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Originally Posted by spareparts

sorry, i forgot to mention, the tap is to re-tap the older bell housings from the back side(transom side) to take the new style shift cable that threads in from the drive side. I run the tap thru to clean out the threads in all of them

Yep, I read it in the service manual that the pre-alphas threaded in from the back. I now remember why I hated working on I/O's. I was trying to get the gimbal bearing out after fixing the bellhousings, and kept hitting my head on the swim platform. Not to mention the fun of getting down into the bilge and get the raw water pumps out to change the impellers. I couldn't imagine SEARAY fitting twin 454's into this boat and expecting somebody to work on it without pulling the engines out, but in 90 they offered twin 454's in this same boat that in 96 came with twin 135HP 4 cylinders.