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Hey Guys, Looking for opinions on this. My outdrive is smoked (locked up) and therefore off the boat. Last year I used earmuffs and a 5 Gallon bucket off antifreeze to winterize the block, which wont work this year. Any ideas on how I can do it this year with the outdrive off the boat? I do...

Hey Guys, Anyone with an early 80's 260 DA that has a Slant back Canvas think they could give me the measurements? I want to order the canvas to make it and need to know about how much to get. Won't be at the boat till the weekend and would like to get it ordered this week. Taking the camper on...

Finally got my pics from this years launch. Wind was at 28 knots! At dry Dock Hooking Up At the hoist Up She Goes On the way to the Dock At the dock with the old lady's dad Shake Down On the Lake

Hey Guys, Does anyone have any kind of soundproofing on the bottom of their engine Hatch? Mine is not the original teak but rather a piece of Marine Grade Plywood that I covered with Snap Down Carpet. Anyway when running on the lake its pretty loud sitting on the rear bench and I was wondering...

Hey Guys, Having a no spark issue that I can't seem to chase down. I searched previous threads and tried the suggestions from past but nothing worked. Splashed the boat last week, ran fine. Put in an ignitor electronic ignition conversion, ran even better. Came up to the lake this weekend and...

Hey Guys, This Winter I bought a used SS Prop (Merc Vengeance 14.5 x 15) and had it refurbished by a prop shop. The timing was such that I had to put the prop on my boat on the fly as the hoist was waiting on me to finish so they could launch my boat. I had asked my mechanic if there was...

Hey Guys, Other then the vents on the drive that pick up the water on a RWC system, is there an internal filter inside the drive that filters the water before it goes into the cooling system? Reason I ask is I know for a fact that some Zebra Muscles made their way inside the water pickup holes...

Hey Guys, I'm going up to the Lake all weekend to work on the boat. One of the things on my list is to change the oil so I'm planning on starting the boat on Muffs in the yard to warm the oil up first. Anything special I need to do before starting the boat for the first time since it was...

Hey All, Got up to the boat yesterday with a list of things to do. Unfortunately, I had to take half the boat apart to replace the Carpet on the Cockpit Bulkheads and that pretty much took my whole day. Anway I thought i'd throw up a couple of pics of her interior makeover :) Night and Day from...

Hey Guys, I will be installing a Xantrex Truecharge 20A Battery Charger this spring and need to locate an additional breaker switch for the panel as the boat does not currently have a charger. Im guessing a 20A breaker will be fine. I don't have any un-used switches on the panel but do have...

Guys, Is the idle adjustment a huge process, or is there an Idle Adjustment Screw on the Carb base? I think I remember reading something about having to take off the throttle cable while the boat is throttled up in neutral and messing with the air/mixture screws. If that's the case I will...

Hey Guys, Merc 260, I went to try to take the nut off where the steel gas line connects to the carb to change the filter in there (or see if there was one there and put one in if not) but couldn't get that nut to thread out. It would turn a little but didn't start to thread out of the carb body...

Hey Guys, Anyone have any recommendations as to which system to use on an 80 Mercruiser 260? Would you do one of the conversion kits that fits inside the cap or put on a whole new electronic ignition similar to like an MSD for boats? Would you upgrade the coil at the same time? Any links you...

Gas Tank Reconditioning or Relacement?? I thought I would post this here too, incase you guys had more experience with these old boats. I Just taked to the Marina Mechanic today about my boat. I was having some issues when I took it out for the first time this weekend. The boat felt like it...

I Just taked to the Marina Mechanic today about my boat. I was having some issues when I took it out for the first time this weekend. The boat felt like it wanted to die when in gear at low RPM's and when it was at WOT it was slow and the engine was missing and I couldnt get it to plane. I...

I have the engine hatches off of a Late 70's Early 80's Sea Ray Express or Weekender. The hatches have been completley restored with Sikkens Natural Teak and a Top Coat of Gloss (they are not slick). They are perfect. These are the hatches that are on hinges and open from the middle. There is a...

Hey Guys, I think I know the answer but I thought I should ask just to be sure. What outdrive will fit my boat. I think I can use any Alpha One, regardless of the Generation because they all have the same gear ratio and 20-22 gear teeth. Is that right? So if I get a Alpha One Gen 2 will it be...

Wondering if one of you guys with early 80's 260 DA's could post some pics of the rear bench seat. Long story short, mine is missing and I would like to make one. If you could include the measurements that would be great. I have the L Shaped cusions that go on top but not the bench part that...

Hey Guys, Just wanted to say hi. Im a new Sundancer Owner, 1980 260, that I will actually picking up tomorrow and towing 350 miles back to Ohio. My buddy Matt Cowles told me I had to check out this site, so here I am. Anyway can't wait to get the boat home, she needs some cosmetic work inside...