importing Mercruiser spares
has anyone brought in spares for Mercruiser motors and legs before?
I have a few leads through websites with some suppliers having replacement non-Mercruiser spares for a third of the price of gen items.
Time to do my U-joint knuckle unies and bearings when I replace the bellows soon.
Also trim rams are stiff and seals stuffed from salt buld up, so may repalce them with aftermarket units.
May as well look at doing manifolds and waterpump at the same time, then she is spic&span till it needs a full rebuild in the far far future ( I hope lol)
Compressions where still good, so not worried about iternals.
http://www.sterndrive.info/sterndriveparts/
http://www.sterndrivesaustralia.com.au/hydraulic_rams_&_parts.html
http://www.marinepartsexpress.com
http://www.wholesalemarine.com/c/110004/Mercruiser+Sterndrive.html
these are the ones I'm looking at, has anyone used any of these guys?
cheers
Tony
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glastronomic
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I have delt with Hitech here
I have delt with Hitech here in Wangara for some parts for my mercruiser.
They are very helpfull and do have a lot of gear relating to Mercruiser.
snappermiles
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havent bought any online as yet
but i have had a look at the stainless manifolds and they are not badly priced! they are also meant to give you more horsepower and wont rust
http://www.hitekmarine.com.au/mercruiser-chev.htm
i will be putting these on once mine are ready for replacement!
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Tony Halliday
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Local quotes for genuine
Local quotes for genuine spares are just far too high, with local repairs by a dealer looking at over $7k vs importing aftermarket spares and fitting for under $3k!
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snappermiles
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yeh the price difference is silly
if you find a good dealer in the US that does those stainless manifolds let me no!
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pelagicyachts
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here it is
About 10 years ago i had boat with twin Mercruiser Diesels (4.2 litre turbo) and bravo 2 drives
The engines were great but the "merc" bits on them were not -we used to use the boat a lot and as a result were always buying parts!
I found these guys were great -and better still there is an exploded view of all parts/engines/drives they sell and it lists all the prices - i needed new seawater strainers (just the wire basket) circa 140 each here and a 6 week wait -got them for 55 USD each and here in a fortnight.....as the yanks say
go figure!!
http://www.mercruiserparts.com/
first time you visist the website it may not be that intuitive so some quick instructions below :-)
1)"CLICK HERE FOR MERCRUISER & MERCURY PARTS LOOK UP & ONLINE ORDERING"
2)'SEARCH WITH PICTURES' (top left of screen)
3) the the engine/model/drive you ar after -
Good luck
Cheers
Clint
Tony Halliday
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thanks Clint
thanks Clint
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Tony Halliday
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thanks Clint
thanks Clint
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