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    Replacing stubborn Alpha One Gimbal Bearing - am I missing something?

    Lost my drive coupler last week, and looks like my gimbal bearing needs replacing while I'm in there. I am using a 3-jaw slide hammer and it's not budging. I don't see the 'dimple' that shows where the grease fitting needs to line up on the gimbal bearing. I'm wondering if there is another part...
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    Weird issue - Engine (I/O Merc 3.0) won't turn over

    I've created an impressive mess of issues, this will be a long post. I have a 1986 Sunbird I/O bowrider 175 that runs awesome. It's been super reliable for the past 4 seasons. We took it out yesterday and had a pretty good day on the lake until the engine stalled while towing a wakeboarder. I...
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    Off-throttle idle shifter problem - Alpha One

    All, I have a 1986 Sunbird with a 140 I/O and a Alpha One outdrive. The lower cable was seized on the boat when I bought it, and we have replaced it. The boat goes into forward and reverse gears fine, but coming off throttle into the 'idle' position [on either side of the 'neutral' position]...
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    Interchange Pre alpha 140 lower unit on a 165 upper?

    I found this thread earlier on a search and it sounds like it worked for this poster, just double checking. http://forums.iboats.com/mercruiser-i-o-inboard-engines-outdrives/140hp-mercruiser-outdrive-165-a-258447.html We have a pre alpha 165 with a cracked lower unit housing. I found a...
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    Please help identify our 70s(?) Galaxie tri-hull I/O

    Hello All, My friend and I bought a 70s ski boat that has a Mercruiser 165 I/O in it. It started up on ether and ran when parked last year after blowing the exhaust boot. We have been looking for a couple of days to figure out what type of Galaxie boat we have, and what engine came in it...
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