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    HELP.... Broken Tilt Quadrant

    When you remove the drive clean the surfaces where the saddle caps are mounted to the intermediate housing. Get a piece of plate glass that is wide enough to contact both sides of the mounting surfaces. If the plate fits with even contact on all surfaces then you just need another gear case...
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    It puts the bote in the water or it gets the hose?

    Are you sure that the fuel system is in good condition? There is a screen in the fuel inlet fitting on carburetor.
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    1988 OMC Cobra 3.0L engine revs/slipping

    It might be the drive coupler. Reach behind the engine and feel around the shaft where it engages the coupler. If the coupler is the problem you will get some black sticky material on your hand.
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    Strange starter issue.

    Starter drives are easy to replace, buy a new one, not a rebuilt one. Rebuilt starters usually have rebuilt drives.
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    Hard to turn crank while rebuilding GM 350

    Just a wild guess, is there a chance that the crankshaft is bent?
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    Strange starter issue.

    Since you suspect the harness connection then the only alternative other than replacing both the engine and instrument panel to engine harness is to cut the male&female connections and replace them with a terminal board with ring terminals.
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    Can worn points cause this? Video included

    Which distributor do you have? It can be either Mallory or Prestolite. Mallory points OMC# 382135 Mallory condenser OMC# 382136 Prestolite points OMC# 980893 Prestolite condenser OMC# 980894 Always set the dwell with the coil wire grounded.
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    Strange starter issue.

    Pull the harness plug and with a small screwdriver slightly spread each pin and add a worm clamp to the plug and snug it up. On the starter look at the #10 yellow/red wire. Get a remote starter button from the local auto store. When it starts not staying engaged connect the remote starter...
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    Can worn points cause this? Video included

    Set the dwell with a dwell meter and leave the feeler gauge in the tool box and forget about them. Be sure and get a set of points and a condenser from NAPA. Spray each spark plug wire with alcohol before plugging them in the cap.
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    Trick to get alternator belt off on the water 3.0l mercruiser

    2XS with Bondo. If the belt is wearing out then be sure to clean the flame arrestor because that will get clogged up from belt dust. If the crankshaft, water pump or alternator pulleys are rusted that can be the problem.
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    Slow crank

    To set the dwell I do it with the plugs out and the coil wire grounded. I also like to set the timing with the spark plugs on the wires but grounded on the manifold. That way you do not have to keep starting the engine.
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    350 MAG MPI Reman maybe Gen II??

    Before you start get the tool that releases the fuel line from the rail. Hopefully you have compressed air, blow the rust,dirt out from around the injectors. Remove the throttle body. Remove the electrical connections and squirt some WD40 or similar around the injectors to help them come out...
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    Mercruiser 3.0L hot issue

    Try replacing the rotor, what you are describing is something that was pretty common around here. It would get so hot it would go to ground. Mercruiser started supplying a rotor that the blade was slightly longer and that worked. Try to get one from Mercruiser or just have a few on board. If...
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    1977 OMC Stringer running hot or ??

    You just had it over filled, the heat from the sun will make that happen. When the vent hose is filled with gas that will cause a slight positive pressure in the tank.
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    Gas vapor out the secondaries at WOT

    Does the exhaust exit through the drive or through the transom? How is the compression. Did this symptom happen all at once or gradually? I do not think you have a carburetor problem. Something else is causing the problem.
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    Question on stern drive re-installation

    2Xs with southkogs on the ball gears. The main thing to watch is accelerated wear which can be caused by forgetting to have the drive in the full down position or distorted housings caused by striking submerged objects.
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    Help needed on OMC stringer

    2X with Redrig On the water pump & ball gear shaft. When the intermediate shaft is stuck/rusted to the engine coupler you are in a world of hurt. The only way to get it out is to cut a hole in the side of the intermediate and cut the shaft with a cutting torch. Then remove the engine and unbolt...
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    MC-1 Back Together, Temp 175 Fahrenheit?

    I would pull the lower unit down and make sure the gaskets are mounted on the water pump housing correctly. Are you sure the copper pipe is in the water pump guide tube?
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    Slow crank

    Take the spark plugs out and see if it turns with the starter.
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    Hard to start unless starter solenoid is shorted

    Do you have a points ignition or the later Mercruiser electronic?
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