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    1985 Tyee 5.5 Update Project

    Final long-winded post for now. Old floor mostly out. Found about 200 acorns between the wood and foam in one spot and a few mummified mice. Crispy foam Lots of measuring, cutting, test fitting, more cutting, then more testing and more cutting. I had a couple of "learning opportunities"...
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    1985 Tyee 5.5 Update Project

    That pretty much wrapped up last summer, so after winterizing everything I did some Tetris moves and crammed the boat into the front of my shop so I could pick away at other projects over the winter. I originally thought I would just do a few simple projects...replace the trim sender and limit...
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    1985 Tyee 5.5 Update Project

    First off last summer was just some general engine maintenance and checking things over to get familiar with it. I have turned wrenches on all sorts of stuff, but this is the first boat I've worked on, so there was a lot to learn. The engine is a Mercruiser 140/3.0L I4. In an effort to get...
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    1985 Tyee 5.5 Update Project

    I got a lot of good info from this site throughout this project, so I figured I should post some pictures and info now that it's pretty well done. Back story: This boat has been in my girlfriends family since it was almost new. Her dad had the boat for quite a few years, mostly fishing on Lake...
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    Alpha One Gen 1 - Can't get 6" on shift cable adjustment

    I tried just about every adjustment to cheat that cable that I could think of, including what you mentioned. I could get forward fine but it still wouldn't quite shift into reverse. My new OEM cable showed up yesterday, it took about 30 minutes start to finish from pulling the drive to...
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    Alpha One Gen 1 - Can't get 6" on shift cable adjustment

    I did a bit more testing and took the jam nut off of the tube and then cheated the end adapter out so the end of the cable stops just short of getting into the witness hole. With the brass barrel turned all the way back against the end of the cable where the jam nut was, it's barely getting 6"...
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    Alpha One Gen 1 - Can't get 6" on shift cable adjustment

    I believe so?
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    Alpha One Gen 1 - Can't get 6" on shift cable adjustment

    I'm out of ideas on adjusting this shift cable. I have been working on a 1985 Lund Tyee 5.5 with the 140/3.0L Mercruiser, serial # for the drive is shown below. I took the drive unit off to replace a bad seal on the driveshaft that was letting oil into the u-joint bellows and bilge. Resealed...
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