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  1. mike64

    Bearing grease question

    Getting my boat going again after it sat for two seasons. Got the motor running again, now I'm seeing to the trailer. I replaced the bearings and races about 5 seasons ago and added marine-style anti-corrosive grease. I looked at the grease and it's a little milky looking so some water got...
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    Down to one boat

    Hey, it's been awhile. I haven't done much boating in the last year or two. My first boat that I bought 7-8 years ago was an old Saf-T-Mate. Then a few years ago I bought a bowrider for tubing with the family. I couldn't bring myself to part with the old Saf-T-Mate though, much to my wife's...
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    Generator: to fix or not to fix?

    This is more of a cost/benefit/hassle question than a repair question... Got a 4800 watt Champion generator, about 2-3 years old but only used about 4 times. The engine runs fine but it stopped generating electricity. Tests pointed to the stator, and sure enough when I took it apart the stator...
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    Refinishing wood trim on '86 Rinker- is it teak?

    Bought a 17' 1986 Rinker- after the triage of working on the trailer first, then the mechanical maintenance on the boat, I'm finally at the point where I can work on the cosmetics. Got a question on the wood trim on the boat, of which there is quite a bit. I'm not really asking about how to...
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    1986 140hp Alpha One drive removing lower seal on driveshaft housing

    In this thread I got advice on a tricky reinstall of my gearcase, then I found the remains of part of the lower driveshaft housing seal stuck up in the receiving splines: dubs283 advised removing the rest of the old seal with a 2-jaw puller, but I was not able to find a 2-jaw puller of a size...
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    140 alpha trouble replacing gearcase

    After replacing the impeller, I'm trying to get the gearcase back on but every time I get it to within a half inch and it will not go any further. I think I have the shift shaft in the housing because I can move that little tab on the housing and feel it moving the shift shaft. Any tips? I...
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    a few '86 merc 3.0 impeller replacement questions

    1/2 way through replacing the impeller on the boat I recently got. These are simple questions which I probably could have figured out myself if I finished the job today, but I had to stop to do something else, then I grabbed some dinner and it started raining AGAIN:mad: so I will finish tomorrow...
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    Is this what a new impeller is supposed to look like?

    Finally a day without rain, so I got a chance to remove the gearcase to take a look in there and replace the impeller on the boat I recently bought. Good thing, since it had a broken fin. But when I opened the impeller replacement kit, which says it's genuine Mercury on the package, the inside...
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    Bought a newer boat, took the older boat on one last(?) run yesterday

    So I recently bought a '86 Rinker, which is still a pretty old boat but a youngster compared to my '71 Saf-T-Mate. Wanted something a little more suited to tubing with the kids. Wife tells me I need to sell the old boat now. I tell her, "but the old boat is set up for fishing- the new boat for...
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    Wiring problem traced to tow vehicle but more confused now- look what I found

    So a boat I recently bought had a right turn light not working. The guy said he swore he fixed the light, and it was working on his vehicle. It worked a little but was really dim. I figured it was a ground problem and I'd just rewire the whole trailer. The right light wasn't working at all when...
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    Good candidate for the annual "Most clueless ramp blocking" award?

    Finally got on the water for the first time this season. So we've all seen people taking their sweet time at the public launch loading gear on their boat and getting it ready right at the ramp. Yesterday a guy was installing his outboard onto his tinny at the ramp! Wasn't that big a deal since...
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    Question on 140 gen1 gearcase impeller replacement

    OK, learning the engine & drive on the boat I just bought- i'm getting ready to replace impeller on the outdrive. I have the manual I got from here, been reading links, even watched a video on youtube, so I think I have a pretty good handle on it. Only part I'm not sure of, I know I have to...
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    No boat work this weekend- total rainout

    42 degrees and a steady hard rain. Yesterday was a little warmer but also a rainout. The rain did slow down long enough for me to do some grilling yesterday, but that was about all I accomplished outdoors. I can't do anything to the '86 bowrider I just bought. Got a trailer to rewire, impeller...
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    Found a whole mess 'o morel mushrooms right in my backyard!

    Guess our season runs a little later than Tyme2fish's does. My wife says "isn't that a morel?"...so I start looking around and find all these: Gonna cook em up to with some filet mignons I'm going to grill tomorrow, yum.
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    Tip for the day: when buying new hubs, make sure they're not longer than the old hubs

    So the '86 boat I just bought had a missing bearing buddy on one trailer wheel, and I figured the bearings and races would be shot, which of course they were. I took the old ones in to the local trailer shop to get replacements, and the guy there, who was very helpful said, "why not buy new...
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    '86 Rinker oops...drilled right through my transom

    Just picked it up. Transom seems solid, but when I got it home I noticed the lower right screw holding the swim ladder on was loose. When I removed the screw I saw it was installed with no waterproofing at all, not even silicone. I thought "uh oh" because I had transom rot in my last boat from...
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    1986 mercruiser 140 oil change question

    I just bought a 1986 Rinker boat with a 140 mercruiser engine. I'm trying to figure out how to drain the oil to change it (my only other boat is a 2-stroke OB, so changing oil is something I've only had to do in a car or riding mower). Don S kindly provided the service manual for my engine, and...
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    Questions about service manual for '86 Merc 140

    I just bought a 1986 Rinker with a Merc 140, Alpha One outdrive. I want to get a service manual- what's my best option and what's the correct service manual for my engine? I have the serial numebr off the engine, but the drive and alpha one serial numbers were near impossible to read. I'm...
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    I bought a 1986 Rinker bowrider!

    I decided the news deserved a new post instead of adding to this one: ;) http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=473169 I checked the boat out earlier this week and it looked in great shape for its age- I think it'll clean up real nice. So I got a water trial yesterday, and that sealed the...
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    Looked at a '86 Rinker today

    First boat I've gotten a chance to look at since I started checking online- boats have been flying off Craigslist this season. This one was a little cheaper and older than some others I called on and they were already sold... seemed like a good deal for the money but I'm not so sure after seeing...
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