Remove Mercruiser Alpha & Bravo outdrive - IMPORTANT details

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

1. Assemble outdrive engine stand kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX2lgqmgnr6Ue80 2. Replace alpha outdrive bellows (PART 1) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJSyk4eFjr2nh68

[@nomore8042]

I'm very thankful for you doing these videos. My Wife and I own a 1987 21' SeaRay Seville Cuddy Cabin with a Mercruiser 4.3/V6 with the Alpha One Gen One outdrive. The boat has been a great boat and I don't know if a guy is trying to make a crap load of money off us but he said, "your bellows need to be replaced." $5800. I have rebuilt several Chevy engines over the years and as long as I have a informative article to read or a video that is well done I can do anything !!! I will not even purchase the parts through that business and will never recommend them to anyone who owns a boat !!!!! Excellent work !!!!

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

@@nomore8042 We are honored to read this, and that’s a very high price for a bellows replacement on an alpha one Gen 1. Yikes…😲 You did a great thing by making it a DIY project, and now you can enjoy that rewarding feeling and all the new parts on your boat. We are honored to help, no joke! We find it very important to provide the DIY community with the best videos we can possibly provide. Many more helpful videos to come. 😁🧰

[@kzoll3546]

Excited to see you refurbish this motor. My dad owned boats all my life, and refurbished all of them… Sales and motor. Luckily I got to help him with them. He rescued an 18 foot day sail from being demolished and bought a 34 foot cabin cruiser for $350. What a great childhood, thanks dad and mom.

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

Very cool, that sounds fun. Lots of parts go into these engines, Fascinating! That’s an incredibly friendly deal on that boat he got. 😲 Lots more videos coming.

[@uknow8561]

when you were showing the gear shifter, you have mentioned that the throttle needed to be, in the forward position, ... but if you cant, use the throttle to change the gear position, can you move the gear shifter by hand? using a screw driver maybe, or not?

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

Thanks for watching & welcome to the DIY Raptor Club. Unfortunately due to the Throttle being in the neutral detent, if the shifter is manually altered in the outdrive, it can damage shift cable & possibly Throttle. Keep us posted on your project. 😎👍

[@bigjohn9536]

first disconnect the shift cable and try it by hand..should slide in and out with ease..if not forse the drive off..shift paw might bend..(brass) lot of times bend it back or replace it...simple to do

[@voodoo2u4u]

If you take final drive out....if you set boat in water, will water get in engine with the drive out.. we have a boat on the lift and drive is out, but we need to pull the boat to a boat ramp to get boat out of water

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

Thanks for watching, if thats the mission at hand…we highly encourage you to seal off the entire rear portion of boat including bellows, exhaust, shift cable, and yoke shaft/gimbal bearing hole. Also seal engine coupler opening inside boat at lower portion of engine. You want no water back-flowing into boat and damaging engine. Keep us posted. 😎👍

[@bigjohn9536]

different from a bravo..

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

Good morning, thanks for watching and sharing.

[@bigjohn9536]

@DIY with Michael Borders cable hooks up different on bravo's,

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

@@bigjohn9536 How’s your project going? We just finished up the full Bellows replacement video series. That series will be uploaded within the next few months. 😎👍

[@Hf0205]

How is it on the bravo 1. Leave shifter in neutral when removing. What about re installing also in neutral?​@bigjohn9536

[@yourselfdotcomlol]

Dude that block of wood trick is sweet! Popped it right off!

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

Good morning ☕️ thanks for watching. Hope your DIY boat projects are going well. 👍

[@yourselfdotcomlol]

@DIYwithMichaelBorders its going super well. Ive watched a ton of your videos. I bought all the same tools and have my first leg apart now. It went well. Retaining nut came out with a couple ugga duggas from the Milwaukee gun. The GLM puller worked mint to slide carrier out. Thanks for all your videos. I learned most of what I know about these legs from them and am confidently working on them now!

[@DIYwithMichaelBorders]

@@yourselfdotcomlol Thanks for the follow up, that’s awesome and we are honored you watched several of our videos. Our goal continues to be getting you the info you need without wasting your valuable time! Many more helpful DIY videos to come!