stern drive?

[weekender1]

i have looked and for some reason can not find any place where i can look up what type of stern drive i have the number on the side is 4002876 the top cap is square with an eye on top.

 

[Don S]

Re: stern drive?

Have you tried the stickies at the top of this forum?

 

[weekender1]

Re: stern drive?

yep looked there and also at the Mercruiser Alpha ID and History - Download - 4shared - Don S and it is to small to even enlarge or read some one once told me mine was a pre alpha gen 1 ? not sure if that sounds right or not.

 

[Don S]

Re: stern drive?

It's an Adobe .pdf file you download to your computer. Then you just open it and you can make it any size you want.

 

[weekender1]

Re: stern drive?

ok well found something 165 1970 - 1977 2763442 - 4890459
165 1978 - 1981 4890460 and up

the only thing i am seeing is that i guess its telling me my stern is a 165 not much on if its a pre alpha or anything

 

[dorelse]

Re: stern drive?

ok well found something 165 1970 - 1977 2763442 - 4890459
165 1978 - 1981 4890460 and up

the only thing i am seeing is that i guess its telling me my stern is a 165 not much on if its a pre alpha or anything

That's because there's no such thing as a 'Pre-Alpha' outdrive. If you follow 'Don S's suggestion, under the Mercruiser section is a doc on identifying the outdrive models.

For example, my outdrive is an '898' model, which is an MC-1 model outdrive.

 

[Bondo]

Re: stern drive?

ok well found something 165 1970 - 1977 2763442 - 4890459
165 1978 - 1981 4890460 and up

the only thing i am seeing is that i guess its telling me my stern is a 165 not much on if its a pre alpha or anything

Ayuh,.... My Guess is, it's an MC-1....

Got a Picture,..??

 

[Don S]

Re: stern drive?

You can't look up old drives by serial number alone. Had you posted what your engine year, and type was, then it would have been a lot easier to answer your question.
If this is the boat you have in your profile, 74 cavarelle beracuda IV,81 Arrowglass, i/o Merc 250cid 165hp, then yes you have a MC-1 drive, and it should be a 1.65 ratio.
After all that, what is it you are looking for or trying to fix?

PS: No such thing as a "Pre Alpha" that's after market speak for "Not sure what you call it"

 

[weekender1]

Re: stern drive?

i hope these come out ok i am not sure if this worked or not
the number on the side of the stern on the sticker says 4002876

 

[weekender1]

Re: stern drive?

thank you Don i have been trying to figure out what stern i have so when i try to order parts for it that would make it alot easier. thank you again..

 

[weekender1]

Re: stern drive?

and yes that was the boat that i had on my profile i pulled the motor from the 74 caravelle and placed it in the 81 arrowglass the caravelle was shot to the point of no repairso i pulled the motor and the stern drive and put them into the arrowglass.

 

[achris]

Re: stern drive?

It's an MC-1 (short form of 'Mercruiser 1 drive'), use the serial number whenever you buy parts on-line, or go to a dealer. Avoid places that use the term 'Pre-Alpha', it means that don't know what they are talking about and you will most likely end up with the wrong parts....

Chris.....