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kghost

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    • kghost
      kghost replied to the thread Alpha 1 Gen 1.
      If you had said all of this in your first post then you would have received the answer you were looking for. 99.9% who post questions...
    • kghost
      kghost replied to the thread Alpha 1 Gen 1.
      How old is old? Why are you wanting to change the drive? Regardless of the age, If it will not go beyond 2500 rpms without issue...
    • kghost
      kghost replied to the thread Sealant or No Sealant?.
      See image of page from Merc manual
      • Riser gasket install 3 inch.jpg
    • kghost
      kghost replied to the thread Alpha 1 Gen 1.
      Found this for everyone's future reference: Beginning in 1983 Mercruiser introduced the R/MR/Alpha 1 series of sterndrive models. These...
    • kghost
      kghost replied to the thread Alpha 1 Gen 1.
      That is not correct. You should be in the upper 4000RPM range. Is that a typo?
    • kghost
      kghost replied to the thread Sealant or No Sealant?.
      You have new style center rise manifolds. You say risers, Risers are spacers between manifold and ELBOW. Is this what you have? Many...
    • kghost
      kghost replied to the thread Alpha 1 Gen 1.
      One other question, 1989/1990 is when merc went from Gen 1 to Gen 2 for Alpha. Gen 2 use a different input shaft and have 4 nuts and...
    • kghost
      kghost replied to the thread Sealant or No Sealant?.
      When you say old style, What is old, a year of boat/engine and or description would work, like long and rectangular with end caps or...
    • kghost
      kghost replied to the thread Fallout Radiation type noise coming from 5.7 Mercruiser.
      Always remember to feed those ducks... Just like a baby, they make noise when hungry!!
    • kghost
      kghost replied to the thread Alpha 1 Gen 1.
      Need more info. Length and brand of boat. What are your max RPM when at wide open throttle and trimmed up for max performance with you...
    • kghost
      kghost replied to the thread Alpha 1 Gen 2 upper drive shaft seals?.
      The seals do not need to be locktighted in place. They are a press fit already. Use a good sealing product as suggested, lubricate the...
    • kghost
      kghost replied to the thread Mysterious Milky Oil - Not Risers....
      There are a few ways to test. If this is isolated based on your images to one cylinder then as suggested it could be a hole or possibly...
    • kghost
      kghost replied to the thread When should you replace the Gimbal Bearing?.
      Shaking hands with a mechanical object will not answer your question..... Spell check!! ""Thorough Greasing"""
    • kghost
      kghost replied to the thread New rebuilt engine blows out oil filter gasket..
      Stuck relief valve . Read the posts again. Required pulling engine and so on...
    • kghost
      kghost replied to the thread Mercruiser 8.2 lack of power.
      Good find, I have come across this issue before but with Carbed engines and a long time ago. The starter was causing an electrical...
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