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    power steering pump options

    hi all. Had the boat out today north of the key Biscayne bay and noticed a burning rubber smell. Shut the engines down and checked to see if it was coming from the boat or the nearby bridge. OPened the hatch and saw the power steering pump was real hot. Looked to have leaked all the oil out...
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    350 mercruiser problem and solution

    I figured I would post this here for anyone that might have similar symptoms with their boat. I recently re powered my 90 sea ray 280 sundancer. I had a shop do it in Pompano Beach. I've been very happy with their service and they have gone out of their way to help me. After the repower I had...
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    plug threads look rusty after fresh reman'd motor installed

    Hey everyone, I recently purchased a 90 Sea Ray 280 sundancer with twin merc 350's. I had both engines replaced with reman'd long blocks, new manifolds and risers and carbs. I've been having an issue with my port motor not wanting to run under load. I've done the fuel analysis and am about 99%...
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    Exhaust bellows upgrade?

    1990 Sea Ray 280 Sundancer. Twin Merc 5.7 260hp Alpha 1 gen1 drives. As I was redoing the gimbal bearings and bellows on the transom I noticed the Exhaust bellows was not attached to the gimbal housing. It was just a straight firm bellow attached to the transom exhaust port. I was wondering if...
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    Bought a CR outdrive to replace RH outdrive BUT!!

    Hey guys. I have a 1990 Sea Ray 280 sundancer. It has twin merc 5.7 V8's 260 hp. I just had the engines redone. The boat came with 2 RH rotation outdrives and engines. I was told by mercaftermarkets I just needed a counter rotating outdrive and LH prop to change the port side to. So I have the...
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    trim limit and trim senders

    Another question but different from my last post. While replacing the gimbal stuff I also replaced the 2 senders on both sides of the housing on both outdrives with Sierra trim kits. The old ones wires were corroded and broken. My trim switch on the throttle would allow me to trim down but not...
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    gimbal bearing noises??

    Hello, New the forum, and to boating as well. But not new to mechanical stuff. I own a 1990 Sea Ray 280 sundancer with twin merc 5.7 litre alpha 1 gen 1 motors and outdrives. I just spent the last week working on the gimbal bearings and replacing them along with the bellows. I got the old...
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    Ignition questions

    Hi folks, I recently bought a 1990 Sea Ray 280 sundancer with twin merc 5.7 V8's and alpha 1 gen 1 outdrives. The Port motor was running but the starboard was seized. So i ended up having both motor replaced with 2 re manufactured engines. The marine place used my old ignition stuff which I...
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