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    Alpha Gen 2 Shift Cable Removal

    If you can still grab it, you could try heating the aluminium around it with a blow torch, see if it loosens. Easy outs might work, but the brass was so soft when I did it, it just ate the fitting. I ended up having to drill it out and cutting a new thread. If you end up doing that, careful...
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    Trim Sender/Limit Mercruiser

    I had a similar issue, where it wouldn't go down. Ended up a wire had broken in the throttle handle. It was in the last spot I thought it would be after checking everything else, and I wasn't even going to check there. You could test continuity from the trim up switch at the handle, backwards?
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    4.5L Water in Oil, Bent Valve, O2 Hydrolock

    C'mon dub283. What? How on earth could that be true. 6 years and 250hrs is the average life of an engine? You're trying to tell us that we should be expecting to replace our engine every 6 yrs! Especially that shiny looking one in the picture with the closed cooling. Someone forgot to tell my...
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    Started, died and wont restart

    Been there, done that. It took a while by a jiggle siphon but it was worth it. Emptied the tank into jerry cans and wiped the inside of the tank clean with rags on some wire. Made sure it was spotless. Unfortunately, there were small amounts of junk in mine so had to rebuild and clean the carb...
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    Mercruiser 4.3 LX Gen+, Hydrolock, no water in oil.

    Ripper! Great to hear.
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    Mercruiser 4.3 LX Gen+, Hydrolock, no water in oil.

    Not sure what years yours is, but I have a 4.3L that was doing similar (turning off randomly, usually under heavy load). It has an electric fuel pump. Turns out it was the oil pressure switch (which i worked out from a number of different users on this forum). Check the terminals aren't...
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    Exhaust bellows install Alpha one

    What's a "Tube"?
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    Seriously stuck gimbal bearing

    Thanks. It didn't appear too bad, but given the state of everything else, figured it was worth changing. Does it just pull out?
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    Seriously stuck gimbal bearing

    It's finally out. What a PITA that was. Drilled the aluminium carrier, but still didn't move, so got a Drexel with a carbide cutter to cut right to the edge if a quarter section i hoped i could get out. Managed to knock the quarter of the carrier out, put the slide hammer back in and BANG. How...
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    Seriously stuck gimbal bearing

    Yeah, I watched it a few times recently and I get it (thanks, btw, helpful vid) Im using the jaws of the old threaded puller that i broke in the earlier post, cut and welded it to some threaded rod, with a big heavy piece of steel for a hammer. Thats not the issue as it seems to grab all day...
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    Seriously stuck gimbal bearing

    After another hour of the slide hammer, I have changed tack and started hitting it so that it seems to rotate 180* like @kenny nunez said. But not where i expected. I haven't ordered a new bearing yet, so can't compare size. Is the bearing that is is meant to come out and be replaced just the...
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    Seriously stuck gimbal bearing

    Well the slide hammer isn't doing anything. Junked the one I bought and welded a much heavier one (like a fence stake post driver in reverse, about 7kg bit of steel) and still no movement or even inkling of movement. I'm thinking about drilling the 2x holes in the outer ring of the bearing to...
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    Seriously stuck gimbal bearing

    Ok. Thanks for the suggestions. Ordered a slide hammer. Ill start with that and see how it goes.
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    Seriously stuck gimbal bearing

    Alpha one gen 2. I have spent the past day trying to get a gimble bearing out and it is not budging. At all, not a bit. There was water in the bellows when I pulled of to inspect so it looks corroded. (I will probably be doing the bellows and the uni joints too as a result by the look of...
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    Temperature gauge issues? Can't get a temp reading?

    Ripper! It works. Sticky gauge, how 'bout that. Got a new speedo from that mob too. Matches exactly. Thanks a lot for your help.
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    2004 Merc TKS intermittently missing, running rich, running on.

    I experience the same thing, usually after pulling someone around on skis and then stopping to pick them up. Having corrected the running rich, can the carbon deposits be cleaned off without pulling the engine apart. Do those engine carbon cleanering products that's you spray into the cylinders...
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    Temperature gauge issues? Can't get a temp reading?

    Thanks
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    Temperature gauge issues? Can't get a temp reading?

    Actually, seem to have found original Maxum branded ones by Faria on ebay. Old stock parts. Ill give that a shot.
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    Temperature gauge issues? Can't get a temp reading?

    Here it is. Not sure if it's mercury, doesnt seem to say.. Its from a 1998 Maxum. I'll just google something similar
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    Temperature gauge issues? Can't get a temp reading?

    Thanks Chris. Finally got around to this. Spot on. Resistance was about what you said. Disconnected the connector, and watched the resistance drop as I ran the boat on muffs from cold to warm. Swapped the connector to the oil pressure gauge and the oil pressure gauge went up. Must be a broken...
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