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    best material for boat seats

    Hi all Started to replace the wood in my jump seats, old wood is ? in plywood have heard of a plastic that works better and will not rot but can?t find what kind and were to get it any ideas? Also does anyone know of a fix for the fiberglass tank and ethanol problem I have to buy premium only...
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    from new style back to old style shift cable

    Got an alpha 1 gen 1 and changing the lower shift cable. Shop sent me out an old style cable,My drive has new style cable in it. So my question is can you go back to the old style Or will this be a problem?
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    probloms pulling drive

    Just starting pulling the dive and cant get the dive off. It?s an alph 1 gen1. How do you break it apart? Pulled the six bolts holding it on and pulled like Hell. It looks like someone has put a screwdriver in the side of the dive To break them apart before, is this ok to do or you all have...
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    stalls shifting into forward or reverse

    Need some help please? Got a 4.3 mercruiser S# b628000 With an alpha 1 gen 1 S# 0b610213 stalls shifting into forward or reverse Can see the stall switch make when shifting so I need a new shift cable? Had the boat 2 years and never pulled the drive. trying to get service Manual #6 on eBay...
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    prop

    Loaded the boat without trimming up the drive a bit lol. Now I need a new prop. I have a <br />17-foot 175h merc I/O alpha 1 drive. The pro M# is IMPRN77 or HOCWEBB<br />No way the wife will let me get a High Five. So for now ill just get the same one <br />And I think the aluminum prop saved...
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    bottom bellows on 87 alpha 1 drive

    On an 87 alpha 1 drive I have a small hole in the bottom bellows. I’ve read that its ok if it’s the exhaust bellows but cant find a post that shows which one is which, the other 3, upper, cable, water look new. The friend I got it from takes everything to a shop to get worked on. Why would you...
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    ears and drive up or down

    Just got a 87 thundercraft with a 175 h v6 merc. To get water into system with the ears on do I have to have the drive down. With it up I cant get water in plugged?
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    de-winterizing after 3 years

    Going to do a de-winterizing on a 1987 thunder craft citation.<br />After it got winterized it sat for 3 years, need some ideas of <br />What to do to the thing. 175-v6 merc
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