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    The new rig

    2013 Chevy 2500 Duramax. This thing pulls like nothing else I have ever driven. I found myself doing 80 the other day with the boat behind me. I really have to watch the speed because once it gets going on the highway you don't notice the 10K worth of boat and trailer behind you.
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    Bennet auto trim tab controller

    I keep seeing the add on this site for the Bennet auto trim tab controller. I have found myself chacing trim tabs too much and doing stupid things like leaving one all of the way down then lowering the other one to compensate. Anyone have one of these? Does it work well?
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    Valve on raw water inlet for B3

    Don't know if this is a repair issue but I would like to put a valve or seacock on the raw water inlet for my B3. Is there some merc part to do this or do I just need to beasure the tube size from the drive to the raw water pump and head down to the boat store to find a valve that will fit?
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    What RPM Should I Run At?

    I was speaking with a few people at the dock this weekend. We all have cruisers around 25 feet and we all had V8 motors in our boats. Some the 305 some the 350 some Merc some Volvo. The thing that keeped on coming up was what RPM should you operate at. The opinions varried. One guy said he...
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    Symptoms of bad ujoint and gimble and coupler.

    What are the symptoms of bad ujoints and gimble? From what I understand once the drive is off the ujoints may appear to be fine when they are not. If there is suspition of bad ujoints should I just replace them? Also what are sumptoms of a bad gimble and coupler?
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    Few issues with Bravo3 Drive

    Hello all. I have posted a few threads on the individual issues but this weekend I had all of the issues with my bravo3 drive and figured that I would lump all of the issues in to the same thread, perhaps they are related. With that said this is a pretty much new setup. I bought the boat in...
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    Creaking noise when lowering bravo3

    When I lower the drive on my boat I can hear a creaking noise. I only hear it when on the trailer. Any ideas on if this is normal or not? It's a new boat so maybe things need to be broken in?
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    Damage from using non spec oil.

    So it seams on any forum I am on that has anythign to do with a motor there are threads that drone on and on about this oil vs that oil. What I want to know is have any of the mechanics on this site seen issues with customers that do not use the recommended oil? If so what issues have you seen...
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    Oil change drain hose

    Does anyone know what part number I need for my Merc to add the oil change drain hose? I have spent about $200 on various dipstick pumps and they never work. Any down side to using one of these drain plug hose things?
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    Raleigh, NC Jordon Lake meet up.

    It seams there are a few people on here from Raleigh looking to meet other boats. Anyone interested in a meet up on Jordon lake?
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    First Nice Weekend

    Ahhh, First really nice weekend down in NC, went out to the lake it was fun. Reading this sight over the winter I took a page from some of you folks, threw down anchor outside of the docks and watched the show. First weekend included the following crazyness 1. About 4 boats run aground 2. One...
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    Remove Bravo III Drive

    Well the new boat has hit 20 hours. I would like to pull the drive, check the u-joints, alignment etc. It has always made a strange sound and I would like to make sure everything is OK back there. Any advice on pulling the drive? I have watched several utube videos and it seams simple. Any...
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    Adding drains to cockpit floor

    My cockpit has no drains in it. Its kinda annoying. Anyone ever add drains to the cockpit floor? Is this a mojor project that I should just leave as is?
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    What type of grease on Mercruiser do you use

    Lets see if I did everything by the book I would need to keep the followng grease on hand Prop Grease Coupler Grease Trailer Bearing Grease Spline Grease I may not be getting this right or may be missing something. But really I am only going to carry one grease gun with me with one type of...
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    Sunset Beach to Myrtal Beach

    Anyone know cool places in Myrtal Beach to dock up for a night. Me and the GF made our selfs a nice 4 day weekend in June, we were planning on putting in at Sunset Beach and heading down to Myrtal. I know nothing of Myrtal from the water just the boardwalk. Looking for a cool place where we can...
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    Holding tank pump out adapter

    I can't really figire out what size I need for my pump out adapter. It looks like it is 1 7/8 or 1 3/4 What is the more common size?
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    Generator on swim platform.

    Ok folks. I don't want to insight a riot here but lets talk about a portable generator on the swim platform. I bought one and it works well. I am a bit wearr of sleaping with it on but here are my thoughts. 1. The boat points in to the wind, the generator exhause is pointing twards the back of...
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    mercruiser auxiliary trim switch

    Anyone know where I can get one of these for the Transom? It would be nice to not have to crawl in to the boat every time I want to put the drive up and down. I tried goodle but could not find it.
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    Holding tank

    How long do you go without pumping out your holding tank? The boat has been on the trailer for three weeks with a full tank. Am I going to be in for something nasty when I go down to the bat this weekend?
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    emerald island boat ramp

    Anyone ever use the emerald island NC Wildlife boat ramp? If so how is it? I went to the Sneads Ferry ramp a few weekends ago and it was a disaster, low tide drifted in to a marker, got the chain wrapped in the prop, ran agound more times then I can remember etc. I want to know if the emerald...
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