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    1969(ish) Saf-T-Mate serial number location?

    My friend just giot a 1969 saf-t-mate in pretty good shape. We can't find the VIN. Just a 4 digit number stamped on the rear aluminum trim around the motor mount. Anybody know where to find the VIN? I suggested maybe trying to research it cia the only other obvious ID on the boat, the...
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    1969(ish) Saf-T-Mate serial number location?

    My friend just giot a 1969 saf-t-mate in pretty good shape. We can't find the VIN. Just a 4 digit number stamped on the rear aluminum trim around the motor mount. Anybody know where to find the VIN? I suggested maybe trying to research it cia the only other obvious ID on the boat, the...
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    Alpha One generation 2 to generation 1 conversion

    Have a friend with a 1994 alpha one generation 2. I have a 1988 generation 1 with same gear ratio. How difficult is it to convert his gen 2 using my gen 1 parts? Will the transom assemblies just swap over? Obviosly shift cable is different and would have to get switched over, but what about...
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    Alpha One Generation 1 or Generation 2?

    I have a 1991 Thompson with a 4.3 Mercruiser & Alpha One outdrive. I'd like to know how to identify a Gen 1 vs Gen 2 outdrive. I had a 1988 Chaparral with 3.0 Alpha One, and they looked pretty much the same, at least on the outside at a glance. Are there any visual defining characteristics...
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    ALWAYS Check Your Oil...

    ...BEFORE you run your engine. For any length of time. No matter what. Last time out boating, I noticed just the smallest puddle of oil on the floor of the bilge before launching. I attributed it to the breather that likes to come off the top of my 3.0 MerCruiser by the air filter and drip...
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    Anyone ever hear of one of these?

    Mercury Diesel Engine and Boat Components $5995 Cummins MerCruiser Diesel Alpha One - Drive Ratio 2:00 - Serial #: OM444345 - 120 Horse Power - Inboard Motor - Very Fuel Efficient - Approximately 80 Hours on Motor Also Included: Gauge Cluster, Steering Wheel and Steering Control...
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    Water not draining into bilge

    New Boat = New Problems. I just purchased a 1991 Thompson Carrara 205 from a private individual. It's in pretty good shape; I thought I went over it pretty well (for what I know about boats, anyway). No major problems, yet, but I'm having one annoying one. There was a bit of a funk coming...
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    Gimbal Bearing Grease Fitting?

    Hi. I've owned 2 boats now, both with the Alpha 1 outdrive. A 1988 Chaparral with a 3.0, and a 1991 Thompson with a 4.3. The Chaparral has a grease fitting for the gimbal bearing, the Thompson does not. Were there some of the Alpha Ones built without the grease fitting? It doesn't look like...
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    How Screwed Am I?

    Okay- I started winterizing my boat tonight, but was interrupted by rain. I have a 1991 Thompson with the 4.3 Alpha 1 Mercruiser that I've never winterized before (just got it last week). I've done my 1988 Chaparral with the 3.0 Mercruiser successfully a couple times after being shown how by...
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    Launch Etiquitte

    I did a search through the forum, and couldn't find this topic or anything like it already posted. If it is out there, I apologize for the overpost. At some point in time, nearly all of us here will come to share a public or private club boat launch with others. At these ramps, there is a...
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