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    Motor dieseling; Timing issues

    Hello, I’m having an issue with my 1988 mercruiser 5.7 260hp thunderbolt IV ign system dieseling while turning the motor off. Usually there’s a sputter or 2 before it finally dies. I read one of the potential causes could be timing. So out on the water today I attempted to adjust timing. While...
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    Prop Sizing - low WOT

    Currently I'm running a Solas Rubex 4 Blade Aluminum 14.25" dia. X 19" pitch. My WOT is 4150 as per the gauge, and GPS speed is 49mph. The boat is a 1988 Chaparral 2100sx with a mercruiser 5.7, I believe the boats weight is around 2800lbs from what I saw in a brochure I found online. The motors...
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    Driveshaft Repair

    ..well, on another thread I have I asked about an oil seal on the vertical drive shaft. This lead to me pulling the outdrive and replacing the gimbal bearing and u-joints. So far things weren't going that great...they just got worse. Gimbal bearing came out easy, tried the 3"pvc trick, which...
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    Alpha One Upper: vertical driveshaft lower oil seal

    Hello, I've spent the better part of 2 days searching for more information regarding the oil seals on my alpha one outdrive. It all started as I was replacing my impeller part of my pre-season maintenance. I pulled the lower half off, and looking up into the opening where the vertical...
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    flooded carb

    hey all, took the boat out for the first time this passed Sunday and 30 minutes in my boat just stalled and would not start back up. I was towed back to the marina, took my boat home, put it on muffs a few hours later and it couldn't have started any easier. the lake I was at is unusually...
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