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  1. MichaelBC

    Alpha One Gen II shift shaft seals

    Hello, I did use the search function but could not find anything about this topic. So if there is a thread about this already please guide me there. Yesterday I removed my Alpga One Gen. II drive and found a lot of salt in the area of the shift wire. In my oppinion this should not be there and...
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    Brown dust on exhaust and spark plug look

    Hello, I would like to ask for an oppinion of the experts again. I ran my boat on the meditranian sea in June and I am just preparing to go again in 2 weeks. Now I mentioned some marks of brown smoke at the side exhausts of the Alpha drive. I have nevers seen this before and so I am a little...
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    Block off plates or not?

    Sorry, my mistake.
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    Engine rpm is not stable below 2000 rpm

    Hallo, yesterday I took my boat with the new engine out on the mediteranian see for the first time. The engine starts immediately when I turn the key and runs nicely. I did set the timing and idle speed in setup mode of the ECU. When I accelarate a little and reach about 1300 rpm the...
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    Water inlets at dry joint ellbows

    Hello, my dry joint ellbows have two water inlets. So in one I will put in the connector for the water hose of the closed cooling to let the seawater out and the other one is pluged. So as you can see in the picture it would make my setup a little easier to use the upper hole insted of where...
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    Mercruiser engine alignment sideways

    Hello, I had to rebuild the wooden blocks where the engine base is screwed onto because they were completely rooten down. So I have to drill new holes to screw the bases on. I have seen a lot of videos and articles how to align the engine with the alignment tool and grease to see the marks of...
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    Which sealing compound to use for riser gaskets ?

    Hello, I found this video which describes how to install the riser gaskets. They are putting some black sealing compound on the rubber part, starting in the video at 1:20. So I have two questions. Should I really do that or should this seals be better built in dry ? I looked in the...
  8. MichaelBC

    Knock sensor for Thunderbolt V

    Hello, my name is Michael, I am 54 years old and I am from Germany. I have searched a while now in forums and internet but wasn't able to solve the mistery about the knock sensors yet. Last year I bought a Bayliner 2050 with a 4.3 Mercruiser engine. It was not in the best shape and in...
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