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    Advice on risking not installing white plastic tube

    Hi guys, I have just rebuilt, installed and, tested my rebuilt 85 alpha one outdrive on a 85 350 Mercruiser. I have also had the marina crane put my boat in the water only to find out that I forgot to install the little white plastic tube collar that goes on the outside of the copper water pump...
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    Starboard Hinge Pin Frozen

    Hi, After 8 hrs 2 snaped merc tools, one can of wd 40 and a new oxygen mapp gas torch to heat the 85 merc alpha pin all I am left with is banged up hands :-). I am about to put in a new outdrive and thought I would change out the bellows. while I am here. Gimbal feels smooth and bellows look...
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    loud rattle coming from 85 Alpha one upper unit

    I just replaced my cracked lower unit with a rebuilt unit. Today I ran the boat with the ear muffs on. At low rpm sounds good but as soon as you give it some gas a loud gear rattle from the upper unit. In addition to this when it is in reverse I can stop the prop shaft by grabbing it? Does the...
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    Loud Gear rattle from 85 Alpha 1

    I just replaced my cracked lower unit with a rebuilt unit. Today I ran the boat with the ear muffs on. At low rpm sounds good but as soon as you give it some gas a loud gear rattle from the upper unit. In addition to this when it is in reverse I can stop the prop shaft by grabbing it? Does the...
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    Freeze Crack on outdrive can it be welded or Marine Tex

    Can this freeze crack be welded or should I attempt marine tex? When I dropped the outdrive there was plenty of good oil in it but. Fresh Water came out of the lowest drain screw by the propeller and water came out of the port surrounded by the orange oring in this pic what is this hole for how...
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    cracked housing oun my lower unit

    I have just purchased a boat with a Alpha 1 lower drive unit that has a crack in the lower unit and makes a heck of a racket when I spin the prop by hand clockwise or counter while in gear. <br /><br />How do I ascertain if it is the just the lower drive I need to replace and not the upper? What...
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