A few years ago my wife and I inherited a 1990 Glastron with a Mercruiser 3.0 / Alpha One (first gen). I made the stupid mistake of running the boat on the trailer, in gear, so that I could adjust the idle mix on the carb. Needless to say, sand on the ramp + impeller = work on the lower unit. I have replaced the pump and housing on the lower unit and it is pumping water like a champ now.
Problem # 1:The drive oil is leaking out through the weep hole on the fore end of the lower unit. I noticed the leak when I was changing the drive oil as I pumped the fresh oil in through the drain plug on the lower unit. I ran the motor for a minute to make sure that the water pump was functioning properly and now I have milky drive oil (water in oil).
Problem # 2: I can't get the gear shift shaft on the upper unit set right. I can get the lower unit into the proper gear, but how do I know when the upper unit is in the correct gear? So far I have gotten all neutral (put the washer back on the shift shaft after that) and now I have forward, forward (in neutral), and cannot shift to reverse.
I suspect that the biggest problem is going to be #1, #2 will, I think, be trial and error, but any advice will be helpful.
Problem # 1:The drive oil is leaking out through the weep hole on the fore end of the lower unit. I noticed the leak when I was changing the drive oil as I pumped the fresh oil in through the drain plug on the lower unit. I ran the motor for a minute to make sure that the water pump was functioning properly and now I have milky drive oil (water in oil).
Problem # 2: I can't get the gear shift shaft on the upper unit set right. I can get the lower unit into the proper gear, but how do I know when the upper unit is in the correct gear? So far I have gotten all neutral (put the washer back on the shift shaft after that) and now I have forward, forward (in neutral), and cannot shift to reverse.
I suspect that the biggest problem is going to be #1, #2 will, I think, be trial and error, but any advice will be helpful.