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  1. Rick Stephens

    1992 3.0 Mercruiser Gimbal Housing

    BTW, the gap between the two arched ears on the bottom of the gimbal gimbal housing (these support side to side pressure on the leg and are curved to match the drive in different trim positions) is different width from Alpha 1 to Gen2. Gen2 has the round lower shift shaft with the 90 degree...
  2. Rick Stephens

    Mercruiser 140 3.0 Makeover

    I wouldn't tighten to spec until after cure. Just use a socket driver with appropriate socket and tighten enough to take out any gaps. Walk away until cured.
  3. Rick Stephens

    transom leak

    I think this is for a BravoIII, which doesn't have the little plastic neck like Alpha drives. Does have an elbow with a gasket and screws though.
  4. Rick Stephens

    Edelbrock 1409

    You probably do not need a spacer just for having a spacers sake. You may need an adapter if you are installing it on a spreadbore intake.
  5. Rick Stephens

    Mid Throttle Lean Condition

    What you can expect on a short test run is a little bit of color. This pic, just dug off a search, is actually pretty good and about what to expect. Pretty simple. You want a fairly clean looking insulator and light tan electrode, like the pic. Lean will start to show tan or white...
  6. Rick Stephens

    86 Sea Ray Restoration [Splashed Oct 2017]

    Yes. Full setup is with a lean bar for fly fishing.
  7. Rick Stephens

    86 Sea Ray Restoration [Splashed Oct 2017]

    My son Tyler, when he got his very first cell phone, proceeded to pull it out of his pocket and drop it while sitting in the front seat of our raft while fishing in a high mountain lake. Plop. and a few bubbles, there it went. Poor guy. I was pretty easy on him even if I don't let him forget.
  8. Rick Stephens

    86 Sea Ray Restoration [Splashed Oct 2017]

    I fabbed up a set of 'rocket launcher' type pole holders that are adjustable angle and mounted two on each side of my windshield. The poles can either lean back like the windshield or in the more upright position shown, angle just ahead of the bimini top. Only issue I have with them is if you...
  9. Rick Stephens

    Shift Interrupt Switch?

    The instructions for installing the Delco EST usually mean switching the backside of the interrupt switch from a ground to a purple hot wire source. Did you do the installation that way?
  10. Rick Stephens

    I think my outdrive blew..

    Could be something as simple as a missing washer on the lower shift shaft.
  11. Rick Stephens

    Inboard '95 Mercruiser GM 350 EFI Magnum Skier limited top speed

    I wonder if someone replumbed the vapor separator. Supposed to be a single unit, but there are automotive separators where the pump is separate from the tank. You'd have to trace the lines around. What the vapor separator should look like.
  12. Rick Stephens

    What is my approximate top speed?

    Here's what I get from my 17 footer with a 4 blade prop I got for pulling skiers. Kind of give you an idea of what a prop slip calculator will say.
  13. Rick Stephens

    Mercruiser 5.0 LX 1992 Oil Leak After Impeller Change

    You can hang a drive from its cavitation plate. No problem. everyone doe it that way. I really dislike pulling a lower. It is a miserable job lifting it back up to the upper without damaging the seals. If you have a leak, and not just oil left all over the inside from splitting the halves...
  14. Rick Stephens

    Alpha one gears, power upgrade

    This should help
  15. Rick Stephens

    low hour 2000 4.3 Mercruiser starting & running too rich to run...

    Here's the manual pages for stabbing a distributor: http://boatinfo.no/lib/mercruiser/manuals/mercruiser25.html#/260
  16. Rick Stephens

    How to mount/screw bimini top to aluminum framed windshield?

    Probably a Taylor Marine windshield. They have dozens of different extrusions and inserts to hold the glazing. Inserts are a vinyl extrusion which surrounds and grips the glazing inside the aluminum extrusion channel. Something like this: Not a lot of room for a screw, but enough. You should...
  17. Rick Stephens

    Running on muffs

    Running on muffs, most of the water will leave through the relief ports and not the prop hub. This is particularly true if you have the drive trimmed up a bit. BTW: don't even start a Mercruiser without lowering the drive into a run trim position. Left up it puts enormous stress on the CV joint...
  18. Rick Stephens

    Carburetor Port

    Those tasks to access the pump would be normal mechanics job. Wonder why your auto mechanic charges 4 hours to change a sensor? That's the reason, takes 3.75 hours to get to the damn thing. I think it is easier to pull ALL the stuff off the front of the motor than it is to swap to an electric...
  19. Rick Stephens

    What prop would be best for trolling?

    In the end, you will want a trolling motor, just like ondarvr said. I tried first an electric trolling motor, then picked up a 30 year old Honda 4 stroke. I love it. It just barely audible and can run at low RPMs all day. SInce it is 4 stroke I was able to plumb it into the main tank. Just put...
  20. Rick Stephens

    96 5.7L Mercruiser - no compression, water in

    Here's a basic drawing of the wiring. Orange comes from that outer lug on the starter and joins the wire going from oil pressure switch to the switch on the relay. That way either the starter or the oil pressure switch can turn on the relay to power the pump. Purple is battery power. Red is...
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