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  1. SSTKO81

    Chattering in out drive

    As usual Bondo, I'm afraid i'm gonna have to agree with you. Fact is you just don't know what the damage is until you taker her apart and check it out. -guess I know what I'll be doing in my spare time this week.
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    Chattering in out drive

    Turns really very smoothly. The oil level is just as shown in the picture which looks good. No signs of water. It’s been a couple years since the gimbal was changed or checked, so I suppose that’s possible. U joints were checked at that time as well and they were good. The shimmer in the oil is...
  3. SSTKO81

    Chattering in out drive

    It was trimmed almost all the way down. No rotation or bouncing of the prop and it would free spin while the motor was running. I’ve run into the issue with the dog clutch bouncing like that before and that doesn’t seem to be the case here. Based on the photos I assume it has plenty of oil and...
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    Chattering in out drive

    Well its that time of year again. And no time like the present to find out what's going to fail this year... Luckily this time it showed its ugly face before I got on the water. While testing the motor for the first time on the muffs this season, it started and ran beautifully for about a...
  5. SSTKO81

    Looking for oil drain hose

    Very good. Thank you. I found just the ticket on sale!
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    Looking for oil drain hose

    Good afternoon, I’m trying to find an oil drain hose kit that will make my oil changes an easier, cleaner job. I see the kits offered on line and even in Oreillys but I’m not confident in what fits my engine so I don’t want to buy the wrong part. Mine is a 1981 sea sprite with a mercruiser 140...
  7. SSTKO81

    Outdrive leaking oil

    I picked up Mystic JT4 outdrive oil at the local parts store and it’s quite a bit stickier than the Lucas so I went with it but did add some Lucas zinc +
  8. SSTKO81

    Outdrive leaking oil

    Just wanted to update. I replaced the upper and lower oil seals as well as the cap bearing and gear sets. Pressure tested everything at 12psi for 12 hours and I’m ready to refil with oil and test. BUT wanted to first ask what everybody prefers as far as outdrive oil. Historically I’ve used Lucas...
  9. SSTKO81

    Outdrive leaking oil

    In addition to finding the seal leaking, I took upper gear assy (name?) out and found the bearings and gear were trashed…. I guess I know what I’m doing today…
  10. SSTKO81

    Outdrive leaking oil

    Think I found my answer
  11. SSTKO81

    Outdrive leaking oil

    You would think…. But it had new oil last season
  12. SSTKO81

    Outdrive leaking oil

    Possibly even the small o-ring between the two halves? That’s my favorite case scenario…. I was hearing a rattling from the top half and removed the inspection plate to find that bearing was worse for wear as well
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    Outdrive leaking oil

  14. SSTKO81

    Outdrive leaking oil

    Good afternoon everyone. I had the boat out at the lake this weekend and it ran very well yesterday but this morning acted did like it had a pretty bad misfire to the point that it actually died on me a few times while coming back to the dock. I found that there was a spark plug wire that had a...
  15. SSTKO81

    Need second battery pointers

    I have an isolator that I’ve wired in; and I don’t really want to hack up the factory harness… if it was as simple as moving a terminal or two around I was gonna split it up…. That’s kinda where and why I’m stuck
  16. SSTKO81

    Need second battery pointers

    I'm installing a second battery ("house battery") in my '81 SeaSprite w/ Mercruiser 140. I'd like to use that second battery to basically run everything but the starter and ignition system. Meaning all pumps, blower, lights, radio, fish finder, ect. I was hoping I could just move the red/purple...
  17. SSTKO81

    Merc 3.0 no start, just a click

    I think you nailed the starter to the wall. SOMETIMES you can give the starter a little tap with a hammer, screwdriver butt, etc and it will dislodge from whatever is hanging it up (you could try it just for piece of mind though it doesn't change the fact that it sounds like your starter is kaput)
  18. SSTKO81

    Sea Sprite Hull Flex

    Hello folks, I took the ol ‘81 Sea Sprite out on a nice long run over the weekend over some fairly rough water and it felt like the whole thing was coming apart around me. The dash boards flexed so much that the center windshield fell in and got wedged between the port and starboard wind...
  19. SSTKO81

    140 getting warm at 3K

    Took my boat out today for its first trip in nearly 3 years. All went pretty well as it idled out of the cove at 1500 RPM sounding very healthy. Good temp, oil pres, voltage etc. I decided to goose it to about 3K and it was doing fine then suddenly began gaining RPMs on its own. -slowly, nothing...
  20. SSTKO81

    Shift rod sitting too low

    Good morning sailors! I've got my boat just about ready for her first summer outing, but I'm trying to solve one more mystery. I had replaced the lower shift cable and bellows and put everything back together and it seemed to be working well EXCEPT that it was getting stuck in forward gear. Come...
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