Thank you. That's what I am going to do next year. I already built a stand for the lower unit. I'm thinking I may just drop the lower again and pull the upper instead of trying to re-mount it again. Turns out my water tube came off. I dropped it half a dozen times and thought I had it this time...
I have a 96 Mercruiser 4.3LX Vortec 4BB Alpha one Gen two. I dropped the lower unit and installed a new water pump kit. I've done this a number of times with a gen one and never had any real trouble doing it without help. This is my first gen two. I put it in forward when I dropped it and made...
Thank you guys
The crankcase oil and the gear oil in the out drive are both full.
I'll pull the plugs and see if it's hydro locked.
Do I need to drop the lower unit and manually try to turn the drive shaft to see if the gear case is locked?
The old coil had some corrosion at the plug and I was...
96 Mercruiser 4.3 L 4bb V-6 Vortec with Alpha One outdrive.
Put in new plugs, plug wires, dist. cap and rotor. It backfired once starting it but then started and went to a smooth idle. Sounded good. I let it run for 4-5 minutes to loosen up the oil to make it easier to extract through the dip...
I thank you all for responding. The trim is working again but only if I jump it at the solenoid terminals. It still doesn't respond at all using the up/down switch on the shift control arm
96 Mercruiser 4.3 L 4bb V-6 Vortec with Alpha One outdrive. The up and down trim switch didn't work at all. Tried jumping solinoids and didn't even get a clicking sound. So I replaced the positive wire from the battery and the big fuse on the end of it. Then I replaced both solinoids, made sure...
96 Mercruiser 4.3 L 4bb V-6 Vortec with Alpha One outdrive.
Boat hadn't been used for about a year. Stored without gas. So two days ago I filled the tank, bought a new battery and it started up. Went to idle for a few minutes with the ears on and I shut it down. Today I cranked it over for about...
Thanks Chris. I can turn the shift shaft 180 degrees easily and it remains in forward so I turned it as far as I could CCW by hand then put vice grips on it and managed with force to get it to turn enough to get it to neutral. I think the drive shaft was stopping me from inserting it and I...
Have a 2004 Mercury 50hp 4 stroke EFI. Dropped the LU changed out impeller including base. Thought I had it in forward when putting it back together. Once together it stayed in forward regardless of where the remote was. Wouldn't hit nuetral or reverse. Dropped it again and put it on a stand...
Have a 2004 Mercury 50hp 4 stroke EFI. Decided to change the bottom plate as well as the water pump base this year with my routine impeller change. I inserted a screwdriver in each recessed spot at the top of the base and started to pry. I believe it has been in there since day one because it...
