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    Mercruiser 3.0 leaking water from shift shaft area

    1989 mercruiser 3.0 alpha one, Today installed my outdrive got it all in Also replaced the exhuast bellow and water inlet hose cause it was leaking at some point ,put muffs on to start and noticed that A weak stream of water was coming out of the crevice where the shift shaft is, isthis an issue...
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    U shaped water hose on engine

    Hello,I got a 3.0 merc 1989 I was doing some maintence on my boat and I happened to squeeze the u shaped water hose on the engine I will leave a picture attached and I realized that some part on lower part is really hard like you can’t squeeze it like there is something in there? Is this normal...
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    U joint bellow installation

    Hello, I had to remove my u joint bellow to replace a leaky water inlet hose anyway got a new one on and the u joint doesn’t look like it’s sitting how it was is there any certain way to put it back in or does it go in either way
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    Alpha one outdrive

    Looking to pull my outdrive off my boat for storage and inspection 1989 mercruiser alpha one do I need to drain the oil in the lower unit or is it okay to keep it in I just recently changed it out? Thanks
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    Alpha one gen 1 water leak???

    Hello, so I just replaced my impeller with both housings and gaskets now I got good water flow coming good on one side and the other side just a little is this normal also I noticed that water drips under by where the hoses are is this normal I don’t remember it leaking from there before but I...
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    Impeller direction alpha one gen one

    Just removed my impeller for the lower unit I’m trying to figure out wich way the new impeller goes into the housing I did research online and most people say to put it in counterclockwise, but my old one shows that it’s spinning clockwise (check picture) what is the right way?????
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    Lower unit shaft not spinning

    Recently hit a rock on my lower unit and has a dent in it anyways I removed it and can’t seem to spin the shaft by hand is this normal or is something wrong could it be stuck in forward because I did push the throttle lever forward prior to removing LU Even after I hit the rock operation of the...
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    Shifter cable question

    im removing my lower unit for storage so that I can store it in my garage and also for maintenance the reason I read that the throttle cable or shifter has to be placed in forward drive to make it easier to fit back in is it okay to leave the shifter in forward all winter I mean will this flood...
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    Car audio wire used as extention for yellow and red ignition wire

    can I use a wire from a car Audio radio player to extend my red and yellow ignition wire that goes to the slave solenoid on my 3.0 merc 1989?
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    Oem starter for 3.0 mercruiser 1989

    Anybody know what the oem starter is for 1989 3.0 mercruiser engine serial oc622944 also what direction does the crankshaft turn want to look at the flywheel plan on spinning it from the front with the alt pulley having issues with starters just clicking
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    89 3.0 mercruiser starting issues

    Recently bought a 3.0 mercruiser 1989 and the guy I bought it from stated he put a new starter in fast forward to now and I noticed that sometimes when I try to start it just clicks after a couple tries it would work but recently I tried and it’s not working anymore so I bought another starter...
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