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    Time for a ‘new’ boat?

    Another thought it may be worth your while to pickup a trailer and expand your buyer base.
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    Time for a ‘new’ boat?

    @tpenfield I saw your post. I felt your listing was lacking. Just offering an opinion but the vast knowlege and care and meticulous maintenance and new upholstry and all that youve show us here was not conveyed in your post. It looked like everyother 330 posted for sale out there. I’d never...
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    Bravo 1 transom u bolt size

    Go get the JR marine ubolt. Much better than oem. http://www.jrmarine.com/products/3017.htm
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    Replacing gear lube hose between transom and bell housing

    Slice the hose along then length to get off of barbed pieces, use new piece of hose. The only way to do it.
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    Mercruiser 6.2L MPI overheating

    Its about any water that is in suspension with the drive lube when you drain it and moisture in the air that moves in when the lube drains. That moisture cause rust when sealed in with no new drive lube.
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    Mercruiser 6.2L MPI overheating

    DO NOT do this. I had a drive I drained and due to a health issue/surgery didnt get back to filling up until the beginning of the next season. Some gear and bearing surfaces flash rusted. the mercruiser spec gear lube has special water dispersants in it to help handle a higher percentage of...
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    Bravo 3 gear ratio

    I believe the bravo 3 was sold 3 ways: 1.8, 2.0, and 2.2. The turn method alldodge mentions should tell you.
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    How to Winterize: risers specifically

    Update: we’re supposed to get down the teens in a day or so. Went out to the boat, disconnected the hoses feeding the risers and pulled out about 10-12oz total of raw water in total from the 4 risers. The starboard risers had effectively no residual water, would say it was 6oz from each port...
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    How to Winterize: risers specifically

    Bought a new closed cooling 383 mercruiser stroker with the single point drain. However can not figure out if the exhaust risers need draining. I have poured through the manual and interwebz but nothing specifically calls out draining the risers. Ive opened the drain plugs and emptied the raw...
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    Sterndrive Hinge Pins Question

    You need a 41/64 drill bit and the 5/8-18 helicoil kit or the permacoil kit #1208-210
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    Sterndrive Hinge Pins Question

    I stripped both hinge pin threads out this season. The helicoil kit worked great incase yours do strip out.
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    What caused this? Blown head gasket, cracked block between cylinder 4&6

    350 mag mpi twins with bravo 3s. Port engine started having trouble starting when hot, had to crack the Throttle to start it. This weekend noticed some unusual sounds when starting between tuber riders. Temp gauge did nothing out of the ordinary since 3 years Ive owned it brought it home to...
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    IAC and Coil Part Numbers?

    looking for part numbers for the IAC idle air control valve and ignition coils. Have Formula BR280 with Model: 350 Mag MPI 4442067M1 SNs. Drives: 0L745506, 0L745507 2.00R Engines: 0L643912, 0L643910 Transom: 0L838995, 0L838998
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    Prop Help - Formula Br 280

    2000 formula 280BR. Twin 350 Mag mpi with bravo 3s, 2.0 ratio. Tried hill marine 4x4 24 p props but considering going down to 22. Loaded with 6 adults and 7 kids under 8 years old, I could only muster 3800 rpm at 38 mph via gps. This was the best result i could get playing with trim and tabs...
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    Marine toilet, which valve: brass, stainless or plastic

    I repaired the jabsco manual toilet similar to whats pictured here and when I removed the pump, a lot pf water/RV antifreeze came out of the discharge hose. I was lucky that no poo water was present at it has been flushed but if I ever had to do this job down the road, I want a valve between the...
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    Anti-seize recomendation

    achris you, long ago, recommended an antiseize or grease for underwater bolts? do you remember what it was?
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    Closed Cooling? Which one to buy?

    I’m trying to figure out which closed cooling system to go with. I have narrowed it down to Orca sold by Hardin/CP Perf or Monitor sold by Perf Protech. There is a significant price difference between the two; Orca is going for about $1600 each. The Monitor system through performance Protech is...
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    Going to closed cooling - oxalic acid flush?

    Twin Merc 350 mag engines, changing over from raw water to closed cooling. I remember another member, maybe tpen
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