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    Mercruiser Alpha 1 3rd starter in 12 months

    1997 Mercruiser Alpha One 135 on Sea Ray 175. 2 starters failed in 12 months, about to install 3rd. Wondering what the deal is. Otherwise fantastic, fun boat. Coicindental with this: Bilge pump and blower fan stopped working and all of the even number fuses were blown (ignition, blower, bilge...
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    Cracked block repair update

    So I read some of your posts and repaired my cracked block with JB Weld (1997 Mercruiser Alpha One on SewaRay 175). Roughly 8-inch crack just behind manifold, used grinder to V it out and cleaned well with acetone. 2 days later I just took the kids tubing and the crack appears to be holding...
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    Cracked block, now what?

    1997 Mercruiser 3.0 Alpha, didn't winterize properly so it froze and now have large crack in block. External crack only as far as I can tell--no water in oil, just in bilge area. Crack is right between exhaust manifold and block. Manifold is off. Plan to grind surface down to clean metal and...
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    Cracked block or leaky manifold?

    I love this forum, this is my first post. I have a 1997 Mercruiser 3.0 Alpha I/O. Runs like a top, except this spring I have water leaking hard into the bilge area from a very narrow valley between the top of the block (port side) and what I think is a manifold (the exhaust manifold elbow comes...
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