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    Electrical Fire on my 98 Sea Ray w/ mercruiser 3.0...need wiring diagram please

    My battery died on the water today and when we went to jump it off, the leads got crossed and caused a small electrical fire. I am hoping all I need to do is replace the burnt wires and that no components were fired as well. Does anyone have a wiring diagram for my boat/engine? I am having the...
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    Reaching WOT, but not reaching even close to top speed :-(

    Orginally I had a problem with my boat not reaching WOT or top speed. I was only getting about 3,700 RPM and 25 MPH, but now I am getting almost 5,000 RPM but still only doing about 27 MPH. I will tell you that the issue with my RPMs was that my spark plugs were not gaped properly (changed them...
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    How do you properly adjust a shift cable? Engine shuts off when going Fwd and Rev :-(

    I just had my shift cable bellow replaced but now when I shift my boat into reverse and/or forward, the kill switch engages and the engine shuts off. I had it working out of the water on muffs but as soon as I put it in water, it shuts off as soon as I go into gear. I can not find how I am...
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    Mercriuser 3.0 only reaching top speed of 25 mph and 3500 rpm, and steering is tight

    Does this sound like a fuel problem to you? My boat won't reach top speed.PLEASE HELP Does this sound like a fuel problem to you? My boat won't reach top speed.PLEASE HELP I took the boat out yesterday to do a little bit of field troubleshooting (and have a lil fun) and I have question about...
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    Installing a second battery to help with big stereo...need help PLEASE

    I have a 98 Sea Ray 180 and I am installing a new stereo system. I am going to be running a 2 channel amp for my tower speakers and a sub amp for my sub. I purchased a second battery to help out with the much larger power draw. I have never installed two batteries together so I wanted to make...
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    Mercriuser 3.0 only reaching top speed of 25 mph and 3500 rpm, and steering is tight

    I have a 1998 Sea Ray bowrider 180. It has a Mercruiser 3.0 I/O on it. I am having 3 issues with the boat that I want to fix. First of all my top speed I am reaching is only about 25 mph and that is at about 3,500 rpm's. The second issue I am having is that the steering is extremely tight when...
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