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Took a short trip in the boat for the 1st time, a little over 60 miles from Lake St. Clair to Lexington. Filled up before leaving, and filled up there. Ran the boat at 3200 RPM for almost the whole way (couple of bathroom breaks and 1 no wake zone) and GPS showed 31-34 MPH. Took 2.5 hours and...

Doing maintenance on my boat. Everything done except I looked in my Service Manual and it shows the locations to lubricate the steering system on my Alpha w/power steering. Looks easy in the manual. However, I can't see them, let alone get near them. :huh: They are directly behind my...

I am going to change my fuel filters for the first time and have a question. When I remove them, aren't they going to be full of gas/water? How do I dispose of this in our environmentally correct world? :huh:

My 1999 SR with thru hull exhaust has Alpha 1 outdrives. There are 2 fitting on each side that grease for when the outdrive goes up and down. There is another fitting on the starboard side that I don't know what it greases. :huh: How do I get grease to the areas (upper and lower) of the outdrive...

When my boat was winterized (by someone else), they disconneted the batteries and then shrink wrapped it. I am about to take off shrink wrap and start getting ready for the season, but need to open electric hatch to connect batteries. The boat originally came with a wire that clips to a battery...

I see that the gas dock at my marina will have 10% ethenol next boating season. I have read that this is not good for those that have a gas tank constructed from a poly. Is this true? How do I find out what type of tank I have is my recently purchased used boat? :huh: Thanks.

When I would change the gear lube on my Alpha 1 on my 1987 Seville, I would drain it and then fill with the pump from the bottom to the top and put the plugs back in. My new boat (new to me) also has Alpha 1 outdrives, but also a resevoir on the engine that my other boat didn't have. This is...

Can I use a can of the Engine Fogger and squirt it directly into the throttle body of my 1999 5.7 EFI? Someone told me I could on an EFI, but not if I had an MPI. Can anyone verify? Thanks.

After going through the winterization section here in the forum, I have come to the conclusion that there are many variations in the winterization of a boat. I am still confused, however. :smt100 Is there a Winterization Manual that would cover my particular boat that has step by step...

I need to add gear lube to my resevoir. The dealer said they used Mercruiser High Performance gear lube. I have Quicksilver High Performance gear lube. Are they the same and can they be mixed? Anyone know? Thanks.

I looked at the resevoir for the gear lube (clear container on front of engines) and it is just a little low. I did not change the lube as it was done before I purchased the boat. I do not know what was used. Is it OK to add any brand of gear lube, or is it a bad thing to add lube of a...

My cabin door has the stairs integrated in them and are very heavy. The door is extremely hard to open, and I was wondering what lubricant I could put in the lower track that might solve this problem. Any suggestions? Thanks.

I orriginally put this in electrical, but didn't get much traffic. I have just moved up to a boat with multiple batteries and I am not sure about the battery switch settings or how they work. I have 3 batteries, 1 in front of each engine (2) and 1 off to the side. I have 2 battery switches, 1...

I have just move up to a boat with multiple batteries and I am not sure about the battery switch settings or how they work. I have 3 batteries, 1 for each engine (2) and 1 off to the side. I have 2 battery switches, 1 says "1", "Both", and "2". The other switch says "On" or "Off". Now my...

Hello everyone. New to this website now that I purchased a 1999 280SS Aniversary Edition. This boat used to be Sweetride's boat (I see also a member here). Used to own a 1987 19' Sea Ray Seville since new, but never joined this site as it was sort of a ski boat and pretty easy to maintain. I...