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1997 Mercruiser Alpha One 135 on Sea Ray 175. 2 starters failed in 12 months, about to install 3rd. Wondering what the deal is. Otherwise fantastic, fun boat.
Coicindental with this: Bilge pump and blower fan stopped working and all of the even number fuses were blown (ignition, blower, bilge...
So I read some of your posts and repaired my cracked block with JB Weld (1997 Mercruiser Alpha One on SewaRay 175). Roughly 8-inch crack just behind manifold, used grinder to V it out and cleaned well with acetone. 2 days later I just took the kids tubing and the crack appears to be holding...
1997 Mercruiser 3.0 Alpha, didn't winterize properly so it froze and now have large crack in block. External crack only as far as I can tell--no water in oil, just in bilge area.
Crack is right between exhaust manifold and block. Manifold is off. Plan to grind surface down to clean metal and...
I love this forum, this is my first post. I have a 1997 Mercruiser 3.0 Alpha I/O. Runs like a top, except this spring I have water leaking hard into the bilge area from a very narrow valley between the top of the block (port side) and what I think is a manifold (the exhaust manifold elbow comes...
