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    Battery connected backwards

    I took my 16 yo son with me this weekend to get our boat out of storage. He wanted to be helpful so I told him to get the battery connected so I could raise the outdrive for towing. It never occured to me I needed to explain neg to neg, pos to pos as we've worked on the boat together on many...
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    GPS/Fishfinder combos

    I see a number of post on here regarding the combo gps/fishfinders. I want a GPS/fishfinder combo that has excellent chartplotting with very reasonable fish locator capability. I want to use it specifically for salmon fishing Lake Michigan so I want good waypoint charting capability as well as...
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    Metal particles on drain plug

    Im wondering what a normal/acceptable amount of metal contamination is in the lower unit gearcase from a season of use. Got a 1989 Mercruiser Alpha 1 Gen1 coupled to a 5.7L Chevy engine. When I changed the lower unit gear lube for winter layover, there was a small amout of fine metal particles...
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    White chalky film on prop

    I've got a '89 SeaRay 230CC with the 5.7L engine and Alpha One outdrive. The wife and I spend 3 days on the water in Lake Michigan this past weekend and when we pulled the boat out on Monday, I noticed the prop had a white chalky film on it and the trailing edges (cupped area) seemed to be much...
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    How many anodes are required?

    I love this forum and it has given me the information and confidence to do most of the repairs on my boat by myself. Just did a complete drive reseal on my '89 SeaRay 230 CC with a 5.7L Alpha 1 Gen One outdrive. Everything went great and the boat is running better than ever. I read in these...
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    re-assembly of stern drive

    I'm an avid reader of this forum but have run into a situation re-assembling my mercruiser stern drive I haven't seen a post for. I have a '89 Searay 23CC cuddy with a Chevy 5.7L engine and a Alpha One Gen 1 stern drive. I've just done reseal of the outdrive and replaced the gimbal bearing and...
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    Gimbal bearing removal

    I've recently pulled the Alpha One Gen1 outdrive off my 89 SeaRay with a 5.7L. I wanted to change the Gimbal bearing while it was off cause it didn't feel quite a smooth as the replacement I bought. I got a loaner 5# slide bar puller from the local auto parts store and tried to get the bearing...
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    trim gauge adjustment

    Im a newbe here in this forum but I've read and browsed the posts for weeks and felt pretty comfortable tackling the trim switch repair. All has gone very well but after installation, I find the trim sender only allows about half the sweep of the scale on the gauge. Ive got a 89 SeaRay 23 with...
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    5.7L Engine oil

    Does evryone run the Mercruiser 25W-40 engine oil or are others also suitable? I've always run Mobil One full synthetic in my vehicles and have never had oil breakdown or viscosity issues. I see Mobil has a 20W-50 full synthetic available. Anyone see a problem with this in a mercruiser engine...
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    Temp differential on 5.7L intake manifold

    Im new to the forum so I hope you'll bear with me on this. I have a 1989 5.7L 260hp Alpha One in a 23' SeaRay Cuddy. A few weeks ago we got grounded on a sandbar and pluged the drive and engine with a lot of fine sand. Ive replaced the outdrive impeller, pulled and flushed all the lines...
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    Temp differential on 5.7L intake manifold

    Im new to the forum so I hope you'll bear with me on this. I have a 1989 5.7L 260hp Alpha One in a 23' SeaRay Cuddy. A few weeks ago we got grounded on a sandbar and pluged the drive and engine with a lot of fine sand. Ive replaced the outdrive impeller, pulled and flushed all the lines...
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