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I have a 1996 Yamaha 1100 Waveraider. Rebuilding the carbs and lots of gunk in one of them. I was trying to get the screws out and one of them rounded off. Banging away with a hammer, trying to make a notch on top of the screw and I broke a piece off the body where the fuel inlet cover is. Body...
I acquired, through a trade, a 1998 Waverunner GP1200 and a 1996 1100 WaveRaider. I took them out at the end of the season last year and they both had low end hesitation. Once up on the water and higher RPM, no problems at all. I winterized them and used marine Stabil running through them and in...
I am thinking someone here will have a suggestion regarding this problem. After de-winterizing my boat this summer, took it out and it ran a bit sluggish. Engine is a 4 cyl 1993 Mercruiser 140 HP with Mercarb 2 bbl. Last summer, it ran fine. It felt like it might be the carb so I rebuilt it with...
I am putting the lower end back on my Alpha One 2nd Gen and have downloaded the manual. I just want to make sure of one thing before I do this job.
There is no gasket between the lower unit and the upper unit, right? Also, is it necessary to put any type of sealant between these two parts? I...
We unfortunately lost an argument with a shallow rock over the past weekend and now have a hole in the leading edge of the skeg in our sterndrive. I will have to replace the lower unit on my 1993 Wellcraft Scarab Sprint and have determined it is a Alpha One Gen Two sterndrive. I have done a...
I am a noob to this forum and to picking the right prop combination for my newly purchased used boat. It is a 1993 18' Wellcraft Scarab with a 3.0 Merc/sterndrive. Took it out this past weekend and it had a hard time pulling my 225 pound body out of the water to ski. Once out of the water the...
