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This is not a selonoid issue, I am by-passing that by jumping the pump. While jumping, I used the wrong wire. There is green and blue. I jumped the green wire my mistake, which drove the drive to its end of travel going up. Dumb mistake. The pump still runs, but the drive won't go down, when...

First post and first time servicing 06 SR SD 200 myself, figured i would do it like i have done in the past.. but now having issues. Changed Oil, Oil Filter, Cap / Rotor, Fuel Water Filter and new ECM (lost com), also alternator last week but started after that went. Engine wont start; cranks...

If I have my Alpha I sterndrive all the way down, and I hold the UP button, it raises the outdrive until it hits the designed height for that setting, then it stops rising automatically and the pump shuts off. (Assuming my trim sensor is set to specs). Good. If I then hold the DOWN button the...

I accidentally ordered a LH Merc Alpha-4 Aluminum 4-Blade prop for my boat, instead of the RH. The Prop is BRAND NEW; has not touched the water. $150 plus shipping (USPS) (cell: 401-269-1648) (rkulesh@gmail.com) This is a brand new (never used) prop, WITH the hub installed (I cannot return it...

During the spring of 2011 after keeping my drive units up on the boat all winter, I had trouble getting the port side to lower. I ended up using a ratchet strap wrapped around the unit and the boat lift to persuade it down, while we pulsed the down trim switch. After working it back and forth...

So I am rebuilding all four of my trim cylinders on my Alpha I Gen II drives. They end cap on each cylinder was corroded, preventing the drive from moving downward. In re-assembling the cylinder unit, the Mercruiser service manual mentions a particular spacer that is assembled on the cylinder...

A few weeks ago I had an issue where I could not get my port engine Alpha I sterndrive unit to go down. The motor would run, but nothing would happen. I ended up having to "help" it down. When it would go by itself it was -very- slow, then it would stop again and need some help. I got the...

I removed one of my Alpha I Gen II stern drive units this past weekend and unbolted the two halves to replace the water pump. I had some corrosion issues bubbling up the paint and got it all scraped and sanded back to nice aluminum. I noticed that at the junction between the two halves...

My sterndrive units were in the trailer position for some time. Today we went to take the boat out and I can not get the port sterndrive unit to travel downward. The starboard unit works fine. When I move the port trim switch down, I can hear the trim pump running as it does when it's...

Hi, we are a sundancer 240 user and are considering moving to a 2008 280 sundancer. The question / concern i have is around the engines. Do twins 4.3L w/ alpha drives perform OK? are they powerful enough to pull the boat out of the hole with a few people on board? How is docking with this boat...