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    Head gasket replacement?

    Im going to change my head gasket due to a leak in it. I was wanting to know after taking the distributer cap off and other stuff like this to take the head off, what all electrical things will need to done when its all put back together, like the timing needing to be shot again and stuff like...
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    Engine losing power?

    When running my 140hp mercruiser for around five minutes at 4500rpm it will suddenly drop off to around 3700rpm and starts backfiring and running poorly, and its noticable in the power and speed of the boat when it drops off. I winterized the boat myself and dewinterized it myself (first time...
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    Tree sap on vinyl?

    Does any one know a good way to remove tree sap + stains from the tree sap off of vinyl interior? Thanks for any help.
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    Illinois Winterization

    just wanted know when a good time to start thinking about winterizing your boat was in the state of illinois.
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    More wake?

    I have a 19' searay with 140 gm I/O and the wake is not very good. I new this when i purchased the boat, but is there any way to get more taller wake out of a boat like this?
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    Prop Question?

    What would be an all around good prop (skiing, tubing, cruising) for a 19' bowrider with gm 140
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    GM 140 problems

    Just put a new exhaust manifold on my GM 140. I put it on the water yesterday and when I get on the throttle at about 1000 RPM it begins to backfire. I can slowly push through this to full throttle at 3500 RPM but it isnt going full speed. It will slowly gain speed at full throttle but still...
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    mercarb, rochester flanges the same?

    Need to know if a mercarb carb will fit on a rochester made exhaust manifold?
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    Can anyone PLEASE HELP ME!!!

    I have an 85 searay seville with a mercruiser gm 140 engine with a mercarb, and I cannot find out what year the engine is! Everyone I speak to over the phone is no help. The serial number on it is A465100 and I still have searched all over the web to identify and no luck. Im pretty sure its not...
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    Engine year?

    Can someone please tell me the best way to identify the year of my mercruiser 140? I ordered a manifold for my boat thinking it was an 85 but its not because the part did not fit. PLEASE HELP!!
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    I may have got SCAMNED!!!!!!!!!

    Is there any kind of identification of what year my sea ray seville is? I have the title and it says that it is a 1987 but i know that it is an 1983, is there any way that I can tell what year it is? Does anyone have any sites that I can go to, to tell this?
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    I think I got duped!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Is there any kind of identification of what year my sea ray seville is? I have the title and it says that it is a 1987 but i know that it is an 1983, is there any way that I can tell what year it is? Does anyone have any sites that I can go to, to tell this?
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    What is glassing?

    Not sure what glassing seat to floor is. Could someone explain?
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    Fiberglass chips!!!!

    I have a few chips in my fiberglass on the out side of my boat. They are about an 1/8 inch deep should I worry about these or not. What to patch them with?
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    Exaust manifold cracked!!!!!

    Just took off exhaust manifold on 1987 mercruiser 3.0 and it had a nice sized crack on the inside, my head looked fine. When I looked inside the head on top of the valves I noticed a white milky looking water that smelled like gas, is this normal? Before I took the manifold off I had water in...
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