I used more hand cleaner because of this thing than anything I've ever owned. One more project of replacing my burnt up water pump shaft and then I'm unloading this thing.
I've got a leak around the forward end of my worm gear. I suspect its probably the quadring. I've looked at some drawings of the upper online and they don't show the assembly of these components. I was wondering if anyone had a link or could explain this assembly so I make sure I putting this...
My Drive: 1983 140 Mercruiser R /sn-6161770. The impeller kit I have is Mercury 47-89984-T. The box says it'll fit the R drives. But I'm not entirely sure that is what I've got. In addition this impeller appears to have no helicoil, so am i safe in assuming it doesn't matter how it goes in...
Drove 300 miles to look at this boat. It is spotless. The guy even had original paperwork for everything. 600 hours on the boat. Very little time on the motor since rebuild in 95. Within 30 secs of looking at this thing I found core plug in bilge. It made me want to puke. Somewhere in...
We've decided to drive up and check out this 1983 17.5' Galaxy Bowrider with a Mercruiser 140. After seeing some more pics of it, it's spotless. It probaby looks like one of Don S or Kagee's old boats. He evidently was a very meticulous man. I guess the guy rebuilt and resealed it in 1995...
Allright, this o-ring is kicking my *?#!. The one under the cover of the upper gear box. I've tried about a dozen different size o-rings and can't seem to find one that'll get an airtight seal. It seems like I got a good seal until I start wiggling the drive and then I hear the air escaping...
Currently we have an old 1984 3.0 omc stringer drive on a 16' hull we got it two seasons ago for $1000. It had a cracked jacket and a bad trim motor when I bought it. I patched the crack and replaced that trim motor and we've used the boat almost every weekend for nearly two seasons. Now I've...
I have a leak it's under the top of the intermediate housing. There's an o ring under there I'm fixin to replace. I've looked at some diagrams and can't figure out what the proper name of the seal is. Is this a common place to develop a leak? Anyhow I found an o ring and I'm gonna give er a...
I give up, I'm gonna break down a buy the factory service manual for my $1000 boat. I must be getting older (wiser). I attempted a pressure test on my stringer 400. Lower would not hold pressure at all. Intermediate held better but leaked and saw bubbles coming from the top cover of housing...
I give up, I'm gonna break down a buy the factory service manual for my $1000 boat. I must be getting older (wiser). I attempted a pressure test on my stringer 400. Lower would not hold pressure at all. Intermediate held better but leaked and saw bubbles coming from the top cover of housing...
I have an 84 stringer 400 drive. It's trickling a little bit of gear lube from pee holes in my lower unit. I've attached a photo of the exact location. I was wondering if this is definitely going to be lower seals given it's location and if it is the lower seals, how much cussing is involved...
I have an 84 omc 3.0 liter attached to a 400 stringer drive. I broke my belt the other day, didn't realize it til my battery was discharged. Temp was pegged, although it must have heated up quickly as I check pretty often. I haven't had any time yet to fool with anything I just checked my oil...
When I hit the switch to put the outdrive in the down position it goes all the way down, regardless if I let off of the switch quickly, there is no intermediate position. Going up I can stop wherever I want. Is this the way that this thing is supposed to work? Secondly, can this outdrive be...
