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  1. dlogvine

    Trailer light wiring

    Tried to put new rear lights with the old wiring. It worked for the old lights at least for the ones that were functional. However when I put new lights, no power. Tried to clean up the ground wire and even cut the old wire close to the tongue. Strange thing, when I hooked up the power wires of...
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    1994 Mercruiser 3.0 stopped cranking after the oil change

    I just got a 1994 Maxum with 3.0L Mercruiser engine. It started at first with the starter fluid but after some carburetor cleaning it was starting well with a little bit of extra gas on the throttle. It was running a lit low on idle, and I'll rebuild a carburetor later to fix it. However, I...
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    Priming the hydraulic roller lifters mercruiser 4.3

    I tried to prime the engine once I inserted the lifters, lifter restricting plate and attached the heads. I soaked roller lifters in oil and tried to get rid of the air inside of the lifters. I tried to compress them using the push rod. Some did move but most did not move much. When I turned the...
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    old style carriage bolt 1/2"x20 - 2"

    I tried to replace my spare tire on the trailer and encountered the following problem. I was removing the nut from the tire spare wheel holding bolt and the nut appeared to be stuck really hard. I used the breaker bar to break this bolt. Thought I could get its replacement really easily in...
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    1993 Mercruiser 4.3 v6 assembly

    I looked at all the diagrams on the web for this engine, none has anything that goes between the camshaft and thrust plate... Im completely lost, it is obvious that when I tighten up the sprocket bolts even finger tight, the camshaft hits the plate and stops spinning, as soon as I loosen up the...
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    1993 Mercruiser 4.3 v6 assembly

    I started putting together the engine that i just got from the shop. Camshaft went inside no problems with the new cam bearings, then went the crankshaft. Measured all the main bearing clearances, all were good. Tightened up the caps. Then went the thrust plate on the camshaft and new timing...
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    1997 Kawasaki 750ZXI broken exhaust hose through hall fitting coupler

    I took my jetski to the lake and noticed significant amount of water in the engine compartment. In about an hour of riding it got about 7-8". First I drained it and let it stay in the water for 10-15 mins but no water was getting inside. I took it to mechanic but they could not find any internal...
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    ​4.3 v6 freeze plug locations

    I started putting together 1993 4.3 V6 Mercruiser. It has no balanced shaft, standard rotation. First thing, I put the freeze plugs. 1.5" brass plugs locations (8 total) were easy identifiable, camshaft plug also (which I would install later after the camshaft bearing inserted. But then I had 4...
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    Chevy 4.3 V6 Vortec Replacement Engine..Carburator vs TBI

    I just purchased a vortec 4.3 v6 block and set of heads. The engine is from a car and it had TBI. Im thinking about reusing the small block and heads as a marine engine. Intake manifold of the original engine was TBI but it was bad. So now im rebuilding this engine, cleaned and rebuild the...
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    looking for a new boat stereo

    I want to replace my current boat cd player. my current cd player is relatively new, about a year old Sony MEX-N5100BT and is a nice stereo, unfortunately due to its location in the lower part of the dashboard it is hard to reach controls while the boat is running. Also the splash guard is...
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    1993 Bayliner Capri

    I bought this boat for one purpose, I needed an outdrive for my other boat. When I looked at the boat it seemed to be completely trashed, upholstery was gone, engine seemed to be frozen, carburator had white powder inside and its valves were shut. Looked like the engine was all rusted out...
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    Rochester Quadrajet carburator rebuild

    I just bought a replacement carburator for my 1992 Mercruiser 4.3 v6. It is Rochester quadrajet carb, but when I tried to find a kit to rebuild it, I could not find any number ID on this carb. It is Rochester 4MV 4BBL carburator but I'm not sure if all these carburators use the same kit or I...
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    Alpha one gen 2 drive shaft scratches

    I was rebuilding an outdrive yesterday and after removing an impeller found that there was some significant scratching on the drive shaft right under the impeller. In other places the drive shaft is smooth and clean. How damaging could these scratches be to the outdrive gears and overall...
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    water in bellows alpha one gen 2 outdrive

    I was going to remove the engine of my 1993 bayliner capri yesterday. So i thought it would be a quick job to remove the oudrive by myself first and then my friend would have helped me with the engine. However, the task appeared a little more difficult then expecter, after removing prop and...
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    US Marine Speedometer trim ring

    Im restoring 1993 Bayliner Capri and the US Marine Speedometer trim crimp ring, about 3" wide is all chewed up and in the latest stage of deterioration. I believe that speedometer gauge is 2.75" diameter. I tried to find something similar on ebay or amazon, but cannot find anything that even...
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    removing bow side panels 1993 Bayliner and 1993 Larson

    Im redoing upholstery on both of these boats and on both front bow panels there is no access to the holding hardware. I've been told that the holding bolts were installed before the fiberglass cap was put on. There are two bolts on each side holding the panels to the center supporting fiberglass...
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    engine head parts container

    Im taking apart mercruiser v6 4.3l engition. I marked all the pushrods, lifters, valves, etc with an oil based marker, but i am affraid that when ill start cleaning them the markings will be gone and ill lose the order for the installation. I wondered if there are any plastic containers with...
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    looking for an moeller electronic fuel sending unit part

    I was checking the fuel leak on my boat and found out that the electric part on the top of the fuel sender was broken. I tried to find this part online but was out of luck. I really don't want to buy the whole unit just to replace it. any ideas as to where I can buy it? thx
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    Indash depth sounder and transducer

    I have a Lowrance 3500 indash sounder with in-hull transducer. However it has a bad LCD display and it shows scrambled digits. I started looking for a replacement of the gauge with the similar one so that I can keep the transducer and not have to install another one. Cannot find the same model...
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    mercruiser V8 5L fuel leak

    Boat is Ebbtide Champione 210 with v8, 5.0 mercriuser engine. I noticed a strong fuel smell in the engine compartment after I run the boat even a little. It shows only after engine start. However I was not able to find a source of this leak. It definitely does not occur from the carburetor...
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