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1987_Merc 165, 3.7L
Just wanted to pass on some info for anyone upgrading to an alternator conversion kit and wanting to remove their stator located inside of the front pulley/rotor. Mercury says you need 2 special tools (only available from them) to do this, but that's not true. Here's what I did:
1) borrowed a harmonic balancer puller kit (#27019) from Autozone;
2) removed center bolt from pulley rotating CCW, using a 3/4" socket;
3) attached puller turning CW on the center bolt of the puller to remove pulley;
4) disconnected voltage regulator wire from stator, used 3/8" allen wrench to remove bolts from stator, used screw driver to knock-out magnets inside of stator (half of mine were disintegrated);
5) applied grease to inside of hole of pulley, lined up pulley to crankshaft, and used a block of wood centered on the hole and a hammer to tap the pulley far enough on the shaft to get the center bolt (from #2) started and ratcheted in the rest of the way.
I plan on removing the voltage regulator, which has an input and output cooling water hose connected to it. I reckon I'll just run a straight hose in place of it. This site is awesome and everyone is so helpful.
1987_Merc 165, 3.7L
Just wanted to pass on some info for anyone upgrading to an alternator conversion kit and wanting to remove their stator located inside of the front pulley/rotor. Mercury says you need 2 special tools (only available from them) to do this, but that's not true. Here's what I did:
1) borrowed a harmonic balancer puller kit (#27019) from Autozone;
2) removed center bolt from pulley rotating CCW, using a 3/4" socket;
3) attached puller turning CW on the center bolt of the puller to remove pulley;
4) disconnected voltage regulator wire from stator, used 3/8" allen wrench to remove bolts from stator, used screw driver to knock-out magnets inside of stator (half of mine were disintegrated);
5) applied grease to inside of hole of pulley, lined up pulley to crankshaft, and used a block of wood centered on the hole and a hammer to tap the pulley far enough on the shaft to get the center bolt (from #2) started and ratcheted in the rest of the way.
I plan on removing the voltage regulator, which has an input and output cooling water hose connected to it. I reckon I'll just run a straight hose in place of it. This site is awesome and everyone is so helpful.
