2.3L omc swap to 4.3L merc project.

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Hi guys, I have ordered a ton of parts off of iboats. One of them is the shift bushing for the bell housing. When the parts arrived I noticed that the bushing looked huge and may be wrong. Here are the pictures. Im wondering if the one i got is for a gen 2 alpah. My bell housing is for a gen 1.

 

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This is the package it came in

 

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The Hole in the bell housing has a lip in it to hold the old seal. But how does the new on go in? ThoughtsThis is the package it came in. I did see a kit 18-3760, I wonder if this is for the gen 1 bell housing. Thoughts???

 

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Ton of parts sitting in my bedroom again. Surprised the wife has not mentioned anything about it yet :lol:

 

[Rick Stephens]

That's the new style for Alpha 1. The seals sit below and last a lot longer.

 

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That's the new style for Alpha 1. The seals sit below and last a lot longer.

I cant see how that goes in. My bell housing has a lip in it see post 63. I wonder if i should grind off that lip?

 

[Rick Stephens]

Me thinks that lip is just part of an old seal. Will it drive out?

 

[Speak]

Me thinks that lip is just part of an old seal. Will it drive out?

doesn't appear to be part of the seal. I could probably use a round file and gentle remove it. What u think?

 

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doesn't appear to be part of the seal. I could probably use a round file and gentle remove it. What u think?

I looked closer - rick you are right, that lip is steal. It looks like I can knock it out. I will do that tonight and report back

 

[Speak]

Here is that ring that I knocked out. The busing pressed in real nice after this thing was removed

 

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Here is a pic of both bushings installed. That upper one is a beast. Why so big. LOL Anyway, looks like it will work well. Next step is to replace the steering pin seal and and start putting the gimbal ring and bell housing into the transom assembly with the new bellows, shift cable, trim senders. I hope I will be able to reassemble all this with out mounting it on the boat. guess I will find out.

 

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Preparing for new bellows.

 

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MISTAKE LOL Dont install the u joint bellows on the transom assembly first!! Dont know what I was thinking. Was a pain to remove the old bellows cement off the bellows and transom.

 

[Rick Stephens]

Oops. Turn the clamp over too. You need to reach it from low down on the starboard side with a flex extension.

 

[honda400ex2003]

looks awesome! i commend you for the efforts to get that into a capri! cant wait to see the rest!

steve

 

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looks awesome! i commend you for the efforts to get that into a capri! cant wait to see the rest!

steve

thanks steve - it's been a challenge so far

 

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Oops. Turn the clamp over too. You need to reach it from low down on the starboard side with a flex extension.

Ahh too late, its all buttoned up. Its gonna have to stay that way.

 

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On vacation this week - so no new reports. Need to pick up spark plugs next week. I also Need to figure out how to mount the gauges from the other boat. The bayliner set up is so cheesy with no back support. I'm thinking of getting some thin plexiglass. Wrap the plexi in some faux carbon Fiber mount the gauges and see how that looks / thoughts?

 

[Speak]

Hey guys Im going to use the gauges out of the donor boat. I was going to use plexi glass, but found this very thin plywood. let me know what you think

 

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Hey guys Im going to use the gauges out of the donor boat. I was going to use plexi glass, but found this very thin plywood. let me know what you think. I wrapped the whole thing in this carbon fiber wrap. I think it came out looking great. What do you think???