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    Mercruiser Alpha one loud knocking

    Its been awhile since i posted, but have read and reread alot of posts trying to get help. You guys are great experts so i figured it was time to ask I have a 87 marlin with a mercruiser alpha one 180. I was having problems with it and decided to take it to boat place to tune up and make...
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    Gimble Bearing installation...Help Please

    I finally got my gimble bearing taken out, had to do the drill method (drill about 16 holes into the previous bearing and finally it came out.) after about 4 hours of numbing slide hammering. It was really stuck in there. Now i am trying to figure out the best method to put the new one in...
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    Baby poop part 2

    Had some serious knocking going on with my alpha one mercrusier. I pinpointed it to were the drive shaft was going into the rear unit. Pulled the six nuts and the two on the power trim cylinders. Seperated the drive shaft housing from the bell housing. Inside the main cavity was alot of the...
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    87 Marlin with mercruiser alpha one.....dripping baby poop?

    I own a 1987 Marlin with a mercrusier alpha one. I bought it a couple of months ago and started to notice some fluid coming out of the rear plug. I am new to boats so not to sure what i am looking at here. The fluid is brown and gray in color and looks like runny baby poop. Its not alot...
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