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I have a BOSS head unit have had in the boat for about 3 summers worked one day and then not the next there is a red flashing light but no other indication there is power to the head unit. I did check voltage to the unit it s good. Has anyone else had this issue would love to get it back...
When i stop the engine and try to restart it doesn't want to start turns over but doesn't fire. When it is running i notice the choke plate just flops around the electric choke does keep it from closing but it will move about 80% of the full movement of the plate. When i have trouble starting...
I have a 3.0 Mercruiser it will start first time fine but after warming up and then sitting 1/2 hour just refuses to fire off. It will start if you shut it down and then start it right back up. Can anyone point me at some things to check that could be causing this
I had a throttle cable issue, over revved the motor thought i had lock up the motor. Pulled the outdrive and found now i could turn the motor over as well as start. Then checked the outdrive seems to turn the drive shaft when rotating the prop by hand in fwd and rev but and not in neutral which...
I have a 1983 3.0 alpha 1 on a 17ft cheetah runabout prop is a stainless steel diameter 14" 19 Pitch
First of all the problem is at about 2800 rpm's(30mph) sounds like it was missing, rattling defiantly a change in the sound of the motor if i push through it will settle back to normal around...
I have read the sticky and followed the alignment procedure there.
I did the alignment and when I push my throttle all the way in forward it locks in counter clockwise and spins clockwise freely go to neutral and it spins both ways and in reverse locks clockwise and spins free counter...
I replaced my exhaust bellows along with the shift cable and u joint bellows went out one time and the exhaust bellows was shredded when i got back.
I did have an major engine failure (broke a rod) but don't believe it over heated would anything other than over heating cause this failure the...
I need some tunes in the ol runabout. I purchased a Boss head unit MR1580DI a set of Infinity Reference 612m 6.5-Inch a set of Infinity Reference 6912m 6 x 9-Inch and a MB Quart Marine NAU460 240-Watt.
I have got a 6in and a 6x9 paralleled for one other 6 in and 6x9 Paralleled for the second...
Does the 3.0 use the same head gasket as the 2.5L car engine? Iboats has the same parts for the 2.5 and 3.0 mercruser head gasket . I had a look online but the pic they have doesnt look the same as my 3.0 gasket.
Should i worry if i drop the oil pan and find this :facepalm:
I think this was caused by my timing way to far advance cause i am a dumb *****
What do you think freshly rebuild motor
OK,
So i have had my out drive off a couple of times and also the throttle off to replace the vinyl. I cant get my alpha one out drive into reverse. Looking at the shift shaft on the out drive it looks like it points striaght forward when in drive then about 40 deg clockwise in neutral and...
Re: 3.0 Mercruiser dumping water
you may have this problem to. Due to no water going out the exhaust. I had the same problem with a boat i bought last yr. I think its called a water pick up tube(correct me if i am wrong). It runs between the lower and up unit. Its suppose to be a tube and...
I bought a boat and am restoring it and soon will be ready to splash it. I would like to know what you all think about what to store on the boat. As far as what is required I know i must have a life jacket for each passenger and a fire extinguisher what else is REQUIRED. Tools I would like to...
Ok know that the vinyl is almost finished looking ahead to the the next upgrade. The last vinyl that will be changed is the dash panel I would like to upgrade the dash. After looking at pricing for gauges I will keep the ones that are in the dash it looks like they all are working. I am going to...
Re: 1984 Cheetah 170 restore
Ok know that the vinyl is almost finished looking ahead to the the next upgrade. The last vinyl that will be changed is the dash panel I would like to upgrade the dash. After looking at pricing for gauges I will keep the ones that are in the dash it looks like...
Re: 1984 Cheetah 170 restore
another pad done I have one more and the dash to finish and then all the vinyl will be completed the other side pad will have to be rebuild due to rot it was funny one side was perfect the other side was about half gone. Here are my latest pics. It still needs its...
Re: 1984 Cheetah 170 restore
This weekend no real work done on the boat my mother was in town so after she left I decided to pull out the cat and reclaim my work shop. So was lucky to get a good pick
