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  1. Rick Stephens

    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

    Idle mixture screw has a specific place and method to be, to set the mixture (not the speed). If you cannot lower RPMs by adjusting the idle speed screw then either the throttle cable linkage is too tight, or you have an intake leak. The Mercruiser Service Manual is the correct place to see...
  2. Rick Stephens

    3.0 mercruiser ran for 5 min good. Then Just died?

    Idle circuit is plugged up.
  3. Rick Stephens

    PLEASE HELP NEW BOAT OWNER CRACK

    "When boats were cheap". Nobody ever said.
  4. Rick Stephens

    PLEASE HELP NEW BOAT OWNER CRACK

    I'd probably MIG pretty hot the big crack across the middle 1/2, then TIG the ends. Reason being the MIG will go on fast and pull the crack together. When finished I'd just leave the weld bead without any grinding.
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    PLEASE HELP NEW BOAT OWNER CRACK

    IDK, might try welding it up..... nothing inside there. Oil passage on other side. No pic of the port side. All of starboard. Worse that happens, eats itself and has to buy both upper and lower.
  6. Rick Stephens

    Bell housing spacers Alpha 1 Gen 2

    If someone walked into my shop and asked for a couple, I would grab up a piece of thick walled alum tuning with a 1/2 inch hole and toss in a saw. 5 minutes max. Surely there is a small welding business nearby.
  7. Rick Stephens

    Bell housing spacers Alpha 1 Gen 2

    Just make them.
  8. Rick Stephens

    drive shaft and gimbal bearing quendry

    What brand bearing?
  9. Rick Stephens

    A1g2 reseal question

    No way. With good maintenance you've hardly put wear on it.
  10. Rick Stephens

    Is the vortec 4.3 the same short block as the early non-vortec?

    Machine shop supplied new pushrods.
  11. Rick Stephens

    Water coming into bilge

    Not to make a big fuss, couldn't pay me to use 5200 on anything that might ever need taken apart. Almost anything but 5200 is suitable.
  12. Rick Stephens

    A1g2 reseal question

    You will need a couple tools to do the input seal. Do a pressure test, replace the seal(s) that leaks, go boating.
  13. Rick Stephens

    Is the vortec 4.3 the same short block as the early non-vortec?

    I have a morphodite '92 with Vortec heads. Has no balance shaft and no mechanical fuel pump. I used v-belt accessories and a Performa intake. Worked out great. Only hard part in maintaining it is to remember there is no such thing as a complete gasket set. Have to purchase upper and lower set...
  14. Rick Stephens

    drive shaft and gimbal bearing quendry

    These are the proper dimensions:
  15. Rick Stephens

    Alpha one gen 1 questions

    I bought an SEI once. They're fine and come with specific break in instructions. SEI is a chinesium copy of out of patent Merc drives.
  16. Rick Stephens

    Is my coupler off ? looks like it and drive won't go back in ..

    Yes. Lower the front mount.
  17. Rick Stephens

    Water coming into bilge

    Leaking when in the water or on muffs? Broken speedo hose? Loose or bad water inlet fitting? Did you remove the drive again and see if the bellows has again taken in water? Can also be a transom seal. A rotten transom or a broken bolt.
  18. Rick Stephens

    Is my coupler off ? looks like it and drive won't go back in ..

    Stick the bar back in and give it a good hard whack with either your hand or a dead blow hammer - Up, Down, Left and Right. That will align the gimbal bearing to the coupler. Next, pull the bar out and grease it twice as much - a good layer for all 2 inches of the smaller diameter end. Then do...
  19. Rick Stephens

    Hardin Marine Exhaust on SBC (350 Mag)

    ↑ REALLY bored.
  20. Rick Stephens

    A couple of quick Edelbrock ?'s

    Simple Green is the Edelbrock recommended cleaner. No carb cleaners or you lose the coatings. Rick
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