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Re: Making own lanyard for clevis pin to attach to bimi pole. Need help finding an i I have 12 of them to replace, and the type I have they are running like $10 a piece. I figured I could always use a nice rivet tool for other uses. I would like to reuse my clevis and just attach some...

Well, I noticed the other day the lanyards attaching the spring clevis pin to the bimini pole have started to break due to age. I am going to make my own lanyards and reattach them. Anyone know what the item it called that is at the opposite end of the lanyard? I don't know the name of that...

The other day i came across this, anyone seen this mercruiser fuel consumption website before? It has different size motors and shows fuel burn at different rpm's. Anyone think it's accurate? If someone has posted this before, sorry for a repost. http://www.botenkeuze.nl/consumption-mercruiser

If you want more information this site has lot of people on it come the warmer months regarding the chain o'lakes http://funonthefox.com/board/ If you are unfamiliar with the chain, it can get very busy on weekends, and there are some real shallow spots in certain areas. I would recommend...

Well, we tow our 2001 - 290 dancer. We have a tri-axle trailer with electric brakes on all three axles. This is my thoughts/experience on towing: - I couldn't imagine towing a boat this size or bigger with surge brakes. Electric is the only way to go. - My tow vehicle is my...

I have the same year boat but with the 5.0 EFI's, this summer I had the same exact issue. I was getting plenty of fuel, but a weak spark. For me it turned out to be the coil, so I put in new coils for both motors. Also, I put in new distributor caps as well, and changed the plugs. How...

Get two of these. Put one in main cabin and one in aft. When you take the lid off the container, invert that and then set the buck on the lid. Leave the head door open during the winter...

I personally use a shop vac to suck out all the remaining water in the shower sump. Some people just run pink stuff down the shower drain, but I use a shop vac on it. Also, right before she goes into storage, I use a shop vac and I go to all the port holes on the side of the boat, and suck...

1. Down if possible, we can't put ours down when we store ours because they move all the boats around often as they receive more boats for storage. I see a lot of other i/o boats in storage with their drives up as well because of this. But, store down if possible. 2. I put two of the...

Unfortunately the hot water bypass kits by SeaTech are for 1/2" pipe. I have 15 mm pipe on our searay. Before I bypass the hot water tank, I use an RV blowout out plug, and turn the compressor down to about 25 psi. I blow out all the faucets, both hot and cold. Then I use a 1 foot piece of...

You don't see many of the larger trailers out there on the used market. But, you can try looking around to see what you can find. I would recommend going with these guys. http://www.boatwheels.biz/ They make an awesome trailer for an awesome price. I would recommend a tri-axle...

If you can, slip a zip lock over the fuel filter, that way when you get it off, whatever fuel will spill down into the zip lock bag. Great trick someone told me once, and it is the way to go to keep things fuel free.

Do you know what model amp you have? Most amps are 2 ohm stable, which means you can have two speakers in parallel running off one channel of the amp. Also, have you looked at your amp? Some amps have a level adjustment on the amp. If the two speakers coming off the head unit are hooked up...

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I had a similar issue and it turned out the part of the housing the sender unit was in, wasn't making a good ground via the housing the part it bolts down into. So, I had to use a wire brush after I took the top thermostat housing off, and brush that piece and the part where it connects to with...

Does your gauge look like this one? I always see them read from the 120-240 range. So, you are saying yours starts at 145?

Here is the mercruiser manual which might help with you removing and re-installing the drive. http://www.tsgmarine.no/deler/manualer/drev/bravo/2%20Removal,%20Installation%20and%20Adjustments.pdf

we have open cooling.....

We just ran for the first time this season, and I noticed both motors are running at 170 degrees when they are up to temp. I remember last year only running about 160-165. Thermostats were new at the end of the season, 160 thermostats, and the impellers are a little over 2 years old. Does...

Also, I talked to an old timer who knows his stuff. Ask this guy who quoted you, if he is going to cut all the old skeg off and weld a new one on. This is the easiest to do, but your new skeg will be much weaker due to taking off so much of the remaining original metal on the skeg. The...