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    Success story

    I used the trouble shooting in the stickies for a starting issue on my boat yesterday and found that my slave solenoid was bad....just want to say.....we are all going to miss Dons on this forum.
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    Alpha one stumped

    Let me give a little background , I have a alpha one upper unit 1.5 ratio and the gears are all chewed up so I have a used set of 1.98 gears laying around so I decided to goof around and regear this housing. I took it apart and pulled the bearing pack off the input shaft, slide off type with...
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    Need Don or Chrises Help yikes advise please

    Hi guys ....I was working on my alpha 1 and pulled the bearing carrier out to replace the seals. carrier came out relatively easy...problem is reverse gear and thrust washer is still in the housing, in other words I pulled the reverse gear right off the bearing, I assume the thrust washer is...
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    pressure testing

    hey guys when you pressure test a unit when the two halves are apart what do most of you use to plug the oil passage between them ........besides your finger :p
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    need some shimming tips

    Over the summer I decided to tinker with a spare unit I had laying around (alpha one upper). I replaced all of the bearings and mated it with an old lower alpha one and bolted it up to my boat. I ran it on the lake for about an hour and a half and seemed to be doing well. When I winterized the...
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    prop shaft question

    anyone know what part numbers will cross with 44-850308 prop shaft alpha gen II
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    question regarding grinding alpha

    i just read the post regarding the grinding alpha and they were talking about replacing the top bearing on the driven gear top shaft to top cap, my question is could you replace this bearing alone with success? i mean how would you get an accurate rolling torque with an old bearing on the driven...
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    alpha one gen 2

    I was wondering the major differences between the early model gen 2 and the latter model gen 2. wondering if the prop shafts are interchangable.
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    alpha 1 lower technical question

    ok ....how the heck do you replace the forward gear needle bearing....no conventional ways that i can see ....tried to press it out and broke the cage.:eek: now i'm :confused:
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    charging problem

    i have a mercruiser 4.3l 1990. i started blowing blower fuses so i replaced the blower figuring it was going bad. yesterday while out i noticed my volt meter jumping up to 15-16 volts and could hear the drag of the alternator on the engine and my new blower runing faster then volt meter jumped...
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    mercruiser question

    I was wondering what year mercruiser changed from the 8 spline vertical shaft on the mc-1 to the 13 spline shaft?
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    alpha 1 upper question

    wondering on an alpha 1 upper if there are slots in the housing for puller jaws on the driven gear bearing cup. i see you can get under it and i see what looks like a slot on one side but not the other, figure this to be an oil passage. or does it just pop out once it gets up so far.
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    rolling torque

    i plan on replacing the double bearings (input shaft) on my upper alpha one gen 1. I have read that the rolling torque for new bearings is 6-10 in. pounds. My question is I have read in the manual that a bearing is considered used if rotated once, in which case the setting would be 2-4 in...
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    sterndrive holding fixture

    Hi I was wondering what everyone uses for a holding fixture when working on the upper or lower units. I see many stands around but no acual fixtures to hold the units when working on them.
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