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    Alpa one Mercury MerCruiser

    4.3L alpa 1 Mercury Mercruiser distributor has quit, the electric module is bad. Trying to get this old?good boat up and running Per my mechanic you have a hard time replacing with a new distributor because they do not have the "cut out" to be able to shift. These modules are old...
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    Mercruiser Alpha One Series One, no Reverse

    Grandkids coming and the boat is down. The interior guy just replaced vinyl and wood on both side panels. The boat no longer goes into reverse. Shifts fine just no backwards propulsion. Forward is perfect but seems to still creep forward in neutral. Shifts easily, Just ZERO reverse...
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    water temp

    My water gauge quit registering temps. When I ground out the temp gauge wire at the sending unit the gauge tops out. I am told that means the sending unit is still bad. I replaced the sending unit with one "supposedly the same" from auto zone.
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    water temp gauge

    My water gauge quit registering temps. When I ground out the temp gauge wire at the sending unit the gauge tops out. I am told that means the sending unit is still bad. I replaced the sending unit with one "supposedly the same" from auto zone.
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    Help no forward or reverse alpha one, gen.1 mercruiser, 4.3L

    14 months ago I had the 4.3L engine pulled for a blown head gasket. (Done by good shop) Engine was repaired and the boat ran great all last summer. EXCEPT throttle handle seemed too tight against the side) Extremely cold winter last year and my winterizing "not so good" I cracked two exhaust...
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    Help no forward or reverse alpha one, gen.1 mercruiser, 4.3L

    14 months ago I had the 4.3L engine pulled for a blown head gasket. (Done by good shop) Engine was repaired and the boat ran great all last summer. EXCEPT throttle handle seemed too tight against the side) Extremely cold winter last year and my winterizing "not so good" I cracked two exhaust...
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    Repower options for 4.3l 1990

    I believe I cracked the head on my 1990 Smokercraft Deck Boat. It's a great old boat. My mechanic has suggested I purchase a crate long block for a 1990 S10 (biggest standard cam). Swap the Mercury parts and call it a day. I wanted to change to a 4 barrel and add an after market cam,. He says...
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