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    Am i supposed to have a "pee hole"

    I have a 1972 165 hp l6 250 ci mercruiser with a pre alpha outdrive. It is raw water cooled. Should I have some kind of "pee hole"? I see the water go in but I see no where that the water is coming out besides a little in the exhaust. I have a coonection on the side of the block for hooking a...
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    Bilge pump hook up?

    I have a rule 200 gph non-automatic bilge pump and I dont know which wire is Pos or Neg. There is a brown wire and white wire. I am hoping someone else has this same pump and can let me know which is which, thank you!
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    Bilge pump hook up?

    I have a rule 200 gph non-automatic bilge pump and I dont know which wire is Pos or Neg. There is a brown wire and white wire. I am hoping someone else has this same pump and can let me know which is which, thank you!
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    Can I do this or am I messing up?

    My down button on my tilt is broke, nothing else is wrong. Is it ok if I buy a momentary toggle switch, marine of course, for $20 and wire it to my solenoid myself instead of paying $90 for a set of tilt switches to replace. I will wire into my ignition so it only works with key and use nice...
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    Is 180 degrees too hot?

    I have 2 options for running my engine at home. I have not yet run in water. I can either hook my hose directly to the engine block, which does not allow the temp to even reach 100. Or fill a drum and lower the drive into it. When I did this the temperature reached 180 degrees in about 15...
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    Is my alternator working?

    I have a brand new battery. I am not running into any problems so far I just was testing to make sure everything was fine before taking the boat out on the water. When I measure volts across my battery with the engine running I get 12.21 volts. But if I go to the alternator and measure from grnd...
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    Could my starting problem be due to not being in nuetral?

    I have a 1972 165 hp 250 ci straight 6 with a pre alpha out drive. I recently purchased this boat as a project and up to a week ago it ran fine. I hooked uo a water hose and out it in gear to make sure the drive was working fine, it was. Now when I try to start it just cranks and cranks...
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    Manually tilting mercruiser?

    Hey everyone, My tilt only works when I attempt to trailer the outdrive. I just bought this boat and would like to take it on a little test drive. Does anyone know if I can manually lower it so I can do this? I have a 1972 Thompson offshore fish with a 165 hp, 250 C.I. engine. i am not sure of...
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    Fuel turning orange!! Wont burn!!

    I recently purchased this boat with an aluminum gas tank in it. I put some gas in it and immediately clogged my electric fuel pump. I think there was leftover gas that had turned to varnish. I removed the gas tank. replaced the fuel outlet hose, blew compressed air through my fuel pump and then...
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