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hello all, can you tell me what type of attachment I will find on my gimble housing for my shift cable.replacement. will it be accessible from outside thread or does it screw into the housing from the inside.
thanks, Jim
Hello,
My fuse block at the helm is fed from the ignition side of the ammeter. My Sonar ( raymarine dragonfly pro7) will shut down when ignition switch is put to the start (draw) position.
Can I put a fuse block from the battery side of the ammeter to run the sonar ? Will this make a difference...
Hello again,
Took the boat out on the river today for a couple of hours and it stalled when brought down to neutral.
And would not fire again
After digging around for a half hour, I noticed the coil was burning hot.
I cooled it down in a bucket of ice and was able to get started, and ran back to...
Hello all,
Just finished installing a "newer" early 80's outdrive on my original 65 mercruiser.
All is very well,
I have a question about the original shocks that are on the bell that I kept in place.
The new early 80's outdrive does not have the mounts for the shocks.
My boat is running just...
Hello again,
Can someone tell me if the 1965 "mercruiser EZ-Shift" has a shift interupter switch ?
Can't seem to fnd this info on line.
Mine is a 1965 Dorsett IL6 Mercruiser.
Don's see serial numbers on the drive.
On the motor #1826572
(started this new post due to my first one with incorrect...
Hello all, I am about to replace my MC1 outdrive with a Alpha gen1.
Everything looks good, but I have a question about the shocks on the MC1 and the lack of, on the Alpha.
Will I have issues without the shocks, is there some need for them on my MC1 gimble and trim that now will be lacking ...
