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  1. Rivergator

    Alpha One/Gen1 Bell Housing Shift Shaft Bushings

    Thank you Chris and as usual you are probably right. I guess it is always sloppy. Where I come from it's called sloppy engineering or fuzzy engineering. I don't see a reason why there couldn't be a proper drainage passage in the bellhousing instead of doing something sloppy like this at the...
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    Restoring my Y pipe

    Thanks Bondo. LOL, that's about the extend of my machine shop, a grinder, a drill press and one hell of a vice. I just added the 12 ton shop press from Harbor Freight to my arsenal of weapons (my brother paid half of it). We will try it out on the weekend replacing the front wheel bearings on...
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    Alpha One/Gen1 Bell Housing Shift Shaft Bushings

    I am having a big problem with the shift shaft bushing kit 23-805041A2. I purchased a high quality kit from SEI part #9D-106-24K. This kit is the right kit for my Alpha One/Gen1 drive so it says. I read a few reviews about this kit ( including different brands) and the biggest complaint is that...
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    Restoring my drive bell housing

    Then you really appreciate what I did to my Y pipe. See thread "Restoring my Y pipe" tank1949, Salt water or no salt water, what difference does it make? After I cleaned out and ground away all the corrosion rot to the clean aluminum it was easy welding if you know what you are doing and the...
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    Restoring my drive bell housing

    Chris, "Restoring my drive bell housing" is just fine. I even acknowledged that in my post that this is the correct name. Sorry to touch on a nerve hear, but the term bell helmet is being used even by at least one Mercruiser dealer. The first time I heard it was 3 months ago when I was scouting...
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    Restoring my Y pipe

    I am sorry Scott, but I totally disagree. You only repeated what I already said in my post. The money would be VERY lucrative if I could do all of this myself and made a little business out of it. Even having to farm everything out and as picky as I am for $185 I have a PERFECT Y pipe which...
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    Restoring my drive bell housing

    LOL. Yes, I remember some 50 years ago Bell motorcycle and racing helmets were a household word. I don't even know if they are still around. But that was not what I was fixing. You are right those helmets should not be fixed if damaged in any way. But in the Mercruiser world I have heard guys...
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    Restoring my drive bell housing

    After the success of my Y pipe restoration I felt empowered to do the same to my bell housing. Unfortunately my original bell housing was beyond any hope of repair. The corrosion had eaten away most of the bellow rim way beyond the groove. I knew I needed to shop for a new one. The best I saw on...
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    Restoring my Y pipe

    With online prices for Mercruiser parts escalating I decided to have my Y exhaust pipe repaired. Unfortunately, It is not something that is offered already by some clever entrepreneur, but it was a brain fart I had and something that I would certainly look into doing if I was 20 years younger...
  10. Rivergator

    Cracked upper unit housing at spanner nut

    Alldodge, that is a great looking upper for the money, but isn't that a Gen2?
  11. Rivergator

    NPT or NPS

    I did some more research and the F does stand for "fuel" and my theorizing about the sealant was false. A NPTF thread is pitched in such a way, that when properly torqued will seal the connection without any sealant, which is important in a fuel application, because fuel will ultimately attack...
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    NPT or NPS

    todhunter, there is so much info floating around and so many variations but you may very well be right. I don't know. I read somewhere that it stands for "fuel". But I admit, I don't see the difference. NPT, I guess is NPT. The only difference could be in the sealant that one applies in a fuel...
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    NPT or NPS

    Thanks you all for the info. I love it when everybody is on the same page. A unanimous vote for NPT. If you are a anal stickler like me I came across the official Mercruiser specs for the barb. it says NPTF (tapered fuel) which seems a little overkill. I mean nothing but cold cooling water runs...
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    NPT or NPS

    Mercruiser part: 22-42683 3/4x3/4 brass hose barb. Does anybody know what thread this is? I know it is a 3/4"-14 but I need to know whether it is a NPT (tapered) or NPS (straight). The reason for my question is I need to replace the barb and I want to chase (clean) the female thread in the bell...
  15. Rivergator

    Overhauling my 1988 Alpha One Drive Train

    I need to replace the steering cable, which is almost frozen solid and therefore shot, since I have not figured out yet a way to service, clean or lubricate them. The original cable is a Teleflex SSC12418. The online offerings a rather meager and are around $200 +/-. There is a replacement cable...
  16. Rivergator

    Mercury Remote Control on 1988 Sylvan

    I am very sorry. I didn't think anybody was interested. Of course I want to share what I did. First of all my unit does NOT have the Allen set screw on the bottom of the handle as Nola Mike mentioned. After googling my butt off to see if I could find a youtube clip dealing with the removal, with...
  17. Rivergator

    Mercury Remote Control on 1988 Sylvan

    Alright. I guess nobody knows more about it than I do and can give some advise. In the meantime I found the answers I was looking for and the problem has been resolved.
  18. Rivergator

    Overhauling my 1988 Alpha One Drive Train

    Ok. Thanks Chris. I will work on it and unplug it.
  19. Rivergator

    Overhauling my 1988 Alpha One Drive Train

    Thanks Chris. So the normal is that water comes out of this hole. One of the elbows does and the other one doesn't. I need to poke around in there and see if I can unplug it. If I can't unplug it how important is that hole? The other passages on this elbow are clean, open and water flows freely.
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    Overhauling my 1988 Alpha One Drive Train

    I am inspecting and servicing my entire exhaust system and I am looking at this hole here on the exhaust elbow. Can anybody tell me what this hole is for. Should there be water flowing from it or is it something that is done during casting and just looks like a hole (see picture).
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