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    questions on electric brake installation 02 Chevy

    The regular pulling vehicle to take the new-old boat to the lake will be an old 02 1/2 ton Silverado. Some snowy Saturday this winter want to add electric brakes to the trailer and set the truck up run it. If someone who has been there before would take a look at the following two pics to...
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    Adding electric brakes to boat trailer...

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    question on driving out a gimbal bearing

    Have a plate and attached gimbal from an old Mercruiser 165 that is a good spare that needs a home on a buddy's boat. It needs a bearing though. Is it ok to drive the bearing out from the rear since everything is all out on the bench? Or is there some greater risk of breaking that lip where...
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    fuel overflow line --- any way to avoid losing fuel

    1980 17' Glastron. The boat accepts fuel fine. Actually fills surprisingly quickly. When it's full it pukes fuel back out the overflow fitting as one would expect. Problem is the overflow line is a straight shot back to the overflow fitting. It's about a five foot line to the fitting on the...
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    Question how to tow on the water

    Just read a thread discussing helping out (or not) a stranded boater on the water. Made me realize I didn't know something that might be important someday. If being towed am I correct that you tie off to the bow ring? And if towing you tie off to the rings that a skier or tube line would go...
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    wet shift shaft cable question

    1980 vintage Mercruiser 165. Changing shift cable and have a question. Inside bellows and length of outer cable housing is dry. When removing cable gut the inner housing and cable gut are wet for much of its length. If it's dry outside how is it wet inside? As with much else on this thing...
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    Which Prop -- Just Starting Out and Expecting to Have to Change

    Buddy just called who has been doing the old boat resurrection thing all summer. His and mine have been somewhat twin/dueling projects. He is now very close to putting his in the water the first time. Neither of us has a clue as to the voodoo that props do. He's got two props in hand...
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    Part number help please -- gasket between elbow and transom Mercruiser 165

    Hope I've got the terms right. My Mercruiser 165 parts manual doesn't show this so am assuming it's considered an engine part. The parts manual I've got doesn't show engine parts. What I'm calling the exhaust elbow is the tube with the flapper valve in it. I need the gasket between it and...
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    Shift and Shift Interrupt Problem on Mercruiser 165

    Not sure if I have one problem or two but have two separate things going on. Advice from those familiar once again offered in terms that someone who isn't might understand is appreciated; please. Here's what's going on: 1980 Mercruiser 165. It shifts in to forward and reverse on muffs. When...
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    Are there options to carpet?

    Old boat may get new carpet over the winter. What's there is surprisingly in tact but it's faded and won't really clean up well any longer. Are there options to carpet that people have had success with? It's a fiberglass over wood floor.
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    Questoin: Does this speed suggest appropriate prop versus gearing?

    Had boat on the water this past weekend after it had been out of service for a long time and worked on a lot over the last several weeks to get it ready. Have read threads where a proper choice of prop was suggested relative to engine speed and gearing. Since I have no idea what the prop is...
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    shift cable adjustment and engine dieing problem -- hopefully related?

    1980 vintage Mercruiser 165 that has gotten a lot of work in the last months bringing it back from years in mothballs. On muffs I thought all was ok and ready for the water. Took it to the lake Sunday and discovered two hopefully related problems. So once again seeking guidance from the...
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    Single solenoid versus double solenoid interchangeability

    My 1980 new to me old boat has a dual solenoid trim pump. With some spare parts also have a single solenoid pump out of a maybe five year older boat. Are the pumps themselves interchangeable? Just wondering if this single solenoid part is worth keeping around as a spare.
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    MC1 Trim Pump -- What's the screw just above the fill hole

    Just above and behind the fill hole (large flat headed screw) is another screw. On mine it is not tightened down all the way. Is this a vent screw in to the reservoir? Should it be down snug? Or is it supposed to be up? If so how far up and what is it's purpose. I found it pictured in the...
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    Trim limit switch adjustment MC1 -- A little help

    Last thing to do on this boat project is adjust the trim limit switch. Have done it. Just not sure it's done correctly as the "out" switch by itself only brings the drive up from all the way bottomed out to about 1/3rd of the way up. To go higher than that have to use the "up" and the "out"...
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    Throttle "feel" and potential cable adjustment question

    This may be normal. If so just tell to shut up and play through. But it doesn't feel as I'd expected too. So going to be safe and ask. 80 model Mercruiser 165 equipped boat. The front controls don't have any trim buttons on them. Just a basic forward and back with a center button if...
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    Trim stuck all the way up. What to do?

    On an 80 model Mercruiser my trim is stuck all the way. It had been working up and down just fine. But while adjusting the limit switch I ran the drive all the way up and it's now stuck there. The trim motor runs. Have tried running it directly from the down solenoid. Have made sure battery...
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    Help with trim travel limit swith adjustment

    Hope I didn't screw something up. Here's where I'm at. Using the in and out switch the unit had been going up and down no problem. Using the up switch and the out switch together had been bringing the unit to the trailer position no problem. The trim switch didn't work at all though. I was...
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    Why is their fuel from this fitting while filling the tank?

    Guessing I already know the answer but want to make sure it's not something more serious. While pouring some fresh gas in the tank from a little two gallon gas can had a problem. The first quart or so seemed fine. Then fuel started backing out of the little chrome fitting on the side of the...
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    Running on muffs questions and other I/O questions?

    Have been reading the forum for a few weeks and finally registered to ask a question. I know it's dumb. But I don't want to screw anything up right off the bat. Looked through and didn't find an answer too quickly so asking away. Have a new to me I/O boat. Never had an I/O boat before...
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