't towed anything with it yet but last week I acquired a 2014 Ram crew cab hemi 4x4, 8 speed with the 3.92 rear posi and tow package. I'm pretty anxious to see how it does with some weight behind it. My previous tow vehicle was an '09 Ram with the 4.7,2wd, and 3.55 open rear, after not...
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    Boat buying and selling

    Well, I put our little 18' '98 Mariah out on Craigslist 2 weeks ago at $2,000 above Kelly Blue Book just thinking to myself "that is what it's worth to me", but not really expecting any bites.. Two days after I listed it I had a couple show up, they complimented me on the condition of it...
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    Glass owner here dreaming about a tin cuddy

    Re: Glass owner here dreaming about a tin cuddy I checked into this one and got some more pictures.. He bought it in 2005 from a guy in Florida who says it was only used in fresh water.. It has no hour meter and when he bought it it'd been damaged from a tree falling on it which mangled the...
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    Glass owner here dreaming about a tin cuddy

    The wife and I currently own an '18 fiberglass bowrider and while it's a nice quality made boat I've found myself lusting after a tin cuddy. An uncle of mine has a mid 80s 22' Islander with a 4.3v6, and I love it! My only hang up is that i'd much rather move to an outboard after having done a...
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    Alpha 1 Gen II slow coming out of foward into neutral

    On my 1998 Alpha One Gen II 3.0 I recently did a bellows job along with a lower shift cable replacement. I adjusted the new shift cable per the merc manual and ran it on the muffs in the driveway to verify proper forward and reverse engagement. Fast forward to yesterday, the shakedown run to...
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    Completed my first bellows job - Alpha 1 gen II

    Well, I have a new found respect for Mercruiser mechanics. I've done my own auto repairs for 20 years including a couple engine and transmission rebuilds and I have to say, this was no picnic. My goof ups: I when I was pulling the bellhousing off I broke off the barbed end of the oil monitor...
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    Best source for OEM Quicksiler bellows kit

    Hey fellow boating addicts. I'm going to be doing the bellows on my '98 Alpha one Gen II this spring as the originals are starting to show some signs of cracking and well, it's time. Do any of you know of a place online where I can get the quicksilver bellows kit? I see everyone has the...
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    Show Yer Boat II

    Re: Show Yer Boat II Our 1998 Mariah Shabah 182 pulled up in the soft sand at the south end of Norfork late last summer.
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    First impression of a Solas Amita 4 blade aluminum prop

    Just thought i'd share my experience here. 1998 18' bowrider, 3.0L 4 cylinder, Alpha One Gen II, family of 4, beach gear, full tank of gas (30 gallons). Prior prop was a Michigan Wheel 21 pitch 3 blade aluminum in excellent condition, boat was pretty slow to get on plan, wouldn't pull me up...
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    Who will brave the memorial weekend madness?

    We won't be boating near home this weekend, the lakes within a couple hours of St Louis will be nuts. I'm taking Friday off so I can get the boat cleaned and packed, as soon as the wife gets home from work we're loading up the kids for the 5hr drive to my father's place at Lake Norfork in...
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    House A/C

    Any hvac folks on here? I am rather curious how long a home A/C system should last... Maybe it's living near a big city, but it seems as though people sure jump on the "don't fix it, replace it" bandwagon pretty easily. I live in a 16 year old neighborhood, many of my neighbors have taken the...
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    Homemade Submarine - Cocaine Sub Hunt - National Geographic.

    Saw this yesterday.. If you skip through the video to about the 5:00min mark you'll get straight to the good part. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpvUu0xwNb8&feature=related...
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    Cool boat building video

    It's rather long and has some promotional/sales goo in it, but this is the most detailed boat building video I've found so far. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmHZf-tujag&feature=player_embedded
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    Deer carcasses being dumped in the subdivision.. ideas?

    There is a creek that runs under a bridge at the entrance to our subdivision, it also happens to be where the bus picks up the kids. Three deer carcasses have appeared in the creek in the last 2 weeks (visible from the road and bridge), two of them are partially wrapped in plastic, the third...
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    Skin Cancer, again

    So here I sit, age 33, diagnosed with Basal Cell skin cancer for the second time. 1 1/2 years ago I had the unpleasant experience of having a chunk of forehead skin the size of a quarter removed, then got stitched back up by a plastic surgeon. This time I have one the size of a dime on my back...
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