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    help please.

    i have a 260hp 350ci mercruiser withe no numbers to give you guys. the mech. i bought the engine from bailed so now me and my freinds are finishing up. we got everything put together except the throttle and shifter that mounts on the engine. seen alot of pictures but cant tell cause everything...
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    taking on water

    hey guys. just had a used 260hp mercruiser installed by a craigslist mech and am i getting screwed, but long story short, the boats on a lift on the icw right now and i have to take her a couple of miles to the boat ramp to put her on the trailer. water is comming it looks like from the bellows...
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    few 254s

    i own a 1985 chriscraft scorpion 254 and cant find out any info on this model boat. not even from chriscraft. my biggest concern on this boat is was it made when they were owned by murray or cc or omc? and was it built with the quality that ccs know for or of crap that i have read about that...
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    info.

    hey forum. does anyone besides myself own a 1985 chris craft scorpion 254.i cant find any info on these boats. thanks. tim
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    help please.

    MR S. you showed some wiring diagrams on checkmate99s thread and i was wondering if you could tell me what software you used to draw that up with. i am also doing a rewire while saving for a new engine, not all but most, new gauges, both harnesses etc... ive done what you told him to do, drawn...
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    diagrams

    hey guys. has anyone ever used DIA. software to draw up your boat wiring diagram? and if so, did you use the circuit page or the electric page? looks pretty cool. i saw this women working on her sailboat and she was using a 3-d software. bigsailboatproject.com. very cool.
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    rewiring boat

    when mesuring gauges do you measure on the face or the back of the old gauge? really like them teleflex sterling series gauges. removed boat side and engine side harness.and wrote down every wire on all gauges. alot of snippen old wire ties.
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    new project.

    got boat a few months ago. used it 4 times and all 4 times were brought back to the dock by sea tow. long story. i saw what chriscraft254 did to his boat and how he posted his progress on the forum, so i thought i would do the same being that my boat is going to look JUST LIKE HIS!!!! DAMM what...
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    anybody know ?

    morning forum. i,m having a motor built, 260hp mercruiser and while their doin that i want to rewire the whole boat and i would like to know where i can get wiring diagrams for a chriscraft 1985 scorpion 254. or maybe a universal diagram that i could go by. thanks tim
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    mr S. you were right.

    bought a boat with a chevy car engine from the seventys in it. now i have to change out starter, ignition system plus new carb,fuel line and throttle cable that has neutral warm-up.i"m not a car mech. this is a hell of a lot more than i wanted to do. fell in love with the boat though and im...
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    no speed/no plane

    ok sirs, have some more issues with 2nd time boat. took boat out of jetty, gave it half throttle and it started to move. gave some more and the speed was the same. full throttle and the same, would not go on plane. the water is picked up jn the stern drive, chevy 260 hp 350. on the way back to...
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    engine wont start

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    engine wont start

    have a 260hp mercruiser/alphaone stern drive. starting up one day and saw a spark across the ignition coil while it was cranking. then it tripped breaker. pushed to reset and it would do the same thing. ive been reading the forum for the past week and i saw that a lot of guys were changing a lot...
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    alpha one wont go down.

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    alpha one wont go down.

    long time reader .thank you for all your help with my bass boat. now i have a ocean boat and i need some. We bought a 25ft. Chris-craft scorpion 254 looked lile it was in good shape. got it home and started cleaning it up and now the outdrive wont go down. The trim pump is a saej1171 marine...
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    oil injection removel

    hey guys. got a project myself.a 20ft stratos 1988 with a 93 150 yamaha. i need to remove oil injection system. i just need to know what wires to jump out. thanks alot.
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    Cloudy Finish

    Hi new to Iboats forum really need help. Just got 20' Stratos Bass boat 1988 with 150 Yahama V-pro. Sat out in pasture for 6 years. Tried wet sanding with 1000 grit sand paper and buffing out with Meguiars paste wax and cannot get cloud out of finish. Also need to get model of boat to get...
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