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    89 4.3L not starting

    Here is the background. All summer it has been running great, no issues starting running strong. I did notice that it was running a little hot but didnt think much of it. Saturday I was out ran for about an hour non stop, then it was my turn to get behind the boat and wakeboard, started right up...
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    What to do with my 89 sea ray

    Well it has come time that my project must go to make room for a new boat. I have an 89 sea ray 180 on a roller trailer. The issue is that the hull is in OK shape, the floor is rotten out though. The 4.3L Merc and alpha one drive are still in running order. and the trailer is good too! I dont...
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    Yet another power steering mystery

    I have a 1989 sea ray 180 with a 4.3L alpha one. I was pulling a boarder the other day and when I gassed it up the out-drive 'straight so it pulled to the left, but when I went to correct the steering it took all my might to turn it back. when I got back to the house I checked the level of the...
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    Shift shaft bushing removal tips

    1989 alpha one. I am removing my upper and lower shift shaft bushings and replacing them with the new type. My upper was leaking and made my shifting an issue. Those damn things are in there good and I don't want to break anything. So any tips or tricks on removal and installation would be...
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    Alpha one shift problem.

    I know I know another one. But this has me baffled. I have read I think every post on the shift system and I understand how it works. When i idle i can get in and out of gear fine. When i give it any kind of gas it cut off. The lower cable is only a year old. No water in the gear lube, new...
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    Where do the starter wires go

    (On a 4.3L)I'm reconnecting my starter motor and solenoid. Bunch of wires and 4 terminals, two big (at 12 and 6 o'clock) two small (at 9 and 3). I suspect purple goes to 9, yellow goes to 3, battery positive goes to 6, along with the wire coming out of the starter motor itself, and the other...
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    Another alpha one shift issue

    1989 4.3 merc alpha one. I was having trouble with shifting from rev to neutral and the engine dieing, That i know is the kill switch. But the other day I throttled up to get on plane and the engine reved up and then sputtered and died. In that process i heard a clunk. I think that the choke was...
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    Merc 4.3 not starting

    so at the end of last summer I dropped a nut into the carb and down into the intake. So we started pulling it apart we took off the heads and everything before that.( including rebuilding the starter) So I just recently put it all back together and when i go to start it it just turns and turns...
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