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    High 5 Prop with tower?

    Going to invest in a couple new props since the one my boat came with is pretty chopped up. Performance is ok, but aesthetically is gross. Keeping as a backup. I'm in a 2006 Bayliner 185 220 hp (heh, at crank, tricksy marketing) merc 4.3l tks. Gonna go 21" 3 blade for cruising, unless you...
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    Ramping for dummies

    Ha! So at the ramp today, waiting patiently to launch my baby, little jeep Cherokee empty trailer cuts me off. Take in stride; listing to Bob Marley and jabbering at me kids. Guy loads his boat, maybe 17' sterndrive. Karma moment; trimmed down outdrive. Scrape crunch tingalingaling...
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    Sudden engine noise and loss of power

    I have an MCM 120 in a 19' Renken Bowrider. Well, out on the water today, I was cruising around at 4200 RPM WOT, and suddenly lost quite a bit of power over maybe 5 seconds, then couldn't get back over 3k RPM at WOT. I also developed an engine knock (doesn't sound like detonation; more like a...
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    WOT, Prop, and Sluggy Embarassment

    Hey All, So, with the wonderful help of archived iboats posts, I took a beat to hell 78 renken bowrider with an mcm 120/mr drive and got her running. PO must have been an idiot (it must have been contagious when I decided to buy it...). Anyway, I'm experiencing a few of odd things that I...
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    Rack and pinion steering - rack stripped teeth

    Hey all - first post, so apologies if I do or say anything silly. I have a 78 renkin bowrider 995 (that was difficult to find out, actually). Anyway, we got the boat for an absolute steal (just over $1000), which I only agreed to after hearing the engine run. It's a a Mercruiser MCM 120, so...
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