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  1. Flyin1500

    What year is my Honda?

    Howdy, I have a 9.9 Honda SN BABL1203835. What year is it? Thanks!
  2. Flyin1500

    Where to lift a mercruiser 120?

    Howdy, I'm in the process of removing my 1984 mercruiser 120 engine. Where do you lift the motor from? The head has the forward lifting point which is pretty obvious, but what about the other lift point? Or is it just the one. Thanks!
  3. Flyin1500

    Shift cable woes.

    Howdy. I have a 1984 Mercruiser 120 with an Alpha one drive. Recently it stopped shifting into forward gear, so I found a mechanic to come take a look at it. The shift cable needs to be replaced he says. Ok fine. Well it turns out that it is an older style cable that threads in the...
  4. Flyin1500

    Best method for changing the oil

    Howdy! I was wondering what y'all use for changing the oil in your sterndrive. I bought one of them cheap electric pumps and it didn't work. I bought the drill pump...didn't work. I spent the money and bought the oil drain plug with the hose that goes out the bilge hole. It was a great...
  5. Flyin1500

    Oil Pan

    Howdy! I have a 1984 Mercruiser 120 with a pinhole oil leak in the oil pan. Will a '96 3.0 litre pan fit this block? Thanks!
  6. Flyin1500

    Leaky Oil Plug

    Howdy, I have a 1984 Mercruiser 120. I noticed oil in the bilge and tracked it down to a leaky oil drain plug. The plastic gasket looked kinda melted onto the plug. I replaced that with a new one, but I'm still leaking oil. It's not a huge amount...maybe 1/4 quart a week....but I'd like to...
  7. Flyin1500

    Fuel pump filter

    Howdy all, I was in the process of inspecting/replacing all of my filters for the upcoming season and had never had the filter changed in my fuel pump. Engine is a 1984 mercruiser 120 and it has the carter low volume pump. Well I took the bowl off of the top of the pump, and there is no...
  8. Flyin1500

    Block id question

    Howdy, I have a mercruiser 120 that has no serial # tag on the block. The only id marks are I'm guessing the casting no's and engine code. It has the "heche in mexico" stamp and then a very hard to read 27700XX . The XX's look like there may have been numbers there, but are either, worn...
  9. Flyin1500

    Break Out Another Thousand

    Well, I was a happy boat owner. Ran my 1984 Mercedes for about 4 hours before the #2 exhaust valve decided to bail and destroy the entire #2 cylinder (pics posted on an earlier thread). So I luck out (at least so I think) and find a rebuilt merc 120 on ebay. Here's the description: This...
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    Cool airliner pics

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    Common shop tools

    DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings& your beer across the room, splattering it against that...
  12. Flyin1500

    I think this is bad

    Last night was out on the lake, the boat was running good at about 3800 rpms and then dies. Tried to restart, to no avail. While cranking it sounded different. Not sure what, but like maybe just the crank was turning. Fire up the kicker and go home on that (tow truck was waiting for us, cuz...
  13. Flyin1500

    LifeSeal vs. 3m 4200

    What are the pros and cons of each? I plan on using one or the other to seal holes for a trolling motor bracket.
  14. Flyin1500

    Trolling motor bracket

    Howdy, I'm trying to mount a trolling motor bracket and my transom is not completely flat. Where I want to mount it, there is a lip where the bracket would not be flush with the transom. So the question is: What to put in there to fill it to be flush. I was thinking a piece of plastic board...
  15. Flyin1500

    Prop q

    Howdy! I have a 1984 Mercedes 17' open bow runabout w/a mercruiser 120 hp I/O. Currently I'm running a 15X17 alum. prop. The manual says that wot rpms should be between 3900-4300. WOT now is 4800 w/ top speed 28ish knots (gps). I would like to get the wot rpm's in the range to get a better...
  16. Flyin1500

    Humor For Lexophiles (lovers Of Words):

    Ok last one. Thought y'all could use a laugh or seven. Enjoy!! I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me. Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest. Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all...
  17. Flyin1500

    Friday Funnies

    Box Donation A married Irishman went into the confessional and said to his priest, "I almost had an affair with another woman." The priest said, "What do you mean, almost?" The Irishman said, "Well, we got undressed and rubbed together, but then I stopped." The priest said, "Rubbing together is...
  18. Flyin1500

    Blonde in the Everglades

    A young blonde woman was driving through the Florida Everglades while on vacation. She wanted to take home a pair of genuine alligator shoes in the worst way, but was very reluctant to pay the high prices the local vendors were asking. After becoming very frustrated with the attitude of one...
  19. Flyin1500

    The other day at the airport...

    One day at a busy airport, the passengers on a commercial airliner are seated, waiting for the cockpit crew to show up so they can get under way. The pilot and copilot finally appear in the rear of the plane, and begin walking up to the cockpit through the center aisle. Both appear to be...
  20. Flyin1500

    Weird battery switch

    Howdy, I have a 1984 mercruiser 120 w/ an Alpha 1 outdrive. I just bought the boat and it has a Perko 2 battery switch. My question is in trying to figure out what the previous owner was trying to do with the switch. The boat only has one battery. Pos. 1 is wired to the starter. Common to...
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