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    Can I trouble shoot shift cable on the water?

    140 Mercruiser, GM inline 4, 1980 version. Have been having hard shifts recently. Today it jumped out of gear and spun. Prop was not spinning but I could see a shaft behind the engine inside the engine compartment that was spinning. Could not get it to go back in gear. After messing with it for...
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    how to get up on a kneeboard?

    I know this is not skiing but there is no kneeboard forum here. I picked up a kneeboard at a garage sale. Its an old HO fiberglass job. The last time I kneeboarded, maybe twenty years ago, I did a deepwater start. I laid on the board till it got speed and then pulled myself up and strapped in...
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    should I rebuild my starter?

    I think my starter is shot. I couldn't get my boat started and that was the next suspect. I pulled it out and took it to Napa. they said it was dead. They also said that the wanted $200 for a replacement!!!!!! They also said they wouldn't sell me the automotive version ($35) for liability...
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    Is wakeboarding easier for an old guy than slalom?

    I just got an old boat running this year. Have been fishing and now that it is warming up we went tubing. While I was out I thought I would try the single. I have not slalomed since I was a teenager over 20+ years ago(and 20+ pounds ago) back then I was pretty good. Any way, I made a couple of...
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    Admit it...You have a Baretta

    Bought my Baretta last spring. It is a 1980 16ft tri-hull with a 4 bangin 140 mercruiser. Had to gut the whole thing down to the hull. New stringers, foam, floor, carpet, seats, bolsters and lots more. The power plant is solid but old and occasionally needs attention. It is very light for this...
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    New throttle cable....should it need adjustment?

    Well I bit the bullet and got help from a pro(I think). Took my boat in and they got me back up and running. One of the things that I screwed up in my tinkering was the throttle cable. Between my messing with it and poor instalation by someone before me, it needed to be replaced. The lake finaly...
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    do I have a resistor wire?

    1980 16' Baretta 140 mercruiser 3.0<br />I have been chasing an ignition problem for weeks now. I bought this boat used this spring and previous owner reported similar problems. My latest hunch is the resistor wire or should I say lack of one. My coil says external resistor but when I put a...
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    trim pump missing vent screw??

    1980 Baretta 140 mercruiser 3.0. My trim pump was leaking from one of the hoses. I replaced and refilled. Thought it was fixed. Still getting oil in the bilge. I noticed the vent hole next to the refill hole. I there suppose to be a screw in that hole? Maybe it is leaking there. Do I have to...
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    considering sewing a new snap cover

    I bought an old 16ft open bow runabout that I completely replaced the interior down to the hull. New stringers, foam, floor, seats, upholstery and more. Now that its finished I need a cover that will not blow off when parked in its slip. I am considering sewing a custom snap type cover for it...
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    Ignition problems still??? Maybe?

    My first post so please be patient. :) <br />140 mercruiser, 16ft trihull, 181 4-cylinder, 1980, 2-barrell rochester carb. Boat runs awsome for 20 minutes or so then it cuts in and out and looses power. As I make bee line for the dock it eventualy dies out. Can restart with throttle way up but...
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