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    two wires coming out of lower bellhousing

    can anyone tell me what these two wires are for coming out of the anode place were the tilt and trim lines hook up to on the bottom of the gimbal ring.
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    Need to make sure this rebuild will work

    I'm getting a 350 block bored out 40 over and 882 heads already ground with Z 28 springs in it. I'm taking that and a 260 Mercruiser block with crank and cam and all bottom half with the pistons and rods out to a machine shop. He's going to take the 260 apart and make sure the crank is good and...
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    fallow up again to previous post 81 260 knocking

    Well Its going to be a couple weeks till my new engine is rebuilt I've just been out running the engine on muffs for the last hour still trying to find the knock with a stethoscope and you just reading for the first time I thought the knock was a lifter, Adjusting the lifters on number 8 I could...
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    fallow up to previouse post colapsed intake lifter

    Before I take the intake off for a collapsed lifter, can I take the rod out, put on my dumby valve cover, start the engine and if there is no knock at all make sure its a collapsed lifter?
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    could over reving 81 mercruiser 260 to 6000 cause lifter to colaps?

    I over revved my engine a couple seconds and when I backed off I heard a light knocking back there. I tried to find it with a stethoscope to no luck. you couldn't hardly hear it till about 15 hundred rpm. I took the valve covers off and tried to locate it then thought I seen a couple bent push...
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    1981 mercruiser 260 diagnosing knock and home repairs

    OK I took my boat to a rip off artist and posted while it was going on. Anyway to make a long story short I finally was able to take my boat out and had inadvertently put about 6 grand rpm on the engine. Only for a couple seconds but I know that couple seconds could fry a engine. Anyway I backed...
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    water in lower unit on 81 mercruiser 260

    Here's the deal, I had, had my boat to the mechanic to do a lower shift cable replacement. Allot of other things went on during that so to make a long story short I took the boat out and my lower went out. The mechanic broke the skeg backing it into the garage and had a new one welded on so when...
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    One more question. Two wires hanging loose

    I noticed on my 81 mercruiser 260 that there are two wires not connected to anything. They come out of the white connector before the harness plug in. Located on the transom starboard side. One is Black looks like a fresh cut the other is blue looks like its been cut for a while. Any ideas?
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    Trim gauge question

    I had new trim limit switch and sender put on my alpha and got the trim gauge to work and was wondering how it is supposed to read. In between down and up there are I think five marks. When I got the gauge to work I had the wife rotate the sender while the lower unit was down and the needle...
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    would leaky elbow gaskets cause water in oil 81 260 Mercruiser?

    One problem after another on this boat. I posted before about having a hard time getting my exhaust elbows to seat on the log manifolds. I was getting hydro lock. Any way I got them to seal I cleaned them real good used new gaskets and plate and did the Job. After pulling them 2-3 times. I then...
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    Next problem. put gasket set on exh. elbows and leaked

    Wow what did I get myself into with this boat. I thought this I/O stuff would be like a car boy I'm wrong. So here is what I have now. I got the boat back from the mechanic and had to put the elbows back on myself. I got the gaskets thought I got everything clean, put it back together, started...
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    Got engine in and good need to wire trim sender

    I been over in electronics and can't find anything on wiring the trim sender. I'm looking at a 86 manual and it shoes it goes to a terminal right above the reset button. Brown, white wire on it. Mine is the 81 mercruiser 260 and cant get nothing to work. There was a white wire in the back I...
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    how to wire starboard side trim sender

    I just had the mechanic install both trim senders on the bell-housing and he didn't wire them up as I had to get the boat out of there cause of rising cost. Anyway The port side goes on the two connectors on the pump correct? I cant see were the two wires on the starboard side goes. In my wiring...
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    Will 84 mercruiser 260 transom shield fit on 81?

    Is there any logical reason why a transom shield and gimbal ring and bell housing off a 1984 mercruiser 260 wouldn't fit on a 1981 260 besides the direction of the water tube and the steering arm? I took all kinds of measurments and everything measured good. and the other difference is the water...
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    Need quick advise on transom plate

    What started out as me taking my boat to a mechanic for a lower shift cable replacement and carb rebuild has turned into new trim switches on a 81 260 mercruiser with the Alpha one gen 1 The mechanic was going to have it done today then call me back and said that the stub on the transom plate...
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    Question on alum roller for glassing deck

    My material for re decking my boat are coming in now and I had ordered three rollers that I thought were for getting out bubbles. The 7 inch is alum that I thought would be solid but is like a bolt thread. The 4 inch is plastic but also has like threads on it. The last one is just a little wheel...
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    OK to use exterior treated plywood for deck?

    I've posted several times here on my deck and have a plan and all the stuff ordered except the wood. Someone laid a floor in there but then quit and its only half inch. My question is, would I be messing up if I put in 3/4 treated exterior plywood from Lowe's in at 32 bucks a sheet verses 3/4...
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    Is this correct floor replacement?

    Just to make sure in my mind I'm about to do this right here is my plan. First all the wood is out. Second, grind all the excess glass off the sides. Third clean up the mess, fourth cut patterns out of cardboard for the deck and cabin, 5Th, cut my wood and dry fit it, 6Th lay it out and use...
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    looking for alternative to plywood and glass

    I'm going to be putting in a floor soon on my 24 ft Twain and had read somewhere here that someone used like a hard plastic for there floor. I imagine its the kind in sea-rays and such. Anyway if anyone knows of such a thing could you tell me were to purchase it. Thanks, Chris
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    1981 mercruiser 260 shifting problem

    OK here it goes. I have a 1981 240 V CC Mark Twain and just got it on the river today to load test it. Ran up and down the river great with a little carb problem, seemed like it was sucking to much air. Any way took it in to no wake zone and old lady was telling me about a mist of smoke coming...
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