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    help me price my boat? please?

    Re: help me price my boat? please? thanks hivoltg... i was kind of thinking around 6000 myself. Is it rare to find a boat of it's age with that kind of hrs usage? This family friend just wanted it out of his pole barn so I took it. Educated myself on mercruiser stuff and she only needed...
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    help me price my boat? please?

    hey there. I have a 1996 sylvan barritz 178 with a 3.0 lx inboard mercruiser with only 132 hours on her. interior is immaculate. brand new bellows/throttle cable brand spanking new carb brand new battery all fluids replaced nice trailer brand new boat cover only minor cosmetic scratches from a...
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    help! how much is my 1996 sylvan barritz 178 worth?

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    MERCARB... i snapped the throttle cable screw threads.. help me?

    Let's just say I am a moron. This was going to be my big day in triumph by fixing a boat up. Today was going to be THE day. Last order of business was to put my new mercarb on and fire my mercruiser 3.0LX up for the very first time. Well.. It fired up perfectly! BUT.. I decided to snug...
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    Any help on how to adjust accelerator pump on my 96 Alpha 1 gen 2?

    I am a rookie so let's get that out of the way. Anyways, I am bogging down upon accelerating then get shut down. I know I should rebuild the carb but I am reading that you can adjust the accelerator pump. I'd like to try this but cannot locate how to do it. Any help? thank you.
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    Mercruiser 3.0lx throttle adjustment? little too much travel...

    I did search but could not find any info on how to adjust my throttle. In both forward and reverse, I get about half way to full before I get any rpms.... is there an easy diagram out there or tutorial link I could trouble someone for to help me adjust this thing? Thank you.
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    3.0LX Belt replacement question.....

    First off... thanks for this site and it's continual assistance. So i got my belt on. Took out the four bolts on the top pulley and the two bolts down to the right which had that spacer block to pull out for belt installation. As easy as I thought it would be, I can't get the two bolts to...
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    Question... Mercruiser Alpha One bellows kit.. Where do the "O" rings go?

    So I have fried my brain installing my bellows kit on my 96 Merc alpha one gen 2. I literally woke up dumb from the exhaustion of doing this job. I am not the most technical guy and this job took me through the ringer. Anyways, in my bellows kit there are 6 small 'o' rings and one larger ring...
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    For those removing Gimbal bearing and have an Auto Zone ((solution))>>

    So I am doing a bellow job on my 96 Mercruiser Alpha one 3.0.. I needed to replace the Gimbal bearing and for the lowest I was quoted to remove it was $70 from local area dealers/services places. Anyways, I toyed around with the home made removal tools then thought to look for an automotive...
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    Bell housing gear oil hose question>>

    Thanks in advance. I am replacing all the bellows on my 1996 Mercruiser Alpha one gen 2 and I have just taken off the hinge bolts and have loosened all clamps and am trying to pull the housing off. There is one hose which is for the gear oil that I just can't figure out how to get off (more...
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    Mercruiser Alpha one gen 2... snapped off drain plug in block.. help?

    First post here. Hoping to get some help. I got a 96 Sylvan sterndrive with a Merc 3.0 lx recently which sat for 5 years in a covered barn. She's only got 129 hours but some oxidation has lead to a few issues. The boat was in need of de-winterizing and I needed to tighten down the two drain...
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