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  1. Bt Doctur

    Water in cylinder, oil and carburetor

    1) Is there supposed to be rust by carburetor? There was water in the top of the manifold by carburetor and carb was filled with water. drain plug left in and sunk on land? tarp failure ?
  2. Bt Doctur

    Transom leak. 4.3l mercruiser with alpha one gen2

    could put it in reverse at full throttle to see if it falls off
  3. Bt Doctur

    Broken console to control shift cable

    It was working correctly on hose 3 days ago but who knows. haha Should never operate on a hose, only in the water with a load on the prop. Operating on land means you need a lower shift cable
  4. Bt Doctur

    Transom leak. 4.3l mercruiser with alpha one gen2

    If you dislodged /damaged the transom seal silly putty is not a fix. Can lead to a rotted transom
  5. Bt Doctur

    MC-1 Gimbal bearing snap ring.

    I installed the new bearing without those shims it fits fine. Did you use an installer when hammering in the new type bearing?
  6. Bt Doctur

    Mercruiser 5.0 no power to fuel pump when ignition ON

    What are the first 3 lette rs of the word "ASSume" The main battery cable is direct to the starter, no fuse there. The 90a white plastic fuse was supposed to only protect the alt but they added the main system to it. When it blows you lose the alt and main system feed. I remove the red system...
  7. Bt Doctur

    shifter adjustment

    most likely incorrect shift cable adjustment
  8. Bt Doctur

    Installed shift cable, should prop spin free in reverse?

    Everything seemed to go together by the directions and when I put the shift lever in forward gear, the prop locks in the ccw direction That is correct for fwd gear. the reverse may just need adjusting
  9. Bt Doctur

    Reverse Rotation Distributor gears

    with the gear driven cam ,to need a standard dist for clockwise dist rotation, firing order is clockwise from number 1 . I find it a lot easier to remember to use 1,8,4,3,6,5,7,2 in a CCW rotation on the cap instead of 1,2,7,5,6,3,4,8 clockwise.
  10. Bt Doctur

    Reverse Rotation Distributor gears

    all depends on the engines cam being chain driven or gear driven. Even reverse engines use the same std rotation dist because of the oil pump.Will not pump oil if its reversed
  11. Bt Doctur

    Installing Bravo3 Sterndrive

    control box in neutral?
  12. Bt Doctur

    engine shutdown

    sounds like you only needed a new shift cable originally
  13. Bt Doctur

    What is this reservoir for? Coolant? Where does the line run to?

    and if empty you have a leak that needs fixing
  14. Bt Doctur

    Harmonic Balancer pulley of Mercruiser 3.0 replacement

    running the serial numbers you list there both bolt on pullys
  15. Bt Doctur

    Can't trim up ?

    If you can trailer up the pump and solenoids are working ,whats not working is the trim limit switch on the transom. Locate the black lamp cord type wire ,unplug from the pump and jumper the pump side with 2 male connectors
  16. Bt Doctur

    Alpha I SN6749102 Outdrive Lower Unit. Can't lock prop in FWD to re-attach to Upper

    If you rotate the prop ccw in fwd then the drive shaft should be turning ccw also. If this is not the case the lower unit is somehow been damaged/broken
  17. Bt Doctur

    Alpha I SN6749102 Outdrive Lower Unit. Can't lock prop in FWD to re-attach to Upper

    I used vice grips to turn the drive shaft and break it free, and now it turns easily clockwise and CCW. Should not turn easily because of the impeller and you should only turn it in a clockwise direction When shifted in FWD or reverse, and prop turns as it should. However, when I shift it to...
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