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  1. Scott06

    Leak into bilge, bellows?

    yes
  2. Scott06

    Leak into bilge, bellows?

    those orings hold the inner race of the gimbal on the driveshaft so they spin together the single one keeps grease in the coupler for those couplers that have a zerk for the splines
  3. Scott06

    Leak into bilge, bellows?

    a couple of things that have hung me up when almost all the way in - the orings on the driveshaft- are these greased up, and when I have been doing alignment work one can build up a lot of grease in the coupler and take some effort to squeeze out. Did you check the alignment i ok? While it...
  4. Scott06

    Upper gearcase pinion bearing replacement

    If you change the bearings and races you will need to set up rolling torque and reshim the gears. Slide hammer on jaw puller will get the races out. A little heat on the housing helps
  5. Scott06

    Leak into bilge, bellows?

    yes normal to have to center the bearing by whacking the adjustment tool in 4 directions (i think this is in the manual), and adjust the alignment after doing a gimbal bearing.
  6. Scott06

    pieces of something when taking lower unit off

    Check the exhaust shutters too might be where the casting is from. The other thing the slinger on drive shaft on top of water pump housing
  7. Scott06

    Leak into bilge, bellows?

    I did not use bellow adhesive on bellhousing side. Get a factory shop manual it lays out in detail the order where to use adhesive etc
  8. Scott06

    Leak into bilge, bellows?

    Mike has you straight on the shift cable The bilge pumps what u outline is good would also consider battery capacity most of the time when it sinks the bilge pump comes on enough to drain battery so would consider adding a second battery and charging either solar or shot
  9. Scott06

    lower unit replacement

    does It hold pressure ?
  10. Scott06

    lower unit replacement

    Agree with above most sure fire way is a bolt on SEI. Would check transom for signs of flex cracking as the weight ended up on the drive. Given the age would keep and eye out for transom and stringer rot anyways
  11. Scott06

    Remove drive shaft lower bearing cup

    i did my gen 2 last winter, snagged a fishing line around prop seal- when I pulled the carrier I found some corrosion on things despite never having had water in the lube ( the boat sat mostly unused before I got it- 11 yrs /37 hrs). So I popped the top cap found corrosion on teh up bearing and...
  12. Scott06

    Remove drive shaft lower bearing cup

    I used a slide hammer as well but had to grind down the jaw as mentioned to get under the cup. Yes you may have to do it a couple times to get the right shim. Definitely get the factory manual and you will need the factory tooling to set up the gear height. you will also need an inch lb torque...
  13. Scott06

    MerCruiser alpha 1 gen 2 tapping noise in lower half

    That is not a bad route if you like the boat. OEM is always best but -not sure the age of the boat a lot of folks will look at SEI Drives which are a good aftermarket replacement with a 3 yr warranty if you want to save a few bucks.
  14. Scott06

    MerCruiser alpha 1 gen 2 tapping noise in lower half

    if you don't have it get a factory manual for your drive as it outlines in detail all the procedures to set it up correctly. Also be aware that you will need some Mercruiser specific tools for this job in addition to some decent mechanics tools. When I did mine I was able to find the Merc...
  15. Scott06

    OEM Exhaust Manifolds Looking for some other info

    The rust on inside of exhaust port is usually a sign of internal leaking, water gets in engine via exhaust valves
  16. Scott06

    Timing is retarded ;-)

    I would not worry about the plugs. My 3.0 always had 2 cylinder rich and two that looked perfect. same as you middle cylinders were different than the ends. I had the boat for 20 years… Your piston deposits look normal still a nice cross hatch on the cylinders. Pistons are not steel and will...
  17. Scott06

    Timing is retarded ;-)

    yes I think this is more a issue with the parts list the OP was looking at. Most site like marine engine.com have the old part number listed as unavailable then the new P/N as available
  18. Scott06

    Do I replace the core plugs when engine is out?

    Yeah but you would be amazed, swapping props one time I lost the trust washer as it stuck the to prop pul lining it off… took me 45 min to find it …
  19. Scott06

    Do I replace the core plugs when engine is out?

    that hard when the water at the end of your dock is 26" deep...
  20. Scott06

    Leak into bilge, bellows?

    91 and up is GEN2 right? I was just talking about all Gen 2 drives not the older drives
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