Hi all. Thanks for all your suggestions. Its been cold and non stop rain here for nearly 2mnths and I finally got back on to this job this weekend.
After testing everything, getting very strange readings and even querying the shop I bought the alternator from, it turns out I messed up a few...
multimeter. Measuring at the battery terminals and alternator.
Dash gauge is an observation, can't help but wonder if it's related to whatever is going on.
Hi all.
1999 Maxum 1800 with a 4.3L V6 Mercruiser. Serial numbers are OL323311 (engine) and OL509362 (Transom).
I have been getting low voltage from my alternator. 12.3v. In the last few months I've put a new battery and new starter. Cleaned battery terminals.
I had a leaking power steering...
If you can still grab it, you could try heating the aluminium around it with a blow torch, see if it loosens.
Easy outs might work, but the brass was so soft when I did it, it just ate the fitting.
I ended up having to drill it out and cutting a new thread. If you end up doing that, careful...
I had a similar issue, where it wouldn't go down. Ended up a wire had broken in the throttle handle. It was in the last spot I thought it would be after checking everything else, and I wasn't even going to check there. You could test continuity from the trim up switch at the handle, backwards?
C'mon dub283.
What? How on earth could that be true. 6 years and 250hrs is the average life of an engine?
You're trying to tell us that we should be expecting to replace our engine every 6 yrs! Especially that shiny looking one in the picture with the closed cooling.
Someone forgot to tell my...
Been there, done that. It took a while by a jiggle siphon but it was worth it. Emptied the tank into jerry cans and wiped the inside of the tank clean with rags on some wire. Made sure it was spotless. Unfortunately, there were small amounts of junk in mine so had to rebuild and clean the carb...
Not sure what years yours is, but I have a 4.3L that was doing similar (turning off randomly, usually under heavy load). It has an electric fuel pump.
Turns out it was the oil pressure switch (which i worked out from a number of different users on this forum). Check the terminals aren't...
It's finally out. What a PITA that was.
Drilled the aluminium carrier, but still didn't move, so got a Drexel with a carbide cutter to cut right to the edge if a quarter section i hoped i could get out. Managed to knock the quarter of the carrier out, put the slide hammer back in and BANG. How...
Yeah, I watched it a few times recently and I get it (thanks, btw, helpful vid)
Im using the jaws of the old threaded puller that i broke in the earlier post, cut and welded it to some threaded rod, with a big heavy piece of steel for a hammer. Thats not the issue as it seems to grab all day...
