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    Merc 305 '99 with an Alpha 1 drive

    Hi, <br /><br />Came back to the dock today, shifted into reverse and there was a short grinding noise and didnt get reverse. This didnt bother me since I just figured that I needed to adjust the cable. Then I went and started the boat to put it on the trailer and I didnt have the forward gear...
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    HELP Again 305 merc. '99 not starting (tbi 4)

    Hi, blew the head gasket and fixed that. put it all back together. put the distributer back in aligned with marks when the engine was at tdc. Now I turn the engine over and I get only the wine from the starter and engine turns over, but 0 ignition. No smoke, no cough, nothing. Next I looked...
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    ooops! 305 merc '99

    er, I just realized that I turned the engine over with out the distributer in place after I redid the heads. Do I turn the engine to TDC and rotate the distributer until it is in #1 firing position? and then slide it in?<br /><br />or should i light my boat on fire now and call the insurance...
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    Another Quick Question 305 merc '99 valve

    Hi, Im tightening down the valve lifters and brought the number1 cylinder to TDC and tightend the first two valves/lifters (removed the wobble and tighted one full turn more). Then I realized that I did not know the sequence the valves went in after that (you tighten both on cylinder 1 then one...
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    Heads and Valve adjustments

    Hi, my engine is a Mercruiser 1999 305 carbed. I pulled the heads since I blew one of them. Replaced the gaskets...yada yada yada. And when I come to torquing them down my book says 22ftlbs and then 75 degrees more for the long bolts 65 for medium and 55 for short. I estimated, is there a...
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    pulling the head...

    my mercruiser 305 (1999) has the head blown on the starboard side and I was wondering if I could just pull the head and replace the gasket without retiming the engine.
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    Air Bubbles in closed cooling system

    Hi, I have a mercruiser 305 5.0 1999 with a closed cooling system. My problem is I keep getting air in the system. Which of course makes the engine overheat. I have tightened everything I can think of, but the bubbles continue to come out of the fluid fill area. At first I thought that I...
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    Shift problem on a late 80's alpha

    Hi all,<br /><br />I have just installed a late 80's alpha on my home built boat and I am having trouble with the shifting. It will go into gear just fine, but wont come out (forward and reverse) . I was able to get it to shift ok if reduced the idol down to lower than 600, but it was still...
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    RPM problem ...

    Hi all! I have a 305 mercruiser(carborated 1999) with an alpha drive (late 80's i think). I put a new shift cable and throttle cable in when I dropped the engine into my boat a few weeks back. Engine starts up but idols around 600 and then once you give it some gas it doesnt idol back to 600...
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    Quick Question

    I have a 305 99-01 mercruiser and a alpha one drive that I just put on the boat. All is running good, but it is over heating (at idle at the dock and running hot 165 or so with the hose). I have a closed cooling system (ie radiator fluid in the engine w/ a heat exchanger). Now the...
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    HELP 90 amp fuse blowing

    Hi, I am in the final stages of building my boat and I am hooking up the battery cables (ignition off) and it sparks (alot) and then when I go to crank her over it is dead. I check the 90 amp fuse and it is blown. I check all the connections and I find a loose ground on the alternator. Could...
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