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I have a gm 454 with a new water pump set up in the alpha one gen one outdrive. Based on Don's frequent advice, I changed the whole pump, base and all. I filled a massive plastic jug in the driveway and hooked the earmuffs to the drive and went to fire it. the exaust risers got hot real fast...
I need to make sure my oil lines are not reversed. I have a BBC with mercruiser remote oil kit. I have not set up my oil pressure guage so I cant use that. I have all the manuals but cant find the damm diagram that shows the orientation of the lines. Can anyone help please?
Quite some time ago I read your post with respect to the removal of the bearing retainer for Alpha drive and/or, trimming a few of the pieces to do the u-joints without taking off the retainer. As always your advice was spot on.
The part that has been driving me nuts for months now, was your...
If you have a matched set of gears with the correct shims and all set up correctly in a housing and then you removed the gears and the shims and top cap but install the whole show in a different housing without changing any shim setup ; What result could you expect?
Do the cases differ from...
I flipped and sank a 12 boat with a 9.9- 4 stroke ser # 0r160609. I got the boat to shore with some help and have the motor on a stand. I pulled the dip stick ( not me - the one on the motor) and water and oil drained out. I pulled the gas line tword the back of the engine and drained as much...
I have a merc 40 hp 4 stroke I think is a 2002. i had some battery probs and borrowed a bat to re- start and wanted to remove it to put back old one just to get home. As soon as I disconnected the good battery engine stalled.
Should the engine run by itself not connected to a battery?
alpha 1 gen 1
Took boat for run and 1 min after leaving dock engins dropped rpm and locked. removed outdrive and shaft was locked in upper housing -engine spins no problem. I removed upper cap and got outdrive shafts turning. In fact as soon as I took cap off everything started to turn. I...
Alpha 1 gen 1
Is there any way to take advantage of the trim limit sender with only a up down switch? I guess the switch I have would be considered a " momentary" type switch, where it remains in the center and can be pressed up or down to complete either of two cercuits. It is about an inch...
right hand drive alpha 1 gen 1.
when the shift leaver is pushed all the way back in the bell housing; what should the orientation of the upper shift shaft shoe be ? I took it apart to do the seals and can't remember which way the shoe is supposed to point. There are only two options. Any...
I am looking for some experience with these parts here. Alpha one - gen one
I have two types to chose from in a re-build for a transom assembly because I have two different rings. One ring has a fiber type of bushing and the other is a needle bearing type pared with a steel clevis pin. Which...
Has anyone built a box within an engine bay to cover engine and help lower the noise ? How is the venting done ? What components would be within it. I have external oil filter, bateries, fuel filter,wet exaust with diverters for throo hull. Is linning the whole engine bay with a insulator type...
