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    Don was right

    1980/260 mercruiser. Spent the winter going through the boat. New coupler, motor mounts, Hyd hoses, gimbal bearing, bellows,shift cables, raw water pump and complete tune up. No hurry, worked on it when I felt like it. Got it running, and had to shut it down in the driveway as it was starting to...
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    neutral safety

    My neutral safety switch went bad ( not shift interrupter switch ). It's intermittent on an ohm meter causing boat not to start. Jump it and it runs, hook it back up and no go. Obviously bad. 1980 Bayliner Eagle 350/ 260 Mercruiser. Question is, Have the switches used over the years been pretty...
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    outdrive problem

    1980 350/260 mercriuser1. Upper case. When i turn my drive shaft i can feel a rough spot in the same place at every revolution. From what I can see gears look great. No water intrusion, metal in the oil, or burned oil, looks good. My guess is a bearing is begining to fail. I know I could rebuild...
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    Engine alignment

    1980 Mercruiser 350/260. Alignment bars goes in easily at top 90/180/270 degrees. Pushes in with one finger and turns easily with two fingers. Everything back there is new. My only concern is that at 270 it has a little more resistance than the other three sides, but still goes in with one...
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    shift cable bellows

    1980 260 mercruiser 1. Replacing drive shaft and shfit cable bellows. Do I need to apply adhesive to shift cable bellows where it attaaches to the gimbal housing? Or just to the ends of the drive shaft bellows.
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    Drive shaft bellows

    Installing new shift and drive shaft bellows on a 1980 260 mercruiser 1. I am looking for the reinstall procedure. Apart, cleaned up and already to go, just need procedure. Any help to that link would be apreciated. Thanks!
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    Starter Problem

    1980 Mercruiser 260 In A Bayliner Eagle. Have Motor Out To Correct Mount And Alignment Issues And Some Other Maintenance. I Discovered A Automotive Starter On It So I Replaced It With A New Marine One. New Starter Would Not Turn Engine Over Even Without The Spark Plugs In It. Shimmed Starter Out...
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    2000 mercury 9.9 ignition problem

    Please advise My 2000 Mercury 9.9 4 stroke keeps dropping a cylinder. At any speed, idle or above it will run then drop. Does not matter, cold or hot it will miss and lose power, then it will run fine then it will do it again. I have an extensive mechanical backround. Carb is clean and rebuilt...
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