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Boatinfo - Mercruiser Service Manual nr. 5 - 1978-1993 - TR & TRS Sterndrives
I have tried and iphone, ipad, and a laptop with both firefox and IE and pressed the compatibility button and updated Flash....... i get nothing but a...
Changing out my motor and drive and decided to put the wiring harness in out of the donor boat I raped so that I can just plug and play the motor when I get it in. Question I have is.... All the gauge wiring was pretty straight forward. What I am left with is a big red and a big orange wire. I...
Ok, I am converting over from a Volvo 280 drive to a mercruiser alpha. I have replaced the transom and had to tear out the motor beds in the process as the were wet. Took a pile of measurements and pictures as well as saved the old beds for reference.
Question I have is, and I can't find it...
Hi guys, I am converting my boat over to mercruiser. I have both an alpha drive and an SEI06. I'm trying to decide which one I should run. Both have approximately the same hours on them and are pretty close in condition by looking at them. Is one better than the other? I have heard it both...
I am converting a 23 Seacraft over from an old Volvo 280 drive to a Mercruiser Alpha 1 G1
I would like to upgrade to binnacle too but I cant find one that I like. I do however like the mercruiser Part #8M0041431 but it says it is for the Gen 2 drives. Is there anyway to make it work either...
Hi, I am in the process of converting my boat from an old Volvo 280 drive to an alpha drive. I have bought a complete donor boat so I have almost everything I need.
Problem being.... I have hydraulic steering (u-flex) with an auto pilot on the project boat and the alpha has power assist of...
Thinking about updating my drive, I found a pretty good deal on a complete package (transom shield, inner shield, bell housing, exhaust, and drive. Need to redo the transom anyway so I can cut the hole whatever size I want. Is the sx-a a decent option? I would like a d.prop eventually but I am...
Hey, I have a 280 leg on my 24 ft seacraft, last weekend I tore the cone clutch out of it so I am in the process of fixing that. What Im wondering is..... I am thinking about putting a 290 dp lower on it. I know the transom has some issues so at some point I am gonna have to replace that. After...
I recently bought a boat with a Volvo 280 drive. It works OK and will get me by for a while but I would like to upgrade the boat next winter maybe. My question is is there another more modern drive that I could swap out with out too much transom work?? Probably not. If not what would be a...
I know this has been asked a hundred times but I cant find anything on this particular unit.
Looking at a boat with a 4.3 volvo duo prop in it. I am kinda in a hurry to get a boat. If it would turn out to be underpowered for what I need how hard would it be to swap it out to a 5.7? I have the...
I have an 86 omc cobra with a 305. The tilt guage worked when i got it, but then it started to quit working when the drive was at a certain angle and now it doesnt work at all. I was wondering what could be wrong?? guage, switch, sensor? thanks rod
