Mercruiser owners/service manual

[Warpa]

Now my google abilities i thought were pretty good, like always though with hard to find things i found the oem books available from the states, while the book price is ok, the shipping is extortionate

Surely these are available in this country I have ordered a non official one but would like the official books on the 3L merc and alpha 1 SD.

Took a note of my serial number this evening, wondering what the letters and numbers stand for?

USKA07NBF697

 

[oGaryo]

Now my google abilities i thought were pretty good, like always though with hard to find things i found the oem books available from the states, while the book price is ok, the shipping is extortionate

Surely these are available in this country I have ordered a non official one but would like the official books on the 3L merc and alpha 1 SD.

Took a note of my serial number this evening, wondering what the letters and numbers stand for?

USKA07NBF697

Warpa fella.. have you blocked me?.. don't answer that if you have coz you'll not see this post I put some links up for you in the winterisation thread already

 

[Warpa]

Warpa fella.. have you blocked me?.. don't answer that if you have coz you'll not see this post I put some links up for you in the winterisation thread already

I know you did but i need the book outside with me...a bit like my days with my escort and haynes manual

 

[oGaryo]

I know you did but i need the book outside with me...a bit like my days with my escort and haynes manual

I've a high volume printer I can sell you for 300 quid if that helps I have the manual stored on my netbook, far better than the paper version, small and v long battery life but do understand where you're coming from.

p.s. I've changed the head gasket and done alsorts on the 3.0L Merc since first owning one 2 years ago... they're an absolute doddle, far easier than doing an equivalent job on a car.... improved access, less peripherals to disconnect etc etc but saying that, there's so many commonilities too, just quirks like setting up base timing that you have to get ya head around but sounds like you're going to breeze it if you're handy with motors

 

[Thepipdoc]

Now my google abilities i thought were pretty good, like always though with hard to find things i found the oem books available from the states, while the book price is ok, the shipping is extortionate

Surely these are available in this country I have ordered a non official one but would like the official books on the 3L merc and alpha 1 SD.

Took a note of my serial number this evening, wondering what the letters and numbers stand for?

USKA07NBF697

PM sent.

 

[duncan]

I printed it off for my Bravo III drive - and it's 2 large ring binders!

Biggest issue with all Mercruiser manuals is that the gap between 'workshop manual' and advanced user manual is huge! You can't easily extract the basic bits.

 

[Warpa]

I've a high volume printer I can sell you for 300 quid if that helps I have the manual stored on my netbook, far better than the paper version, small and v long battery life but do understand where you're coming from.

p.s. I've changed the head gasket and done alsorts on the 3.0L Merc since first owning one 2 years ago... they're an absolute doddle, far easier than doing an equivalent job on a car.... improved access, less peripherals to disconnect etc etc but saying that, there's so many commonilities too, just quirks like setting up base timing that you have to get ya head around but sounds like you're going to breeze it if you're handy with motors

This may be where im going wrong in my thinking, the cars of the eighties were a doddle to work on and follow with a haynes manual, not a rebuild or anything serious, but full service, disc and pads change, clearing oil breather pipes etc.

Im forgeting the 1997 merc i have is like you say free from obstructions and is in an easy place to work on, the stern drive is in an even easier place. BUT....

There is no other talk on the intrawebnet thingy about marine engines other than corrosion and water damage, im sure ill get my head around all this in time (ill have the winter to read up ) When i do things i like to know its done right, not to the best of my abilities, but to the best of anyones. I would like to service it too, i would rather do a full service every month than end up with a damaged engine costing 1000's to rebuild

 

[duncan]

This may be where im going wrong in my thinking, the cars of the eighties were a doddle to work on and follow with a haynes manual, not a rebuild or anything serious, but full service, disc and pads change, clearing oil breather pipes etc.

Im forgeting the 1997 merc i have is like you say free from obstructions and is in an easy place to work on, the stern drive is in an even easier place. BUT....

