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    Manufacturer installed alpha one offset centre

    Re: Manufacturer installed alpha one offset centre here is the second picture I took. I can retake again tonight if this is not any better.
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    Manufacturer installed alpha one offset centre

    Re: Manufacturer installed alpha one offset centre I have attached a pic of the drive for your opinion and comment. Thanks
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    Manufacturer installed alpha one offset centre

    I have a 2001 Tahoe Q3. Last week I took my boat into a mechanic to repair my alpha one outdrive. The Mechanic informed me that the outdrive was installed incorrectly at the time of production by the manufacturer. The hole cut into the transom was cut on an angle. The top of the outdrive is...
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    Alpha one drive stopped working

    I was out on the water cruising and my drive gave out! Motor worked but prop stopped spinning. Brought the boat home, hooked up the muffs and noticed water was not coming out of the exhaust and when I put the shifter in drive prop wasnt spinning. I also noticed that the "drive oil resovoir"...
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    Lost some speed-merc 115

    I have a 1988, 115 merc, inline 6. Compression is good all arounf the 125 mark. In the past year I have lost about 8 mph. This is based on gps speed. Motor runs great besides this except last week I was driving it slowly and noticed at one point there was quite a bit of exhaust smoke...
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    Loss of speed-115 mercury

    I have a 1998-115 hp mercury and lately when I am driving at full throttle for a while I have a loss of speed. It is like someone pulls the throttle back. After about 10 seconds the speed comes back for a minute or so... then slows down again. Also I noticed that my top speed is approx. 5...
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    prop size #

    The only number I can see on my prop is CW 8716. Would this indicate the size and pitch?
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    115 mercury (1988)- tach setting

    Hi, I have a 1988 mercury, 115 hp. What is the pulse and pole setting for this motor? On the back of my tach I have the numbers 1 thru 4, which number would represent the pulse/pole specs? Thanks in advance! Rick
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