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    Mercruiser 260 Flame Arrester Gasket

    Looking for a part number to replace my flame arrester gasket on my 1983 5.7 260. Looked all around but all the searches just turn up flame arresters for sale...not the gasket. I don't need to buy the whole thing, and every IPC that I've found doesn't list that particular gasket. Anybody have a...
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    1983 Mercruiser 5.7 Exhaust Riser Gasket

    Pulled my risers to inspect the shutter valves and got what I thought were the correct gaskets to reinstall them, but when I put them on the exhaust manifold the small holes in the gaskets don't line up with the small holes on the manifold. Did I get the wrong gaskets? If I did can I just punch...
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    Shutter Valve Maintenance

    So, I pulled my risers off of my 1983 Mercruiser 5.7L 260HP today to inspect them and my shutter valves, since I'm certain that they've never been off before. At least not since I've owned this boat, which is since 1994. The hobbs meter reads 479 hours. I know nothing about these flapper valves...
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    New Style Gimbal Bearing Zerk Fitting Plug

    Put in a new style gimbal bearing that came in a kit with U joint bellows, exhaust bellows, etc. Since I replaced my gimbal bearing with the new style I need to remove the grease fitting and install a plug. I did some research on the plug and ordered what I thought was the correct part but it...
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    Installing Shift Cable

    1983 Mercruiser 260 Alpha One. When I pulled out my old lower shift cable inner core I felt some resistance at first but it finally gave way and slid out. I just thought it was tight going through some bends. I decided that the old cable was still in good shape and I could reuse it but when I...
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    Replacing a bent axle.

    Hello everyone, My first time posting here after lurking around for a few years. I'm looking for some advice on replacing my idler axle on my trailer. The trailer is a V/M custom trailer built for my 1983 19' Cobalt boat. It's a tandem axle trailer and the forward axle has the surge brakes...
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