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I am writing this for a friend - you all have been very helpful to me in the past with my engine problems, and I'd like to get some ideas of what he is facing. His boat, a 1984 Sea Ray V6 cylinder, overheated a couple of weeks ago. They didn't notice it until it was pretty hot. He replaced the...
I have an '82 Mercruiser 260/350 that gave me fits last year as to starting. I took it to a mechanic and he gave it a general tuneup, plugs, points, etc. along with rebuilding my Rochester 1347-8292 carburetor. He had trouble with it running himself so he took it to a more experienced...
I have an Alpha 1 350/260 with a trim problem. I couldn't get it to go down and after changing out the solenoid on the trim motor (one of two) - I realized that there are two canisters for the hydraulics. I filled the one with the two solenoids and by shorting the solenoids the trim works...
Last night we had a party at our minister's house and he took us for a ride in his boat. The water was shallow and thus he trimmed up. Over the next minute or so the engine would slowly drop back down. I believe the motor is around 2003. He said it had been doing it for the past year. Could...
My 1982 Mercruiser with an Alpha-I will not go into forward or reverse. This spring I had replaced the lower unit and installed it incorrectly with the shaft pointing to the left and it was thus stuck in forward. My mechanic reinstalled it properly and I drove it into the lake. Three weeks...
Hope I can post into this thread, as my question is related. I have a 1986 Mercruiser Alpha One and I removed the lower unit to replace the impeller. Now I cannot get the lower unit back on. I have researched this and seem to have it down to the splined shifter shaft being out of gear. If you...
I own a 1982 Donzi 2+3 18' with a Chevy 350. It has an original 423 hours on it.
I stored it for the Winter in a "questionable situation" which I would rather not go into here. I drove the boat about 2 hours so far this year and happened to check the Alpha 1 on my boat lift and found the top...
