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    alpha one lower unit leak

    Greetings all, just thought I would post the leak I found in my lower unit, kind of interesting to some of us maybe. Last summer I started seeing evidence of water intrusion in my outdrive gear oil, the color started changing to light green when I changed it. Not too bad, but clearly water was...
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    170 oil leak

    I have a small oil leak that has progressively gotten worse, right where the elbow screws into the oil pan. (the other elbow end holds the dipstick tube) After some troubleshooting, I discovered that the bracket that holds the top of the dipstick tube to the engine hook has broken, allowing...
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    question on water seal direction for camshaft timing cover 170

    As part of the 470 owner club, I am in the process of changing out my water seals and putting on speedi sleeves to fix a leaky weephole. According to the manual, "both water pump seal lips face water side". I'm under the impression that this means both seals are installed facing the same...
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    timing curve question

    I have a mercruiser 170 engine that I have been doing a lot of work on. I never even saw a point or condensor before I got this boat, so this has been quite an education! According to the merc manual, the distributor advance curve says that the total advance spark, minus initial timing should...
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    reverse problem fixed!!

    Hi everyone, Just wanted to mention that I picked up my first boat ever recently (last year), a 1986 Dynasty 19' cuddy with a 170 mercruiser engine in it. It had a few problems with it, lots of bad chalking and a problem going into reverse that I was able to fix myself, in large part due to...
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