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    Love, Necessity and Pride

    So much for US branded parts...:target: Stuff is even endorsed by one of my favorite sports in the whole wide world...Costs as much as if it had been made here... I only pray that someday soon companies like this and TRW and others find a way to produce our products with American Materials and...
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    Love, Necessity and Pride

    Ain't that the truth!...;) Thanks Minch, Been doing lots of web shopping and right now it looks like rockauto is offering the best parts for the best prices... I'll holler as soon as things start sorting out. The pics are of the gas springs installed and doing a top notch job of supporting...
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    Love, Necessity and Pride

    No Title Geez, time flies... Sorry for the long delay, but even the simple life has a way of throwing wrenches in the works... Nothing too major as to be life altering, just life bothering... I had planned to get going on a bunch of grinding and glassing on the ol Bassassin, but then got side...
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    Love, Necessity and Pride

    gee, I hope these worked... Making some alterations to the rear fishing deck prior to mounting in place... Making clearance for the vents.. Adding spacers to support the cap trim and create the new border... Making cardboard templates for the splash well pieces.... Plywood cut and...
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    Love, Necessity and Pride

    Hi Bill, Sorry bout that...I might have screwed up... :confused: Something is not adding up? I see the pix on both my PC and Iphone... Might I be doing something wrong??? I am using Picresize to resize my pics and am retrieving them from my pic files...?!? J I C.. I will try and upload them...
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    Love, Necessity and Pride

    You betcha H2Odude! No more murky greenish brown waters or salty oceans to deal with...:rolleyes: Hiya Minch! Glad to hear from you...hope all is good with you and yours! After a slight delay, had to run into town and pick up some lag bolts and washers to attach the rollers... The work table...
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    Love, Necessity and Pride

    Got some nice lakes and reservoirs within about an hour, and within a 2-3 hour drive there are many more lakes and reservoirs to explore... Rivers not good for power boats, as most of them are fast flowing, shallow and rocky...good for thrill seeking rafters and kayakers, tho. Although there are...
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    Love, Necessity and Pride

    Hello to all my shipmates here on iboats... I have finally been able to resettle in one of the most amazing places on earth... Colorado! After selling the house in Miami and making two road trips from there to here back in April of last year, we stuffed our belongings in a storage unit and...
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    V-6 Attenuator Plate

    Manufacturer: Mercury Marine Serial Number: 05875380 Model Group: 200 H.P. (V-6) (1978-1988) I have the above engine. Long story, short... Replaced the carbs, runs waaaaay better...check out the links below...
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    Electrical Forum Question/Issue

    Hi Mods, Sorry if this is the wrong place, but I tried searching for a way to PM a mod directly and can't seem to find it... Also figured this part of the forum is heavily frequented by you guys, so here goes... Been trying to get info on boat electrics in the [Wiring Diagrams, How To's, and...
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    Cooling System???

    Serial Number 5875380...Mercury Black Max, circa 1980-82, V-6, 200HP...Give or take from all available sources...:watermelon: According to the diagram below, water should flow up from the water pump to the Exhaust manifold covers, then around the cylinder walls and out through each of the...
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    Hydraulic Steering...Best Bang for the Buck?

    Howdy Iboats, Back again for some more input... Buddy's boat, 1993 Cape Craft, 21' Center Console, 200HP V-6 Mercury w/T&T... Looking to convert to Hydraulic Steering... Been pricing a couple of brands and 600-800 seems like a doable range for a complete kit with pump, hoses, hardware and...
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    Outboard Cavitation Plate Location...???

    Hello Iboats, Been here a bit but this is my first post in this section of the forum... Decided to post this question here to try and get few different points of view... Got a question as to where would be the best location for the cavitation plate of my outboard in relation to the particular...
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    WH carburetors, will these work?

    Hello again, I am in the process of rebuilding/refreshing/replacing the carburetors mentioned in the following posts... http://forums.iboats.com/mercury-mariner-outboards/mercury-v-6-carburetor-jets-643331.html...
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    Mercury V-6, Carburetor Jets

    Hello to all of the Mercury Outboard Wizards out there... This is an engine that belongs to friends boat and I have been slowly, but surely trying to revive it... Serial Number 5875380... From the info gathered so far here on the forum and elsewhere, the best description I have is that it is a...
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    Drilling a hole in the water jacket cover for the installation of a temp sending unit

    Alrighty then, my brain is on overload and feeling quite frazzled! I have spent the last few days looking through every post related to installing a temperature sending unit/ temperature gauge in a Merc. I have found an untold wealth of knowledge, but nothing directly related to my current...
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    Needing a little Divine Intervention...

    Hey guys, Some of you may know me from the restoration section. I am coming on here this evening to ask a huge favor of my boating community friends. My sister in law, Karina, 49 yrs. young, has had a massive heart attack this evening. I would appreciate as many as possible to pray for her to...
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    Sunken Cape Craft, Bringing back to life...

    Hey Iboaters, Just starting an electrical thread about some work I am doing on my buddy's boat... Long story, short... 1993 Cape Craft, 21' Center Console, 200HP V-6 Mercury... He bought it new back in '93...around 2008-2009 he had new stringers and transom done, make a note, less than 15...
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    Upper Motor Mount R&I, 115 HP I-6

    Advice, recommendations, ideas... How do I bust these loose without causing too much destruction?:rolleyes: Purpose: Restoration of engine; strip, clean, prep, paint Intermediate Housing and Motor Bracket as separate units... Been soaking for days and days with every penetrant known to...
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    '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

    Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy I don't know, it is is looking pretty TANK solid as it is...Great lookin structure...by the time you get it all tabbed and 1708'd in, to my inexperienced eyeballs, it looks like you could beach that boat at full throttle and just barely scratch the hull...Heck...
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