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  1. jearl

    swapping Gimbal Housing

    updating MR drive to Alpha1 outer housing. exhaust a little different but tech says we dont need all 5 bolts and will plug a couple of the holes in the transome not utilized on the "new" mount around the exhaust. This is a guy I have dealt with for a number of years but figure can' hurt to...
  2. jearl

    most lilely cause?

    left side riser got very hot yesterday with the connector hose to the Y pipe starting to smoke. I shut her down after the wife noticed and tried to check for obstructions on the pick up but could not see any and beside, starboard side seemes OK. I took her in at 1000rpm and everything was fine...
  3. jearl

    Where's Don Sr.?

    just logged on after an extended absence and don't see Don posting anywhere. Hope he's OK....
  4. jearl

    can I just move engine forward?

    I bought a good used gimbal housing and plan to replace the tired unit on my 260 merc. can I just remove the mount bots and move the engine forward say 6 inches instead of pulling all the way out? if this gives me room enough to get at the needed bolts would seem to allow me to save...
  5. jearl

    sterring arm

    spent some time today trying to isolate the fre play I have in my old 260 pre alpha mercuisers steering(78 glasply). I'm thinking it might not be the small splines on the transom pivot after all and there seems to be a lot of play at the screw/bolt that connect a linkage rod between the end of...
  6. jearl

    sloppy steering-gimbal housing

    I have a 1978 glassply 24' with a 260 mercruiser. the steering is pretty sloppy and the outdrive has a lot of freeplay from side to side. local boat mechanic tells me I have the old style small splines and worn to near replacement threshold. does this make sense? I have been looking around for...
  7. jearl

    transom plate

    I have a 1978 23' Glassply in excelent condition except for loose splines on the Mercruiser transom to outdrive connection. The boat has a 260 horse set up with 700hrs. other than than the slop and wandering this gives an otherwise great boat everything else works fine. can anyone suggest which...
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