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    Sundacer cabinet door hinges?

    Mine don’t look like that…the blade from the other part of the hinge is wider, and has a slot. There’s a screw that goes through the slot, into the backing plate(the broken part)….I ordered what was mentioned above, but the blade is too wide to fit….
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    260 performance issue

    My buddy has a 2007 260 with 6.2 litre and bravo 3 drive, his top speed is 35 mph at 4500, cruises at 30 mph at 4000, I know it’s a fast cruise, but do the numbers sound right? What should his cruise be at 3200? Or what RPM for 26 mph?
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    Genset size recommendations

    I’ve found a complete quicksilver 5 kw not too far away, just concerned about the hours on it, is 1000 hours too many?
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    What’s too many hours on a genset?

    I’ve got an older 1990 310 express, I’ve found a 5kw quicksilver genset I’m thinking of installing,…is 1000 hours a lot of hours on a genny?
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    Genset size recommendations

    I have two 15 amp breakers one feeding just hvac the other the rest…so that gives me a requirement for 3.6 kw which seems low….4.5 or 5 would make sense, I don’t remember what I had on the 340 for breakers, it had a 6.5 kw unit….
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    Genset size recommendations

    It’s too match of a pain to sell this one and get another, if I was going to sell I’d go bigger…it never had a genny, my last 340 did and I miss it. The boats in ok shape, twin 7.4s it owes me nothing so if I can find a used genny for 3k….I found a 3 kW for 2knbut I think it’s too small….
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    Genset size recommendations

    Fricken spell check….ok fixed it:)
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    Genset size recommendations

    I’ve got a 1990 310 express, with a/c, I’m trying to find a used genny to install, my 87 had a 6.5kW, can anyone chime in, what kW are you running in in older boat?
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    Attn 300 weekender owners!

    A friend just bought a 300 weekender, it’s got the double helm seat with matching seat opposite, for some reason the previous owner turned the pedestals 90 degrees(?), new owner wants to align them properly. What’s the proper way to fasten them? The both have the aluminum slides holding the seat...
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    Alpha drive stretched cable??

    It is counter rotating! No mention of that in the clymer book I’ve got, but it does explain it, I couldn’t believe it could be out that much, we are all set now, it lines up when we put it in reverse, thanks very much for the reply.
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    Alpha drive stretched cable??

    Working on friends 290 sundancer, 1994 twin 4.3 mercs with alpha drives. Trying to install a drive, when in forward the shift arm is not even close, we had to put the drive in reverse to get the drive off. There isn’t enough adjustment in the cable to do the shift cable setting procedure...has...
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    re-propping 94 290 DA

    I'm helping a friend out, he's got a new to him 94 290 DA, with twin 4.3 litre mercruisers, alpha 1 drives, with 13-3/4 X 21 counter rotating props...the boat is a real dog getting up on plane, any suggestions on props that would help out? top speed is not an issue, but we'd like to be able to...
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    94 290 sundancer lists to port

    My friend bought a 94 290 sundancer, it lists to port, the swim platform is 3" lower on the port side... We thought of batteries, water yanks etc, but a 180lb guy standing on the starboard edge of the platform barely drops it... I've seen this once before, in an 82 270, where the structural...
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    Merc 4.3/alpha won't crank over

    Excellent work gents, it was the slave solenoid, I ended up switching them to confirm, and that's it, thanks for pointing me in the right direction:)
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    Merc 4.3/alpha won't crank over

    I'll check those things tonite, more points to note, that engine stalled when docking and was hard to start but did start after lots of wiggling of throttle shifter, whether the wiggling did anything or not is unknown, that's why I thought neutral safety switch, then on docking again later in...
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