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    Need help with steering cable.

    Picture?
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    4.3 Mercrusier carb questions

    You could help us by letting us know which carb you have, but both the mercarb 2bbls and the weber 4 bbls are easy enough to rebuild.
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    Best way to fasten bow rails?

    Actually gives me hope that the screws can actually do a decent job. Embarrassed to say that the plan for the bow is now new screw holes-->4200-->send it until it breaks again.
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    Best way to fasten bow rails?

    Yeah, looked just like salt corrosion/finish bubbling. 4 new SS cleats incoming...
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    1997 5.7L thunderbolt ignition. Slow crank

    Not the ignition system. Engine less likely if only hot and you've ruled out a hydrolock.
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    1997 5.7L thunderbolt ignition. Slow crank

    Pics maybe? Ohm out the block-->battery neg to see if you're missing something. Bad ground could definitely get worse if it's hot. Either way, easiest/best thing to do is run a proper ground like AD said.
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    Best way to fasten bow rails?

    Still haven't got around to fixing... But it would appear that the life expectancy on hull fittings on a budget boat is exactly 40 years. Coming back yesterday, "hmm, didn't we dock with the stern facing the other way?". I swear the cleats don't look like this was possible. On the plus side, the...
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    1997 5.7L thunderbolt ignition. Slow crank

    So the batteries need to be grounded to SOMETHING or else nothing would work. If not the main ground strap, do you have a small wire connecting the harness or something? Can't imagine that any situation without a proper ground from the starter would work well for long.
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    Dolphins

    Yup, swimming all around/under the boat. Super fun in the skiff. The boy reaches over and can touch them
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    Dolphins

    Out on the water yesterday, going to grab a beer, and ran into a pod of dolphins. Our area is incredible, people get the wrong idea when they hear "river". It's really not like anywhere else that I've been before. A lot of them out this year, sometimes we'll get 100, swimming right around the...
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    Retirement Financial Planing

    I tell my children every day that my inheritance is only going to one of them. So we have a contest every day as to who the favorite child is. (And if either of the children die under suspicious circumstances, that's a disqualification). My mother is appalled. As far as actual financial advice...
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    What is your worst day on the water?

    Yeah, this night. https://forums.iboats.com/threads/my-boat-sank-part-ii.750533/ Found yet another corroded connection, just when I thought that I've replaced everything. Fuel pump relay, 4 hours to rewire everything yesterday. Also, I feel zero obligation to keep everyone entertained/fed the...
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    Artificial Intelligence

    You need new material. See post #33
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    Mercury 25hp throttle/shift cable replacement?

    Certainly a possibility. I can't find a spec for the travel though, which would be nice
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    Artificial Intelligence

    Great explanation
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