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  1. IanFS

    Piece of Carb missing, is this terminal?

    Hi guys, Mercruiser 4.3L 1988 with a Mercarb 2BBL Serial No 3304 9565 7Y03 (1987 3rd November) There's a bit of metal missing..... This could have been missing for years or just recently, but is it terminal, normal, maybe sometimes or shouldn't ever happen sort of thing?
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    Oil from the water intake

    Alpha 1 Gen 11 Hi guys A colleague of mine has oil leaking from his water intake in his sterndrive, particularly when he lifts the leg. Do you have any idea where this may be from? Could it be from the remote oil reservoir?? Could it be a gasket leak, is it something which can be...
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    Trim Oil

    Hi Guys Oildyne Plastic Reservoir. I refirbed the pump housing and new solenoids recently and in doing so lost a little fluid. The Mercruiser manual suggests Quicksilver Power Trim Fluid, but 10-30w or 10-40w oil can be used instead. I have some 5-30w Synthetic for my car, would that be...
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    Trim pump question

    Hi from across the pond again.... :) Mercruiser 4.3L Alpha One.......1988 (I've learned not to call it a Gen 1 anymore ;) ) I been experiencing the dreaded solenoid click so I worked through the first steps of cleaning all the connections and refirbing the mounting plate...... ?80 (what's that...
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    Alpha 1 Gen 1 through prop water cooling?

    Hi Guys Mercruiser 4.3L Alpha 1 Gen 1 I've recently put new manifolds, elbows, exhaust flappers, Sterndrive seals, impeller, impller housing kit, etc onto my ageing Sea Ray. When I started her for the first time, water flow was good, but one of the manifolds heated up quicker than the other...
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    Trim woes......

    Alpha 1 Gen 1 Having put everything back together recently, having had the sterndrive off, I found one of the trim rams had extended itself so far that I couldn't get the rear bolt in to push it in. Having posted on here, you guys recommended undoing one of the high pressure hoses on the ram to...
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    Trim question

    Just refitted the sterndrive on alpha 1 Gen 1. I must have moved the trim limiter and trim sender. Now the drive won't go fully on but will lift to trailer position. I have returned the switch to it's mark but it was the same. I turned it anti clockwise all the way round and it is still the...
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    Trim Cylinder question

    Alpha 1 Gen 1 Hi I've just replaced all the bellows and refitted the sterndrive. Unfortunately the starboard trim cylinder has extended too far to get it into the the anchor pin, the port cylinder is fine. Tried lifting the sterndrive to attach it then push on the sterndrive, but it is just...
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    Refitting bell housing.

    Hi guys, Alpha 1 Gen 1 Which is the best order in which to fit the bellows and water tube when replacing the bell housing? Or is there only one way? I'm guessing the drive bellows and the exhaust bellows are fitted to the bell housing first, the water tube to the gimbal housing first and the...
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    Installing Bell Housing and Leg....

    Hi guys Alpha 1 Gen 1 Sorry to bother you again. Which order do you install the Bell Housing and all the bellows tubes.....i'e' the 3 bellows and the water tube?
  11. IanFS

    Advice please, grease oozing from between the Gimbal Bearing and the Housing

    Hi guys, can you help? Alpha 1 Gen 1 Sterndrive Is this normal? It's the first time I've replaced a Gimbal Bearing. It installed very easily, too easy, I just tapped the installation tool with a club hammer and it slid in easily. I took great trouble to make sure the grease holes aligned...
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    Drive shaft UJ gear assembly pre load question

    Hi Guys Alpha one gen one 1988 sterndrive serial OC 345870. I'm re assembling the the U Joint assembly to put back into the upper housing. I now require to tighten the lock nut at the end of the U joint assembly to attain the required pre load of between 6 - 10 in lbs. I've followed the...
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    Alpha 1 Gen 1 Impeller pump seals

    1988 Alpha 1 Gen 1. Apart from a few other things I am rebuilding the impeller pump upper and lower housings. The kit was delivered in a clear bag with no instructions. The manuals talk about a Centrifugal Slinger, which is in the kit, but it appears to just dit on top of the upper impeller...
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    Exhaust Elbow Inlet hose connectors........Help!

    Engine 4.3 V6 1988 Alpha 1 Gen 1 Hi all I've just bought HGE exhaust manifold kit for the above. The kit came with gaskets, bolts, small brass drain plugs, pipe plugs for manifolds and elbows and silly plastic drain pipes with blue drain screw. However they didn't come with the Inlet hose...
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    Clevis Pin seized

    Having had a leaking bell housing shift seal which rotted the bottom of the extrusion on which the drive bellows sit, I found a specialist welder who managed to do the job without removing the transom shield/gimbal housing. Whats this to do with a Clevis pin? Well I thought having spent so...
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    Quicksilver Perfect Seal, 101 grease and spline grease?

    I'm not entirely sure if this is the right place for this but I 've checked out the other forums and my questions is about Quicksiler products. Quicksiler Perfect Seal, 101 grease and Spline Grease are all difficult to get in the UK. 2-4-C is readily available so could it be used instead of...
  17. IanFS

    Trim Position Sender wires??

    Hi again Searay Seville 18 1988 Mercruiser 4.3L V6 2BBL OC 345870 Alpha 1 Gen 1 OC 374204 I was about to pull my engine when a local precision welder took on the job of welding my Gimbal Housing whilst in situ. He did a good job too. My problem is that I've lost the sheet I wrote/drew on...
  18. IanFS

    Upper drive shimming?

    Hi I've split my stern drive and had to take a look at the gears because of water in the bellows. All looks ok but the Clymer manual says that if the Drive Gear assembly has been removed and the drive lid has been removed, when re assembling both need to be checked with shimming tools. I can...
  19. IanFS

    Alpah 1 Gen 1 lower housing question...

    Hi all I hope this finds you all well. :) I had some gear oil leaking from the drain hole of my Alpha 1 Gen 1 Stern Drive, shift seal I first thought. I split casings and noticed it was from the other suspect, the lower pump housing, so I pulled it out to replace. The oil was clear, so it...
  20. IanFS

    Which manifolds???

    Hi This may or may not be appropriate here, however I'm not asking for anyone to disrespect a manufacturer, only to give honest opinions of their findings, if they have any. I have to change the manifolds and elbows on my Mercruiser 4.3L V6, which in the UK is no cheap exercise. There are...
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