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  1. Ogbign

    Engine replacement help…

    Ya Iv never herd of bent crank either, but I got the boat home, before I left with it he said it would start but knocks badly, i checked the oil first and no oil on the dipstick, spun it by hand an checked it looks like some water in it. They obviously havnt checked it. So should I change the...
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    Engine replacement help…

    Ok so I had this boat 1978 IMP APACHE. With a 1990 4.3 v6 merc. Put a tone of money in it ran great the whole time I owned it, I sold it to a friend who says they only had it out twice within the last yr Something happened he took it to a mechanic an they said it has a bent crank. Well I bought...
  3. Ogbign

    Cracked my out drive need help on a replacement

    I have replaced the gen two arm, and new shafts and bushings as one of the shafts was also from them gen two
  4. Ogbign

    Cracked my out drive need help on a replacement

    thought I would post an update if anyone cares… I did swap out my drive with a used drive from a 3.0 I installed new impeller an swapped my gears from my cracked drive 1.47 in the new/used drive and has been working good I do have a small rattle in the drive or maybe my gimbal..? Not sure but...
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    Cracked my out drive need help on a replacement

    I looked at them a little everything included install kits even new shift cable gear oil everything I would need, about 1900$ really less than I expected. I tried searching by my model numbers and it wouldn’t pull them up. I was hoping to just buy the same drive I have now. I know I had it...
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    Cracked my out drive need help on a replacement

    Where can I find info on a pricey new one ?
  7. Ogbign

    Cracked my out drive need help on a replacement

    Can’t justify buyin a pricey new one for something I haven’t drove but only once when I’m not sure which gears I need. No used one would last forever. But if I could get it back on the water with a gear ratio I loved I would absolutely buy a pricey new one. I’m sitting with the 1.50 ratio and...
  8. Ogbign

    Cracked my out drive need help on a replacement

    I found a replacement outdrive with these numbers 0C853567 can anyone find any info on it ?
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    Cracked my out drive need help on a replacement

    This helps
  10. Ogbign

    Cracked my out drive need help on a replacement

    So I had this boat on the lake the other day before the crack on the drive, get it in gear an moving an she just stood up felt like if I had put it full throttle I woulda sank the back of the boat just set down so far, so I had to baby it to get up on a plain which took a while also first time...
  11. Ogbign

    Cracked my out drive need help on a replacement

    So about all the 4.3s show a 1.81 gear drive, the v8 s show 1.47 ..? So mine isn’t correct to start with … ? The drive off the 3.0 would be much closer gear than what I have now ..?
  12. Ogbign

    Cracked my out drive need help on a replacement

    Boat is a 1978 imp
  13. Ogbign

    Cracked my out drive need help on a replacement

    Engine numbers show its 88-91
  14. Ogbign

    Cracked my out drive need help on a replacement

    Ok so I was told I have alpha 1 gen 1 drive with a gen 2 bell housing .. is this possible?
  15. Ogbign

    Cracked my out drive need help on a replacement

    The only numbers I can find is A 665138 Propeller says BS. Pro Mak M 14-1/2x19 an what if this boat did have the 3.0 with this drive am I looking at a huge difference?
  16. Ogbign

    Cracked my out drive need help on a replacement

    I’ve got an old 1978 imp with mercruiser it has the 4.3 on it from running the numbers the engine is 1989-1990 so it’s far from original I bought it with broken starter bolts after getting those extracted had it in the water, the outdrive somone had welded to it before an it didn’t hold. So I’ve...
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