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I replaced the gimbal bearing and everything going through the gimbal housing in January 2021, and this season (2025) the driveshaft bellows was torn. I want to make sure the next bellows set is OEM and I find the Quicksilver brand for $89 but the Mercury Mercruiser brand is $125-$160 and I'm...
95 Rinker Capiva 190 with 4.3LX Alpha1Gen2 "free" boat. This boat was given to my wife 2 years ago with a broken windshield (snow load) and water in the oil. I should mention that the P/O replaced the lower gear case with an SEI after contacting some Willamette River underwater basalt. After...
95 MCM 4.3LX Alpha (Alpha 1 Gen 2 Serial # 0F524631) Boat given to my wife 2 yr ago.
Prelude: This has been a great boat after solving water in the oil and cleaning the 4 BBL carb. Oh yeah, seawater impeller and exhaust flappers too. Growling noise late last season led to removal of...
I was just given a boat in an appropriately winterized state (plugs out of exhaust manifolds and block (2), return hose to water pump disconnected at pump). It started easily and ran fine with outdrive in a bucket. Ran it up to operating temp on land several times. Oil after that was good and...
