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    OMC 5.8L Shift assist module

    Hello again. My friend has a 1990 OMC 5.8L with cobra drive. He has been having trouble getting it to shift in and out of gear and sometimes even when you shift to neutral it will stay in gear. I lowered the idle and that helped it to shift but still not rite. I took a look at the shift...
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    Using Oil Mercruiser 4.3LX

    I have a 1992 4.3LX with Alpha 1 Gen 2 out drive. The engine runs great, idles good, starts rite up. The problem is that I have noticed some oil consumption. After about three or four full days of running around in the boat, some tubing, and a fair amount of WOT it was about a quart low. My...
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    U joint replacement???

    Hello all I have just finished installing new bellows and shift cable along with a new gimbal bearing. Got the drive back on after some problems there. Turned out the gimbal bearing needed to be adjusted. Anyway I took it out and water tested it and found that on hard left or right turns it...
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    Alpha One Bad Grinding In Forward Gear

    Hello all. I am new to creating posts but have been reading the forum for years. First of all I have a 1992 Crownline with the 4.3 LX mercrusier and Alpha one drive. I've had the boat for about 6 years now. I just went out and started her after a long winter and all was well until I tried to...
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    Water Spraying on engine, Bilge area filling with water

    Hello Today I took my boat out and launched it so that I could put new runners on the trailer. By the time I was done about 4 hours had passed. Some complications along the way. Anyway, when I was done I decided to take a short run in the boat before calling it a day. While out on the water...
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    1980 Mercury 115 Looses Power after running for a while

    Hello I have a 1980 mercury 115 that I have a problem with. First off it is fairly hard to start after sitting for a day or so. Usually takes a small burst of starting fluid then it kicks off and goes. No problems getting started after that. The big problem is when I get it out on the lake...
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