Forum: Mercruiser Sterndrives

Hello All, I have a 2001 Bayliner Capri stern drive with a 5.0L V8 Alpha One Gen II. Last fall it developed a hole in the shift cable bellows and...

i'm having troubles with the transmition set up ...it start acelerating when the gear its about to engage and it makes it difficult almost imposible...

HI IM not new to boating,I previousley had a jet boat. Now this I/o. Im trying to find the micro switches that mount to the interior of the gimball...

mercruiser inboard engine dies when i give it more throttle in reverse, but forward works fine. know whats going on? maybe wire grounding? 1984 3.7...

Does anyone know the part number for the hinge pin bushings. I found the pins but the only bushings i find are for gen 2 i have early model (1985)thx

i just bought a 1991 Bayliner Ciera 2655 it is an Alpha Drive with the 5.7 L its on the trailer in the driveway needing some minor work. It has not...

I am rebuilding a 1976 233 Mercruiser, housing for gimbal bearing was missing about 3 inches of lip that bellows clamps to. Maybe broken by bad u...

I bought a 1987 sea ray 250 sundancer it ran fine on the test drive but once I got it home and put it in it overheated (test drive ran at 175 over...

I have an 86 170hp with a direct drive alternater and water cooled voltage regulater. I know they make a conversion kit for it but I have a self...

I have a 4.3 L mercruiser with a ALPHA 1 drive. Im wondering if there is a suitable alternative to the Quicksilver products as these are very...

I've been told that it's a good idea to routinely replace the lower unit water pump every season and I've also been told to only replace it if it's...

Just like any newbie I need some help from you experience boat owners. I have two issues and a couple of questions; Boat trim goes down, but...

Just replaced my Gimbal bearing, bellows, and U-joints. I used a slide hammer kit from Advance auto parts, for removing the old bearing and...

I just bought a wellcraft cruiser and wanted to start and run the 260 mercruiser v-8 and check to see about an alleged "clunck" in the bravo 1...

I have a 260 Mercruiser I/O with 350 Chevrolet engine. For 2 years now having trouble with the engine dying but only after running for a while. When...

When I try to upload avatar in .JPG i see : Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imagecreatefromjpeg() and avatar is not saved. With avatars...

i am new to i/o and purchsed a 1972 larson - my sterndrive raises up when i am in reverse. i was told this is normal true/false? if false any ideas...

1. How do I get it back up for storage,, ? 2. Can I just pull it up?? 3. Black fluid if coming out of drain hole,it just whirs extra fast now but...

I just got a 1989 Murcruiser stern drive with a 3.0L and it over heats so I changed the thermostat and that didn't work ether any suggestions would...

I got a problem with our port 5.0 mercruiser 1995 model 450b11ohu when first start up it will run at lower rpm but after warm up it won't.. runs...