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I am stuck and connot figure out why my shifter will not move. At the beginning of this year i got the boat out and did the usual prep and started it to run. When i put the boat in gear forward it was fine. I then engagd it in reverse and it will not return to neutral. It will continue to be...

I am looking for a rough estimate on fuel consumption for a boat i way buy... It is a 1990 226 Baja sport. Had a Bravo 1 outdrive with a 496Mag mercruiser engine. Any thoughts guys? Thanks

Just thought i would share this information that i found... So my cousin's boat has a 92' Merc 3.0L with alpha 1 outdrive. He was having problems with occasional ignition fuse blowing. We testing the amps draw on it and it seemed normal (10A fuse 3A draw) if i remember correctly. Well after...

just thought i should share this with you guys... might get a chuckle out of it.... So sunday a few friends and I stopped where out for a motorcycle ride and stopped at Arbys to eat lunch. Eating lunch my cuz said "hey look at that nice maxum coming down the road..." So i looked and as he...

I have an alpha 1 genII outdrive sitting on a 91 centra cuddy. I had the outdrive off to grease the gimble bearing (replaced the seals when i did) and then seperated the lower unit off to replace the water pump and seals. Now i filled the ourdrive back up with new oil and noticed it leaked quite...

What would be a few of the symptoms for a 71 Johnson V4 115HP that cranks very hard? It has the CDI box on for the ignition and and a sensor ring on the distributer. It has a brank new marine battery and starter. I didn't get a chance to check compression yet. Also when it does start it runs...

I am trying to find out what year and model my outboard is. I looked in the sticky about "what year...." but could not find any info. The serial number is A137303. I was told it is mid 80's and it is a 150HP mariner motor. Any help appreciated

I am wondering if anybody knows a good reference to check out to see what your outboard alone is worth? I looked on NADA book and it seemed like the values where quit low!!! Specifically i am looking for the value of a good running 1985 150hp Mariner motor it had around 500 hrs on it Thanks...

Ok so this is not a real stupid human trick, but you may get a laugh out of it... So i took the boat to the lake yesterday to drop her off at a slip so i could pull the trailer home to paint it and do some maintenance on the old thing. I go in the boat while my buddy launched me. Got the boat...

I recently pruchased a 19' centra cuddy. The boat has a brown stains from the water line down from sitting in the water. What can be done to get ride of this besides sanding and buffing the gelcoat? Thanks, Darrell

Hello i am relatively new the I/O motors. I recently bought a boat 1991 Centra trade winds 19' cuddy cabin weight is about 2400lbs. It has a 135hp 3.0L merc with an alpha 1 drive. At WOT the boat runs about 34MPH and @ 3800RPM's. The prop has this # stamped on it: 18 7812 A40 19P. My question is...

I am looking at buying a 1991 19' Centra Cuddy cabin with a Merc3.0L alpha 1 outdrive. My question is what are some things that i can inspect to make sure i am not getting ripped off. Obviously i am going to run it outside with muffs. Other than running what can i check. look for? Much Thanks...