There is no other talk on the intrawebnet thingy about marine engines other than corrosion and water damage, im sure ill get my head around all this in time (ill have the winter to read up ) When i do things i like to know its done right, not to the best of my abilities, but to the best of anyones. I would like to service it too, i would rather do a full service every month than end up with a damaged engine costing 1000's to rebuild

all this is generally because the risers will rot out before the tappets need adjustment, the water pump will rust into place before the seals fail etc etc

add to this the relative cost of failures and the equations become fundamentally different from those associated with cars (especially '80's cars!)

to put this in perspective the fuel pump on my Yanmar engine is more complex than the whole of my A series engines, or Pintos - possibly including the gearboxes!

your 3.0 straight 4 is, in itself, really really simple - the workshop manual will give you all the data but - as you are realising, all the issues lie in the cooling etc. The gearing is in the outdrive, and the complexity in there is huge (car gearboxes generally work in a dimension less with simplicity as a result).

 

[oGaryo]

This may be where im going wrong in my thinking, the cars of the eighties were a doddle to work on and follow with a haynes manual, not a rebuild or anything serious, but full service, disc and pads change, clearing oil breather pipes etc.

Im forgeting the 1997 merc i have is like you say free from obstructions and is in an easy place to work on, the stern drive is in an even easier place. BUT....

There is no other talk on the intrawebnet thingy about marine engines other than corrosion and water damage, im sure ill get my head around all this in time (ill have the winter to read up ) When i do things i like to know its done right, not to the best of my abilities, but to the best of anyones. I would like to service it too, i would rather do a full service every month than end up with a damaged engine costing 1000's to rebuild

Sounds to me like your boat'll end up being cared for and running perfectly at a fraction of the cost of those that get other folk to do the maintenance for them... agin, a few things to watch for like the timing quirk, riser gasket, draining water before working etc etc but it's pretty simple stuff once you have the info in front of you.. the only downside is the manuals are nowhere near as good as the Haynes jobbies but it's easy enough to fill in the gaps, especially with the folk that help do so on this forum and the search facility usually unearths an answer or three too.

good luck, I'm sure you'll crack it and I don't mean your engine block LOL

 

[Warpa]

Sounds to me like your boat'll end up being cared for and running perfectly at a fraction of the cost of those that get other folk to do the maintenance for them... agin, a few things to watch for like the timing quirk, riser gasket, draining water before working etc etc but it's pretty simple stuff once you have the info in front of you.. the only downside is the manuals are nowhere near as good as the Haynes jobbies but it's easy enough to fill in the gaps, especially with the folk that help do so on this forum and the search facility usually unearths an answer or three too.

good luck, I'm sure you'll crack it and I don't mean your engine block LOL

Thanks for that, im fortunate that im a one time learner, but only when shown, when reading books it takes me a lot longer Ill get my head around it im sure, but be prepared for a lot more topics posted by me
I dont have the money for a rebuild let alone 7+K for a new engine and want a lot of use out of her next year (i think once we are comfortable with everything we will be year round users) which will bring up a host of new questions if she is running once a month say in the cold crisp blue sky winter days we have

 

[dingdongs]

u may be able to find helpful things here under downloads especially if its mercruiser or mercury outboard related.www.brunswickmarineemea.com http...osted lots of links.hope these may be helpful

 

[lovezoo]

The only paper manual you need is this one:

This covers all the basic operation and maintenance (including servicing and winterisation). The enormous download manuals that you have the links for, cover every job imaginable - just keep the big one on the computer and print out the relevant section you need for a particular non-routine job.

 

[Warpa]

The only paper manual you need is this one:

This covers all the basic operation and maintenance (including servicing and winterisation). The enormous download manuals that you have the links for, cover every job imaginable - just keep the big one on the computer and print out the relevant section you need for a particular non-routine job.

Thats the one im looking to buy

 

[cadser]

Should be able to download a users manual from the download center at http://www.brunswickmarineemea.com/

 

[Warpa]

Should be able to download a users manual from the download center at http://www.brunswickmarineemea.com/

Many thanks but i have that, i want a hard copy to have outside with me and not printing loads of irrelevent things on the printer that ill lose and will look **** and creased in 10 mins with me

 

[lovezoo]

Should be able to download a users manual from the download center at http://www.brunswickmarineemea.com/

Thanks for that link - just downloaded a copy of the manual for my boat as the paper copy is getting a bit dog-eared.

Here is the link for the 3.0L version. Its only 40 pages long (compared to 1000 or so for the full workshop manual) - you could easily print out the section on winterising and given what the UK forecast says, might be best to get on with it now:

http://download.brunswick-marine.co...rn drive/mcm3.0lalpha_821047931/821047931.zip