470 conversion

[jmaxxone]

I have an 89' 3.7L Mercruiser 470 and just purchased the alternator conversion kit. The instruction say I have to pull the Harmonic Balancer and fool with the Stator and such. When I first looked into this conversion I read another set of instructions that say to just clip the wires off the old system and remove the old voltage regulator. So do you think I need to get a puller and remove the harmonic balancer?

 

[j-d]

I don't know about the instructions but if you need to pull the vibration damper or related assembly you might be able to borrow a puller from an auto parts store like Autozone. They have a loaner program and so do several others, I mention AZ specifically because they operate under the same name throughout the country.