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  1. ScottinAZ

    FACTORY PARTS..... a bit of a rant....

    I would agree with you on the exhaust. OEM is good, but a GOOD aftermarket supplier such as Barr can be better. I dont have the option to store with the drive down. I dont have enough clearance between the drive and the ground for that (hell, I have dragged the leg twice this year when I...
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    FACTORY PARTS..... a bit of a rant....

    well, we try to do the best we can..... China CAN make some good parts, if the QC is properly done. Now, when the part is made down the street from the OEM factory from the technical drawings on the back of a napkin, those are the ones that sell for pennies on the dollar to OEM, and cause the...
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    Alpha One 3.0 Starter questions

    with the Amazon stuff, how long it lasts depends on your environment. If your bilge is dry, and you dont keep the boat on the water, it will last longer than if you run wet, and store it at the lake. This goes for factory parts as well, BUT the mean time before failure on the factory part is...
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    FACTORY PARTS..... a bit of a rant....

    I used to be "used boat, cheap parts" and "used car, used parts"..... As I grow older, I have realized that the cost savings isnt worth it long term. When things get interesting is when the OEM is discontinued. My preference then is used OEM. My truck is down right now for fuel pumps. OEM isnt...
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    FACTORY PARTS..... a bit of a rant....

    Ok, this is going to be a bit preachy, and a bit of a rant... USE FACTORY PARTS folks.... I just got done replacing a bunch of cheap Chinesium parts on my boat. These parts have LESS THAN 15 HOURS run time on them. Lower shift cable especially. When old timers say that the Mercruiser part is the...
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    STUCK gimbal bearing.....

    yeah, now I see those...... I was originally going with the tooling that the manual calls out, and that didnt work so well.... I may invest in one of those for next time, BUT if I replace the bearing for cause when I do the bellows, it shouldnt be nearly as stuck next time..... this one had to...
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    STUCK gimbal bearing.....

    well, at long last, the bearing is out. Ended up removing the spherical section out of the outer aluminum housing, and cutting the outer housing with a dremel and a piece of hack saw blade. Once that was done, it still put up a bit of a fight, but about a dozen half hearted whacks with the slide...
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    STUCK gimbal bearing.....

    This is what I was thinking. I have the steel, just hope it doesn’t mar the face of the bell housing as that’s a gasket face isn’t it? (Where the lower abuts is where I was thinking) this does have the benefit of concentrating the force where it needs to be at least
  9. ScottinAZ

    STUCK gimbal bearing.....

    I am trying to get it out with a puller and slide hammer as per the manual.
  10. ScottinAZ

    STUCK gimbal bearing.....

    No snap ring. Bearing does not appear to be cocked, the outer edge is fairly uniform by the lead in chamfer to the bearing bore. As far as I can tell, this may be the original bearing, so stuck is the name of the game. The two relief cuts face the rear on my bearing, so I may try to pop out the...
  11. ScottinAZ

    STUCK gimbal bearing.....

    started beating on my gimbal bearing yesterday to replace it, and am having NO luck. Searched and found this thread https://forums.iboats.com/threads/gimbal-bearing-removal-trick.704454/ and have used up just about all the good advice in there. I had borrowed a slide hammer set, which had the...
  12. ScottinAZ

    Water in one cylinder on V8 Mercruiser. Pull the head?

    I would say either manifold or cracked head.
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    Gimbal Bearing Alignment/Installation Tool Question

    awesome. thats what I needed to know. Ill just bring it into work and get it drilled on the drill press there. I REALLY dont want it all caddywhompus and the damn bolt not go through..... seems you only have one shot at getting it right.....
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    Exhaust Bellows or Not

    I agree, but couldnt justify the difference in cost if the engine/drive was crap. Now that its all proven good, It will get the good stuff when the crap stuff goes belly up, or at least on a reasonable interval. frequent inspections are the name of the game at this point.....
  15. ScottinAZ

    Knocking sound - what is it? [video]

    I wouldnt install that gasket. Not only are you losing power due to restricting the exhaust ports, but you will likely blow the new one in short order as well. May take a bit of research to find the right gasket, but that is what needs to be done. A previous owner may have changed manifolds to...
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    Exhaust Bellows or Not

    no, this was a chinesium set. Im keeping a VERY close eye on the u-joint bellows for issues. Didnt want to spring for the "expensive" factory bellows before making sure the rest of the boat ran.... cheapo parts for the cheapo boat. make sure it runs properly, and then replace with good ones when...
  17. ScottinAZ

    Exhaust Bellows or Not

    The bellows is a pain the backside to properly get on both sides. The tube works just fine for most applications. In my case, the exhaust bellows has enough splits in it to render it useless (its a year old FFS).... Im not in a hurry to replace it, until I do the u-joint bellows next year (I...
  18. ScottinAZ

    Gimbal Bearing Alignment/Installation Tool Question

    Need to replace a janky gimbal bearing. I have the tool, but its not drilled for the installation mandrel, that is left to the "installer" to deal with. What I need to know is where on the shaft does the hole get drilled to put that part on? I checked the FAQ section, but I did not find this...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    not to crap on the site host, but Marine engine.com has had pretty good exploded diagrams for anything I have needed for searching for part numbers and such. The ones for Mercruiser are good, the ones for OMC/Volvo appear to be pretty good as well.
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    I for one wish you good luck, and hopefully you can get it cleaned up with a minimum of work. We wouldnt do that this side of the pond, but then again, we have Ford and Chevy engines available much more readily and cheaply than you have access to.
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