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  1. nola mike

    connecting mooring line to chain/clip?

    i have a mooring for my 19' bowrider. i recently abraided through the 3/8" braided poly line connecting the light chain to the boat. i replaced the line this season but didn't use a thimble. i'm looking for a better solution. i can buy new line with a thimble spliced on one end, but then what...
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    importance of gear case lower seal?

    After deciding to remove my noisy lower unit, I changed the impeller on the other drive. While in there i noticed the mangled remains of the drive shaft seal. Reading through some threads it was unclear how important this seal is. I put the drive together and ran it this weekend. Probably about...
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    Whining alpha one/gen 1?

    Luckily, this is my spare drive. It's been sitting for ~4 years with no gear oil because it's my spare and it needed an input shaft seal. Finally got around to doing that and replacing the water pump. After a comedy of errors (missing the copper tube, missing/forgetting to replace the captive...
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    Upper shift shaft bushing replacement?

    pulled the outdrive today, noticed some water in the shift shaft cavity. also noticed the upper seal free floating on the shaft. i think i have the correct part to replace with the new style bushing. i've been looking for a how-to, but haven't seen one. 1. how do i remove the shift shaft? looks...
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    alpha one, gen 1 water pocket tube size?

    Trying to get this drive back together. Lesson: don't take apart a drive, let it sit dry for 3 years, and expect no problems. Anyway, replaced the inpt shaft oil seal and impeller. May have accidentally swapped the bearing carrier cups. About to put the halves back together and noticed that I'm...
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    Input shaft pinion nut size?

    Redid the water pump on my spare alpha one unit. Needs an input shaft seal as well. I didn't have a large enough socket to remove the pinion nut (7/8" was the biggest I had with me). Thought I had a spare shaft at home, but can't find it. Can someone tell me the size of that nut? Would like to...
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    drive id?

    Got this outdrive with an everyone a few years back. Going to sell it, wondering what it is. Looks like a 1/R, but no eye hook and no fins at the vent hole. I measured it as 1.87 drive ratio, which I guess is actually 1.84...which means I may want to keep as another spare (spare #1 is 1.98 with...
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    Throttle linkage prob/can't accelerate/Merc 25

    I have a 2004 Merc 25 HP. For some reason, it decided to not want to accelerate. Looking at it, it's obvious that the black ramp of the throttle arm, instead of pushing up on the white part connecting to the butterfly, it pushes directly backward (sorry for the terminology, but should be clear...
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    Merc 25 hp greasing the steering?

    I have an '04 25hp Merc with sticky steering. The manual says to grease it using the zerk at the engine, if there. It doesn't say what to do if it isn't there.
  10. nola mike

    almost lost my wheel....

    Coming back from the ramp, noticed a noise from the wheel. Managed to make it back home, looks like my bearing completely disintegrated. Worse, looks like there's some scoring on the spindle. Worse still, looks like I'll need to replace the whole axle to fix it right. I've seen a few complete...
  11. nola mike

    3.7 to 4.3 swap?

    Ok, 2am and I've been at work for 14 hours so far...so idle thoughts. Have finished a significant portion of my floor replacement/gel coat/interior reconfiguration after deciding that I'm going to keep this boat for a while. The grand plan was to freshen up the spare 470 that is sitting in my...
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    Request for location...

    Forums used to show members' locations when they posted, which I thought was nice. Any way to display that information again when members post?
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    What happens to water in the carb?

    Just curious if it eventually runs through or if it just sits there. Assuming that there's enough gas getting through to keep the engine running. I've always drained the bowl at least, but it's a PITA to get at sometimes (talking not just boats here).
  14. nola mike

    Water in shift cavity?

    Didn't pull my drive last season (alpha 1 gen 1). Took on some water and was concerned that it made it to the drive. Pulled the drive and found a small amount of water in the shift cavity. No rust yet. Everything else was dry. Still have the old style shift seals, is that the most likely...
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    Replacement alternator for 470/breezeworks

    I need a replacement alternator for a 470 3 wire breezeworks conversion. Can anyone tell me which mercruiser alts can replace it? Scoreboard: Original horrible charging system: Lifespan=26 years Mode of failure=regulator failure, "hmm, I'm charging at 18v" Fix=leisurely breezeworks conversion...
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    first time up with the roboshoulder!

    Major shoulder reconstruction after snow skiing 1.5 years ago. Too scared to go last year. And this year. Finally said screw it, had some calm water today. Had the wife pull me, got up no probs in the 66" double high wrap. Went about 2 miles. Not too aggressive, but not terrible either. Psyched...
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    wacky tachy

    Almost have the craft free of gremlins. I had a miss when warm last week. Replaced the coil and cleaned connections, which has cured that. Since then the tach has been floating, bouncing and reading higher than it should. Seems worse at higher speed, and also worse when hitting the trim button...
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    470 misfiring

    I've been working on the floor of the boat this year. Finally got a new floor in and gel coated. Way more work than I wanted, but came out nice. Waiting for the new seats now. Anyway, finally got it out on the water for the first time this year. Went about 15 miles and it ran great. The last 5...
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    Need a couple of quick answers re gel coat

    Sorry about not posting this in my restore thread. I'm in the middle of gel coating. I have a few hours before I need to leave. I want to lay 2 more coats. 1) how much time is the minimum between coats? 2) if I don't use surfacing wax, what's the max time I can go before needing to sand before...
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    Stupid fuel gauge question

    My gauge is on empty, I have a full tank. Going to tackle it on tuesday, but when I measured resistance at the sender between the 2 posts just in passing a few weeks ago (wiring colors appear screwed up) I got 240 ohms. Looking that up now it appears that that should be the reading on an empty...
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