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  1. tpenfield

    1969 Mercury 7.5 HP Drive Shaft . . . .

    I put a heat gun on the area of the pivot shaft to loosen things up a bit . . . some improvement, but still a bit still, which is fine for steering. I mounted the engine to the dinghy in preparation for launching tomorrow. I got to wait for the time to be right in order to launch from my back...
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    Bravo 3 Bellows Replacement - Times 2

    The Bellows arrived, along with the sleeve installation tool. So, just waiting on the rest of the tools and the adhesive to arrive tomorrow. Here is the collection of 'stuff' I have so far. Bellows, exhaust tube and shift bellows along with the clamps, sleeve and the installation tool. I...
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    Bravo 3 Bellows Replacement - Times 2

    As I prepped my boat for seasonal launching I noticed that the u-joint bellows are showing signs of wear from chaffing along several ridges of the bellows. At least from what I can see with the outdrive tilted up. I have not known chaffing to be an issue, at least based on my previous Bravo...
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    1969 Mercury 7.5 HP Drive Shaft . . . .

    I got the engine all back together and gave it a test run today. Seems to be OK . . . One additional thing that I did was to enlarge the 'pee hole' (by drilling it out to a larger size), as it would continually get clogged. Now it seems to be fine and can pass bit of crud fairly easily...
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    1969 Mercury 7.5 HP Drive Shaft . . . .

    UPDATE: OK, I got past that impeller and pin/key hurdle, thanks to the advice given :thumb: I completed the assembly of the lower unit this evening and everything seems to be OK Here is the water pump installed. I filled the gear case with High Performance gear lube . . . 'cuz that's all I...
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    1969 Mercury 7.5 HP Drive Shaft . . . .

    Update: I started to put the LU of the Mercury 7.5 back together . . . I decided to replace the seals while I was at it . . . here is the new prop shaft seal along with the remains of the old one. I installed the new drive shaft and fastened the pinion gear (I think that is what it is...
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    Electro-Mechanical Trim Indicators

    the next step was up at the helm where the interface modules connect to the existing trim gauges. Here is the gauge panel removed and the wiring exposed The modules are plug 'n play with the gauge connectors, as it has 'piggy back' connectors, so no wiring work is needed at the helm either...
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    Electro-Mechanical Trim Indicators

    Update: I did the installation of my electro-mechanical indicators this weekend. Overall things went pretty good. I do need to mak a few tweaks to the electronics, but the system seems to be OK for now. First thing was to drill 2 5/8" holes at a pretty shallow angle in the underside of the...
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    Formula 330 SS Head Liner Refubishment

    Thanks guys, for the good words on my handy work, here are a couple more pictures . . . I used one of the poles from my mooring cover, along with some other stuff in the cabin to hold the forward section up while I secured it to the ceiling. The headliner is screwed into the ceiling at the 3...
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    Formula 330 SS Head Liner Refubishment

    Here is the rear section installed. Things were getting difficult at this point. Another view of the rear section Here is the forward section installed, along with the lights, etc. The seam looked OK, and the 2 screws that attach the 2 sections seems fine too. At some point, I'll probably...
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    Formula 330 SS Head Liner Refubishment

    Update: I finished off the headliner today. I was quite a bit of work installing it into the boat . . . overall I would put this project at an 8 on a 10 scale. Here are some pictures of the day. Cutting out the material for the headliner sections I used spray adhesive on the headliner board...
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    Question about filling Bravo III outdrive w/ Gear Lube . . .

    Yea, so I filled my twin Bravo 3 outdrives with gear lube yesterday, and that was a lot of 'fun' :rolleyes: In doing so, it has prompted some questions. I recall reading through the service manual a couple years ago and if I remember correctly, 1) I take the upper plug out, 2) fill from the...
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    Formula 330 SS Head Liner Refubishment

    The material arrived today . . . sort of wish it came a day earlier as I would have been able to knock this off over the weekend. Looks the same . . . maybe a bit darker than the original.
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    Electro-Mechanical Trim Indicators

    Update: I was planning on doing a test fitting and install the trim indicators this weekend . . . but . . . it looks like there is a wiring harness routed to where I was planning on mounting the potentiometer portion of the system. So, I am doing a bit of re-thinking and will probably take a...
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    Formula 330 SS Head Liner Refubishment

    Some Updates . . . My headliner material should arrive early this coming week. This weekend, I did some prep work on the headliner, and will probably do the installation next week. Here are a few pictures . . . I terminated the wiring that I had to cut for the lights. So, going back in, they...
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    Subscription Notifications not going away after delete

    I am noticing that the subscription notifications in the message center are not going away when I click to delete them. They used to, no problem. This just happened with the recent site maintenance.
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    New Anchor and Bow Roller

    Here are some pics of the wiring . . . I ran some 4 GA wire from the engine room, up the port side and then through the ceiling of the cabin to tie into the existing wiring harness. I also ran a 12 GA Trilpex wire to the helm for the windlass switch. Feeding the 4 GA wire down the port side...
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    New Anchor and Bow Roller

    A fairly big weekend on the boat project front . . . I have been meaning to put a new anchor and a windlass on my boat. This year, the budget got stretched a bit on some other issues, so I decided just to do the new anchor and roller this year, and then the windlass next year. I decided to go...
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    Formula 330 SS Head Liner Refubishment

    Thanks. :) After a bit of inspection and some dis-assembly, it looks like I will need to get new headliner material. I was hoping that the foam backing would be in decent shape and re-usable, but that is not the case. I also have noticed that the headliner is made up of 2 pieces of 1/4"...
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    Formula 330 SS Head Liner Refubishment

    Here is the headliner (center section) in my living room for the evening. I plan to refurbish it outside tomorrow, as the weather will be dry. I took the opportunity to check out the wiring runs, as I plan to add wiring for a windlass (to be installed next year - maybe) The outside sections...
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