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I ordered a complete seal kit for my Alpha one lower unit thinking it needed a shift shaft bushing and seal. After pulling the lower unit off I found oil coming out from under the water pump. When I took the pump off I noticed about 1/16 of an inch play up and down and side to side, in the...
I raised my alpha one outdrive up and left it up for about 5 hours. later on I noticed a few drops of oil coming out of the little pee hole. Its never leaked anywhere before. The last time I had the lower unit off I noticed the shift shaft was lose and wobbled around alittle. It was damp with...
I ran my 85 mcm170 mercruiser about 2 weeks ago, everything was fine. I drained the raw water out of the heat exchanger so it would'nt freeze. I went out thursday and took an end cap off the heat exchanger to make sure it was all out before this next freeze and about 6 oz. of antifreeze ran out...
Hello, Im new here. I'v got a 1985 170 in a v20 Wellcraft that I recently rebuilt. I bought it not running and had been sitting for about 5years. I completely rebuilt it myself from the pan to the rocker cover including a rebuilt head from Clearwater Cylinder Head Co. It runs and performs great...
