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    mercruiser 165 in a mid 70s caravelle bowrider

    Thank you so much! That is exactly what we need
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    mercruiser 165 in a mid 70s caravelle bowrider

    hello I'm helping someone sort out the mess that they have purchased... Buddy of mine bought a boat without trailer and sight unseen for dirt cheap... now we're in wiring hell. engine has great comp. and cranks over but no spark so I need a very basic wiring diagram for this motor from battery...
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    77 Carver 2866 Santa Cruz wiring help

    Thank you for your prompt answer I'll looked on the carver website but couldn't find anything. No currently it does not have a gen or a inverter and is set up to run a automotive alternator to maintain charge on the start battery. with the rest of the dc power set to be running on a isolated...
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    77 Carver 2866 Santa Cruz wiring help

    So it's finally reached the point where I'm trying to make sense of the mess the previous owner left of the wiring in this vessel can anyone point me to a wiring diagram with routing diagrams for the DC power system?
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    rudders are rude

    okay thank you i believe that about covers what i need do you happen to know what kind of prop puller i need to purchase?
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    merc 115 mpg?

    while I have your attention do you know anything about the big ole carver santa cruz vdrives? and how and where to measure on the old prop to find all the needed specifics to find a replacement prop
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    merc 115 mpg?

    while I have your attention do you know anything about the big ole carver santa cruz vdrives?
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    merc 115 mpg?

    as I said for the first season and a half it worked fine running on the oiler tank and mixing it's own fuel and oil then all of a sudden it locked up hard on me after making a horrid racket and the shop confirmed that the warning lamp had been unhooked for the oiler. it's a moot point now as...
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    help picking a prop

    the reason I need to learn how to measure and match the prop is because I'm trying to find a used one as the shaft and strut for the prop did not sustain any damage. I talked the owner of a boat repair shop which was located right around the corner from my place to come up to my house with his...
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    rudders are rude

    the tiller arm is the little lever sticking forward perpindicular to the rudder which the steering linkage then attaches to right?
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    merc 115 mpg?

    nope he never "converted it" at least not properly as I owned it for a season and a half before it failed on me and the oiler system worked just fine throughout that stretch. he might have been forgoing the use of the oiler and just mixing his own but he didn't warn me that I would have to do...
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    merc 115 mpg?

    it was an oil injected optimax
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    merc 115 mpg?

    sorry about the lateness of my reply but your answer to my question on estimated mpg was very helpful and much appreciated as it gave me the needed inputs to estimate fuel requirements for our trip. however the volume I wound up burning turned out to be only a fraction of the estimated...
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    rudders are rude

    So I have never pulled and replaced a through hull rudder shaft on anything and I get to start on a 28' 1977 carver santa cruz with a vertical through hull rudder... and so I need to know a few things such as do these rudder shafts disconnect from the control point just above the packing disk...
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    help picking a prop

    hello everyone so I'm working on a 77 carver santa cruz it has a single screw four blade 18" prop and the threaded end of the prop shaft which is the smallest point on the shaft that the prop has to seat on. I need help determining where and what to measure in order to have the proper...
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    1977 Carver santa Cruz 28' rudder question

    It got bent when it got drug up the boat ramp coming out of the water. Sorry it took me so long to reply. I did not see yours until now. The prop blade got ground down about an inch and a half and the rudder shaft got bent a little outside the hull There's no damage to the packing box or...
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    Help I need a little information about a boat

    Because if you read down into that wiki page it's 5,000 pounds displacement which means it displaces 5,000 lb of water not that it itself weighs 5,000 pounds at least I thought that's how that worked I could be wrong but who knows that's why I'm asking
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    Help I need a little information about a boat

    That's with the inboard Diesel and you know all the fixtures?
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    Help I need a little information about a boat

    So I need to know the dry weight of a 1974 Santana 27 I can't find it anywhere and I've already checked on sailboatdata.com
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    Honest informational sites for boats...

    If you have access to a good welder or a friend with one who's good with it replace the tongue and the axle on the trailer and then retitle it as a home build all you have to do is have it inspected by the state patrol in your local area and then you can apply for a license at dmv
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