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    3 blade vs. 5 blade SS props

    Haven't been on the site in a while, boat's been under tarps since my son left for the Army. So, he is home on leave, asked me to bust out the boat, (along with the $1K to get tires, batteries, gasoline, etc.) Anyway, yesterday, launched it, had a pretty good load on, but even when I dumped some...
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    454 Starter

    Oh boy, had a ton-o-fun, pulled the starter yesterday. 454 in the space where a 350 should be sitting, 90 degrees and about 70 percent humidity, thank goodness for my top. Starter shot craps all the sudden, out on the water of course, last weekend, never gave any indication. Oh, then the storm...
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    late start

    OK, OK, I must admit to the water world that I'm FINALLY going to hit the water tomorrow. Middle of the season, I'm just getting started. Sick, huh? Oh well, better late than never. Wish me luck, still breaking in a new lower unit, will feel better when there is a few more hours on it. Wish me luck!
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    Planing Issues

    I didn't want to hijack the thread that this was posted in, so a new thread is in order. MM, this is my first I/O, one of the reasons I bought it was for the size of the boat and the 454. I always thought it was strange that I had the planing problems. With crew in the aft, it takes forever to...
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    Riser spacers

    Two years ago I hydro-locked my motor, I, with the help of this forum, was able to diagnose and resolve the immediate problem, with no after effects. I think the problem at that time was created by two things, a 454 in a boat that was designed for a 350, and to many bodies aft. Half dozen...
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    Raise Risers?

    I have a 1987 Sea Ray 210 Monaco with a 454 Mercruiser/Alpha 1. Summer before last I had it out with six or seven passengers on board. While filling tubes for towing, of course everyone was at the back of the boat, when I tried to start I was hydrolocked. (didn't know that at the time, thought...
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    Tilt/Trim Switch

    I finished putting my repaired Alpha 1 drive on Sunday. When I tried to use the tilt/trim switch it wouldn't operate in the up mode, on the up/down switch, but would go all the way up with the trailer button. I'm thinking the up/down switch has gone bad on the up mode. Anybody had this problem...
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    Drive Problems?

    I have a 1987 Sea Ray Monaco with a 454/Alpha 1. Had the boat out the last couple days, ran great till yesterday afternoon. I had just dropped a skier off and was throttling back, I could hear and feel a vibration. Checked the engine compartment, it was definitely coming from the drive...
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    Backfiring

    I bought a 1987 Sea Ray Monaco 210 with a 454 in it two years ago. When I bought it, it had a light backfire in the carb at anything over about 3400 rpm. Ran great, just had this light continuous popping in the carb. Sucked down 50 gallons a fuel in about three clock hours though, last trip out...
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    454 not starting

    Ok, another new guy, new to the forum and new to I/Os. Plenty of experience with outboards, but am figuring out that doesn’t help much. I have 87 Sea Ray 210 Monaco with a 454 Alpha drive. I know that’s not a common build, the original owner had it custom manufactured. Bought it midsummer last...
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