I pulled my 3.0 mercruiser engine last winter to replace a rusty/leaking timing cover. While the engine is out, I've decided to repaint my bilge. The boat manufacturer did a poor job attaching the front engine mount. The original front mount appears to be a glassed in piece of pressure...
My engine is a 1998 Mercruiser 3.0l. I had to replace the timing cover seal. I'm now ready to reinstall the torsional damper. The Mercruiser manual says to use a special tool (threaded shaft that gets threaded into the crank which will allow a nut to push the damper onto the crank). My crank...
I am trying to align my 1998 3.0 A1GenII Mercruiser. After inserting and removing the alignment tool, I consistently have heavy grease tracks on the starboard side of the bar. I've rotated the engine (90, 180, 270 etc) to check the coupler. Grease markings are always on the starboard side. I...
I just rebuilt the stock carb on my 1998 Mercruiser 3.0. When the engine is cold, it starts on the first crank. When the engine is warmed up, it only wants to start if you advance the throttle to wide open while cranking. After reading other posts with similar issues, I decided to check to...
I'm rebuilding the interior of an 18' aquatron. While fitting the new rear bench and engine hatch, I noticed that the boat does not seem symmetrical from one side to the other. After taking many measurements, it appears that the hull is fairly symmetrical but the top cap or top half of the...
Recently purchased this as a project boat. It was manufactured in 1998 and has a Mercruiser Alpha1Gen2 3.0. I'm replacing the u-joints, bellows, gimbal bearing & seal and water pump. While pulling the gimbal bearing, I noticed it may have been installed backwards. Notice the notched edge on...
