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  1. nola mike

    Any reason to fix my wiring kludge?

    My 25 hp '04 2 stroke had a hard time starting, then left me dead in the water. Short story, no spark. Took me a long time to trace it to a partial short in the engine harness connector, which was leaking 3v into the kill switch circuit. Thought it was in the key switch, since I had the box...
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    Mercury 25hp throttle/shift cable replacement?

    Just a quick update. The part in question is actually #29, and it includes that whole metal arm attached to the throttle cable, bearing in the middle, second metal arm, and the piece in question (the brass pin thing in the middle). Still am not sure how that was initially fastened, but I was...
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    Hull cleaning

    When does that happen?
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    2002 crownline 305 mercruiser

    Same. Left the sensor in place as a plug
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    Found bolt in 4.3 bilge. Please help identify

    Your boat has apparently been running too well.
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    Mercruiser Alpha One part

    Post a serial #
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    Found bolt in 4.3 bilge. Please help identify

    I've found enough hardware in my bilge over the years to dress a whole other motor. And enough tools to make it happen.
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    Mercruiser Alpha One part

    You lost them after you overheated the motor/ran it without muffs
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    Hull cleaning

    Nope. I like it that way. Then I don't have to worry about people messing it up
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    Found bolt in 4.3 bilge. Please help identify

    Edit: unless coupler bolt as mentioned elsewhere... For some reason I was/am thinking that the coupler bolt was sae even on the metric block. I do believe there's an inspection port on the flywheel cover though.
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    Found bolt in 4.3 bilge. Please help identify

    There are about 50 of those bolts on the 4.3. I'd guess flywheel cover, but also accessory mounts, grounds, harnesses, etc. Not critical whatever it is.
  12. nola mike

    Best way to fasten bow rails?

    Not cutting foam. Prepared to die on this hill. I REALLY want riv-nuts to work though. How am I fastening the plate?
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    Best way to fasten bow rails?

    Yep, that's my boat. Well, sure Scott, of course I know the correct way to do it ;) Problem is that in addition to the vertical fiberglass behind the bolsters, is that the whole area is foamed in. I'm guessing there's some sort of a wood backer in between the foam and fiberglass, which I'm also...
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    Hull cleaning

    I found that trick a while ago. Amazing. Nasty stuff though, wear goggles (seriously).
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    2003 Crownline oil reservoir fitting

    Cool, never seen that. Would love for my gen 1
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    Best way to fasten bow rails?

    My bow rails are treated as olympic grade gym equipment by my guests. They are not. OEM fastened with wood screws through the glass and into who knows what (if anything) beneath. They have ripped out more times than I care to count. Tried repairing holes with glass, epoxy, using embedded machine...
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    Knocking sound from my Alpha One Gen 2

    The order to do all of this in, as mentioned above: 1. Drain oil. May not have shavings in it if it was just filled and hasn't been run much 2. Take off top cap and look at upper gears. Those gears/bearings can rust/pit if stored dry 3. Run motor with drive off, to confirm that that's your problem.
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    Knocking sound from my Alpha One Gen 2

    Gimbal checked just by feels. Ujoints ime can still feel ok but be bad. Did you store the drive without oil? First thing would be to drain/check for metal, pull top cap to inspect gears, and pull the drive and run the motor off a hose to try to isolate the problem a bit more.
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    Strange Previous Owner Hack Job..?

    There's a write up in the stickies going over the TB-IV and V. Agree with scott, if the 4.3s had knock sensors, they're rare. The TB-V has a bit more sophisticated advance map, but without a knock sensor I'm not sure how much of an upgrade it is. Bottom line is the TB-IV is just fine. I thought...
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    What are these on + terminal?

    That red wire beneath the buss/breaker is going to go at some point
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