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    Ball Gear Cracked

    Anybody know why a ball gear would crack across the hub like this? This is the intermediate gear on an 83 stringer. The gear was installed by a shop before I got the boat and has maybe 1 hour time on it. The threads on the shaft are pretty rusty - my suspicion is that the nut was tightened to...
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    Stringer Upper Bearing Housing

    I've got an 83 Stringer and I'm trying to get the bearing housing out of the upper drive unit - it seems to be stuck. I finally got the water pump and pump shaft out and I've tried using a rod through the steering post to tap on the bearing drive shaft but have not been successful yet. What...
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    Mystery distributor

    This is a distributor off a 1987 4.3L mercruiser I bought for parts - does anyone know anything about it? It says "Cherry" on the pickup module and the numbers - CU101501. It didn't come with an ignition module, does anyone know what it uses? It only has 2 wires and everything else I've seen...
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    2bbl to 4bbl carb swap

    I have an 1983 3.8 2bbl OMC that is bad and I'm in the process of replacing it with a 4.3. I have a 4.3 4bbl (Rochester 4MV) with a GM intake to use but unfortunately it's from a merc - so the bracket for the throttle linkage is all wrong. None of the manuals I have seen show a picture of the...
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    No water flow to engine

    I have an 83 Regal with the Stringer 800. When I put muffs on it I get no water to the engine. I do see a stream of water coming from the inside of the right pivot arm, going into a hole that I presume(?) leads to the ball gears. So I know I have water that far. What would be keeping it from...
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