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  1. badkins50

    Newest iboat addition has arrive! Its a BOY!

    IT'S A BOY!!!!!! Well here he is an hour old. Saturday 12/19/2010 1:19am 7lbs, 1.4oz 20.5 inch long Finally after 2 daughters, I get my son. MAN OH MAN! Is it too early to be thinking about his first boating trip?
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    3.7L Alpha 1 questions

    Ok I may sound dumb asking these question but other than changing the impeller and removing the outdrive, I've never worked an outdrive before. Right now I have the outdrive off and stored (so I can change the impeller in the warm basement this time). I need to replace the water tube from the...
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    sticky steering

    The boat does not have power steering. The outdrive is a 1984 3.7L Alpha 1. The serial number I got off of it is 6810660 and it has a 1.65R stamped on it. As the season went on I've noticed the steering getting worse and worse, getting harder to turn at both cruisen and no wake speeds, even...
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    getting old fast - no - it's beyond old!

    To everyone that has helped - thanks for everything. Now I'll probably get banned from this forum because of this thread but I have to get this off my chest. For the handfull of 470 haiters in this forum that are always the first to comment about junk, crap, garbage, etc that we have. You know...
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    awesome evening cruisen

    went out to do some cruisen and to catch our first sunset on lake erie as a boat owner and boy ole boy let me tell you if you are any where near to lake erie and have not yet to experience one out on the water, you absolutley have to. it was the wife (pregnant with our boy - finally), good ole...
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    bow stop location?

    I always trailer the boat. When retreiving the boat I do not drive it up the trailer. I can back in far enough to guide the boat up to usually within 2 feet of the stop guide then hook the winch and reel it in (pretty easy). My question is, in your years of experience, when retreiving your boat...
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    Mosquito Lake, Cortland, Ohio

    Every since the start of this boating season I've been wanting to make a trip out to Mosquito Lake. Everything I read about it, sounds like a really nice alternative to Lake Erie which can get pretty ruff pretty fast this time of year with the winds out of the north. Today we were sidelined with...
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    Prop stuck on

    I took the nut and kep ring washer off and the prop will not come off. I wanted to ask how I should go about taking it off before I start at it again and screw something up. Thanks in advance.
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    3.7L Alpha One prop question

    I have a 1984 470 with a 3.7L Alpha One Sterndrive and was wanting to get a new prop and use my current one for as a spare. What would be the correct way to determine the right prop I would need for the replacment? I know it's a 3 blade and I'm more concerned with having a better low end than...
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    question for the 470 3.7l guys?

    Ok, so today we are out on the boat and everything is going pretty good for about an hour or so then while tubing slowly (young daughter new at tubing) the boat starts to spudder and running sluggish and then stalls out all within about a half a minute. I for the life of me could not get it to...
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    Almost forgot how much fun it was!

    Finally got the time to take the boat out for the first time this year. With the boat restore and motor rebuild and a pregnant wife and moving in a new house this was the first time we got the boat out since October of last year. She started right up and ran all morning just a beautiful as she...
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    Outdrive noise

    I have a question for you guys. I have a 1984 Mercruiser Alpha 3.7L outdrive and when I put it in forward or reverse there is a not to bad grinding for a second until it is fully engaged then there is no noise at all. Is this normal if engaging the outdrive slowly? I noticed it when I first...
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    Deck replacing questions.

    I just replaced the decking in my boat with marine plywood (epoxy coated the under side) and was wondering what steps and material I should use to coat and finish the top side. Thanks in advance.
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    1984 Galaxy 19-1/2ft deck repair.

    Ok, here we go the weather is trying to cooperate. I bought my very first boat last October and used it a couple of times before I had to winterize it (I live next to the great Lake Erie in Ohio and the winters suck). While playing around I notice the decking had a couple of soft spots. No big...
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    1984 mercruiser 470 backfiring

    I am looking for some suggestions. I am new to owning a boat although I have pick up a lot of great info from this forum. I have a 1984 Mercruiser 470, 170hp, 3.7 litre with a Mercarb 2brl carb. Things I have already done - replaced the spark plugs, distributor cap, points, rotor, fuel filter...
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