I have a 2001 Suzuki Df 70 and I replaced the impeller and plate and can not seem to get the pressure I had before I messed with it, the manual says to rotate the shaft clockwise into the impeller housing but looking at the housing it seems it would work better the other way, What I need to know...
I posted a while ago about a 1989 mercriuser 4.3 alpha one overheating when idling and at low speeds, but ok when cruising. I was told to check water pump/ impeller in the outdrive. This morining I finally got inside to look at the impeller and it looked fine, no broken fins. I will replace to...
First of all I am working on a 1989 alpha 1 mercruiser, need to replace the shift cable bellow and most likely the other bellows also. I got the drive off and was working on getting the shift cable out and stripped the retaining nut inside the bell housing completely round, tried to chisel it...
I put my girlfriends parents boat in the water over the weekend. It is a 1989 19ft Maxium with a 1989 4.3 V6 mercruiser Alpha 1 outdrive. I noticed the temp gauge rise very fast to about 170 and stayed there when cruising about 30mph, when I slowed to about 6 mph it went to about 220+, and back...
