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    Blown stern drive

    So do I need to drop the pitch to a 19 vice going up? As my ratio would change from 1.81 to 1.98
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    Blown stern drive

    So last year I wrote off my stern drive. There was a failure of the upper unit. The bevel gears no longer have gears on them.... Anyhow, before I buy a brand new stern drive I was wondering if I could find a used one. My old stern drive was a alpha one gen 1 with 1.81 gear ratio. This was...
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    Stainless Steel Props

    Question guys, I have the luxury of having a friend that owns many props so I can try. I have a question pertaining to some of the props that I am gonna try: Vengence 21 Pitch:13 3/4 diameter Mirage 21 Pitch: 14 3/4 diameter Laser II 23 Pitch: 13 3/4 diameter I have a 1990 rinker captiva 186...
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    Miss Fire at 4500-4800 RPM

    Good day, So I finally got my boat in the water, I have a 1990 RInker Captiva 185, the engine is a 4.3L Mercruiser, with an alpha 1 gen 1 drive. Prop is a 14.5x19 3 blade quick silver prop. It has new plugs, plug wires, rotor, distributor cap, ignition sensor under the distributor cap and...
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    shifting

    Good day all, Last night I replaced the gimbal bearing on my boat, its a 1990 Rinker Captiva 185 with a 4.3L mercruiser alpha 1 gen 1. The bearing install went well other that it being a PITA to remove. Here lies the problem, the stern drive slipped out of gear during re-assembly. Is there a...
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