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Hey Guys I have a slow leak of gear oil (about a table spoon a week while not being used) from the weep hole in the front of my drive at the shift shaft bushing. I relaced the bushing and it appears to be also be leaking at the output shaft on the gear case (upper). I'm wondering whats involve...

Re: 96 alpha 1 gen II shift cable, gimbal & related parts I had the same problem with mine. I flushed them out, refilled and one time out and they were full of orange milkshake again. Likely you need to do a seal job on those rams. Here is a picture of mine dissasembled. Not hard to do at...

Re: Steering Here is a picture of my "foot long bar" or rack laying on the floor. My cable seized up and I had to replace the whole thing....... Ken

Re: Speedi-Sleeve on Balancer From what I can tell, there are two edges on the seal. The inside edge will be on the sleeve (red), and the out side edge will be very close to the front edge of the sleeve (green). There was a wear mark and it is under the sleeve (red) ......Ken

Hey Guys: I was trying to stop a timing cover seal leak by replacing the seal. I was not successful, and was informed I may need a speedi-sleeve. So I went and got one and installed as instructed to and this is how it ended. I'm not sure if its on far enough and if not what now? I measured...

Re: ?s on setting timing After setting the timing as described ^^^, I began to wonder if this way of marking timing is accurate. I haver never seen this way of doing it before. Usually the markings are on a tab attached to the timing cover. I guess what I'm asking is do i need to confirm TDC...

Re: ?s on setting timing Well I pulled the boat out of the shop, warmed it up to opperating temp. and hit it with the light. At an idle, it was at 15or 16 where the red arrow is. This may sound stupid, but which side of that zero mark is "before". I'm thinkin its toward the red arrow as there...

Re: ?s on setting timing That chart is a little over my head. Maybe somebody could explain. Does it mean that if I rev my engine to 2000rpm, my timing should advance to 10.5 degrees. The manuall says that my sparkplug gap should be .040 and the cover on my spark arester says .035. I didn't...

Hi guys. I did a compleete tune up a few weeks ago on my 5.7 (serial # in signature) and it is running great. Having said that, I noticed a little pinging when I punch it. Im assuming this is most likely timing do to the tune-up. I would like to check the timing, but not sure which...

I have an oil leak behind the harmonic balancer. I believe it is the main seal. Does the engine have to come out to change this seal? I get a quarter cup of oil every time I go out. I think I will run it this summer and repair this winter unless I can fix it in the boat. I guess I need to drop...

Re: Mercruiser 4 cyl water leaking from exhaust manifold I don't know if thats totally true I had a crack on my 1979 140 horse Merc in the typical place, just under the head. I ground out the crack, cleaned really well the applied 3 layers of JB weld, each one wider than the last. Don't let...

Re: Power steering not working. Well I got my new steering cable yesterday an am getting ready to install it. The instructions say not to lube the cable as it is lubed in the factory. I'm wondering if i need to put grease on the part that is indicated by the green arrow ( don't know its name)...

Hi Guys; Well I splashed her here in Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada. Real windy and almost warm, 17*c (62*f). I found out the hard way how slippery my hull was on my brand new bunks on the new trailer. I undid the chain and the strap when my wheels were at the water and started to back up and...

Re: Where to properly install a fuel/water separator I,m not an expert and I'm sure a couple will chime in shortly. Having said that, I put mine, on my old Bayliner, on the stringer close to the fuel pump. I would think you would want to put it in a place that was easy to access. I don't have a...

Re: Locking washers on motor mounts Didn't get a chance to fire it up for the first time this season, but its all done and ready to go. Here is a couple of pictures. Maybe next weekend... Ken Stripped down to bare aluminum,primed, painted and impeller,plate and gaskets.Also new decal...

Hi guys: Found the locking washers on the underside of the motor mounts. How do I deal with these. Just bend them back, make the adjustment and bend them back again? Thanks.... Ken.

Hi Guys; Getting ready to install drive bellows sleeve and i would like to clean the old adheisive off the bellows and gimbal housing ( aft end of bellows). It is still attached at the other end. What would remove the glue without damaging the rubber? While trying to pull the gimbal bearing...

Re: New Shorlander tandem trailer? I think that might be a good idea, MarkSee. I think I'll leave it the way it is for this season and add the other bunks in the winter. I just seems to sit a little high in the front. I'll include another pic or two and see what you guys think. ......Ken

Hi Guys: I finally got my tandem trailer. I had some questions about my single axle trailer that we discussed in an earlier thread which lead me to replacing it with this tandem. The trailer is a new 2010 model good for 4600lbs. I had to adjust the the bunks a little and am wondering if the...

Hi Guys; Just left the Mercruiser dealer with my can of liquid gold (perfect seal) for impeller gasket. It looks like the large hole gasket (bottom one) has a beed of some kind on the face that goes between the plate and the gasket. Am I supposed to put perfect seal between lower housing and...