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  1. karbine98

    How to install auxilliary tach

    I have a 2002 Crownline 202br whose Faria tach has quit working. I don't want to spend anymore $ on it this year, but would like to know my rpm's. I would like to buy an inexpensive digital or analog tach to use and maybe down the road try to find a matching Faria tach. I don't know where the...
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    We can always make it better---right???

    Have a 1978 Sea Star Spoiler deep V 888 18 footer with inline 6cyl engine. 2,200 lb empty weight. Engine was new about 6 yrs ago, 3 yrs before we got it. Runs very nice, but with the 15 X 19 aluminum prop WOT revs would reach upper 5,000's and supposed to be ~ 4,300-4,500 per manual. Got a 21...
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    EZ slides for 2,200lb fiberglass boat vs lubrication.

    I have a 1978 Sea Star Spoiler 888 with MC 165 and like everyone, I 'd like to make launching and retrieving easier. Haven't tried lubrication of pads yet but will. O/W I'd like to find some slides. I see the EZ slides list a wt limit of 1,500lb for fiberglass boats and wondered if anyone has...
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    How much water out of prop? Outdrive warm to touch.

    Thanx to all the help I received here I was able to get outdrive serviced and trim pump leak fixed. Boat is a 1978 SeaStar Spoiler 888 with 165 Mercruiser serial range 4940400 range. Trim leak was a blown o-ring--really blown, shredded and paper thin. Got her fired up on the muffs this...
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    o-ring size prestolite trim pump valve body

    My hydraulic trim pump assembly leak was caused by a blown o-ring. The other 3 were intact but a bit flattened. They matched up exactly to the 3/8" x 1/2" O-rings I have. In as much as there is only a groove on one side I suppose they wouldn't be very thick. My question is that the O-rings don't...
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    MC-1 trim parts help '78 Mercruiser 165 I6 Serial Range 4940000

    Overpressured trim system while pulling in arms to reattach to lower unit after impeller service, etc and developed leak at base of reservoir. Finally got pump out----hideous task with almost totally inaccessible transom mounted bracket bolts. My more nimble son finally got back one off. Couple...
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    Trim res leak at hydraulic line fitting

    Got the outdrive for my '78 Sea Star Spoiler back in. Went to pull trim rams back in to reconnect them but one hung up on lower unit (no helper--couldn't see this). I heard a pop sound from bottom of trim pump/reservoir. Fluid appeared to be leaking from the hydraulic line in bottom of...
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    Drive-shaft housing lower seal

    Pulled my drive for impeller corder to Lheck also. Thnx for help everyone so far. As per achris advice ordered lower oil seal. When I installed it I drove it all the way in with the grooved side in until it mated with circular structure about 1-1.5 cm below surface. Wrong thing to do! Gonna...
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    Gear housing gasket position

    Ready to reinstall MC-1 outdrive. Got gasket set with paper gasket for bellhousing, o-ring for water intake, and the larger rubber ring for the gearhousing. I can't tell from illustrations and the many videos I've watched where exactly I put that larger rubber ring. I know I am supposed to glue...
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    lower unit splined shift rod

    I'm going to be reassembling MC1 sterndrive on my 1978 Sea Star Spoiler and have trans in forward but I know in process of cleaning lower unit after installing new impeller that top, splined end of shift rod or shift shift in the lower unit got rotated one way or the other. My question is, do I...
  11. karbine98

    U-joint grease, o-ring or no o-ring lower unit drive

    My first post for my first boat. Pulled sterndrive on my '78 Mercruiser 165 to check impeller and seals, etc. Wondered if the generic "Marine" grease is adequate for the u-joints and splines or only for the trailer wheel bearings. I'll have to drive a ways to get 2-4-C grease, but will if it is...
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