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  1. Friscoboater

    Has anyone seen this? Worn out Gimbal ring.

    I found this on youtube and it looked interesting. Has anyone heard of the gimbal ring getting wallowed out from poor maintenance?
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    Bravo Y-Pipe socket. What to use?

    I am having a really hard time with this new search and I could not find anything about the bolts. They have 12 point nut heads. Where is a good place yo buy sockets to get them off.. Northern Tool? Also does anyone know the size?
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    Is the engine alignment tool for the Alpha the same as the Bravo?

    I have one for my Alpha Drive, but do I need a different one for my Bravo?
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    Oil Pressure Switch pegged. Where should I start?

    I have a 1995 7.4 Bravo Combo and when I turn on the ignition the oil pressure pegs to the right. If I disconnect the sender wire it goes back to the left. There is no change with the engine running. Does that sound like a bad sender (looks new) or a guage?
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    Here I go again!! 1995 Sea Ray 220 Signature Deck and Stringer Restoration SPLASHED!

    Well here we go again. This time, the restoration is not voluntary. Let me bring everyone up to speed. About a month ago the wife and I started looking for a bigger boat to handle the whole family. We looked at at lease 20 to 30 boats all over a 100 mile radius here in Texas. One night I was...
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    1995 Sea Ray 220 Signature Deck and Stringer Restoration

    ************************************************************ This is a condensed version of my original thread to provide instructional help to would be builders. If you would like to read the complete thread (and keep up with new additions to the boat) please click the link below to the...
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    1990's Sea ray build quality ????????

    I have been looking around the past few weeks at boats and I have run across several 92-96 220 and 240 model bowriders and ALL of them have rotten stringers inside the ski locker. It seems that they are not encapsulated, but instead just tabbed to the hull. Does anyone know if this is a common...
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    94 Volvo pent Dual prop questions

    I am looking at a boat that has the Volvo penta dual prop (pictures below). Is this a good drive? It has a 454 300Hp in front of it.
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    late 90s Volvo Penta / OMC questions

    I was looking at a 97 Four Winns yesterday and is had a 5.7 engine, and the Volvo penta Cobra Drive. There is a sticker on the valve covers that say OMC but the drive says penta. Is this one of the ones to run away from?
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    I have another boat in my sights. UPDATE 12-24-2010 SEA RAY 220 FOUND!!!

    As many of you know I found a sweet looking Cobalt a few weeks back that turned out to be totally rotten and the owner was a scam artist. Well I have to say I got bit by the Cobalt bug and one kinda just fell in my lap. This on is a 92 instead of an 89 and 22' vs 20', and looks to be in...
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    Raising the "NEED HELP" Flag. Looking at a boat, and need advise CL LINK ADDED

    Raising the "NEED HELP" Flag. Looking at a boat, and need advise CL LINK ADDED I am a boat addict and I am always looking for a project (see my Glastron restore thread) and I came across what might be my next adventure. So here is what I found. It is a 1989 Cobalt Condurre 202 with a 5.7 Merc...
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    Youtube video of a guy destroying his u-joints

    Thought you guys would like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHZMzlvzfrY
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    How hot is too hot?

    I just saw a post that scared me. He said that 200 was too hot for a boat. For those of you that have not seen my thread, I just rebuilt my boat. New 5.7 new manifolds risers and impeller. When it was really hot out (104) my engine would touch 200 when we were really hammering on it or a wot run...
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    Over powering my prop??????? Updated with video

    I just finished a restoration of my 81 glastron. My sig has all the pictures if you want to see it. Here are the particulars. New 350 with a 252H Comp cams marine cam, aluminum Edelbrock performer intake, and about 9.75:1 compression. Loads of torque with this thing. I am noticing alot of...
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    Cooking the impeller! Video

    Check out this guy on youtube running his boat without water. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdaBMXVjucY
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    Thrashing the u-joints

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytg4QznHqFM
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    Uh Oh! Is my thinking flawed? 2 part foam issue

    I just built two structures in the back of my boat out of 1 inch rigid Ownes Cornering Pink foam. This idea was to create an area for me to pour 2 part foam in for flotation. Here is my question. Is the 2 part foam going to eat the pink stuff until it kicks? I can line the cavity with plastic...
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    Poor guy at the lake yesterday.

    Yesterday I put my boat in the water for the first time after the long winter restoration. When we were loading up and wiping her down a guy pulled his 2009 24' Yammy dual jet out at the same time. I asked him how he liked the boat and he looked like he was going to cry. He said in a thick...
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    I think my lower shift cable is shot, is this the right part?

    So I just put my drive back on after my restoration and my drive will hit Forward but just kinda grinds when you go for reverse, and has a tick when in nuetral. I can stick my finger under the drive and give the shift lever a nudge and it will go into reverse. So, what do you guys think? 1...
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    Idles for about a minute then stalls, then have to reprime

    Little history, Replaced a rotten transom this winter and did a 228 to 260 repower. Ran the engine out of the boat and it ran perfect. It would idle and everything. Now it is in the boat and runs perfect while you have it reving, and will idle for a minute and then will quit. I then have to...
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