Moving on at this point to other things then.
The boat has the 8 pin cannon plug. The donor motor has the 10 plug. We can seat them together but obviously 1 pin is not connected. Is there a decent way to fix that? Is it necessary to fix that? If I remember correctly it's pin 4 for engine alarm.
So installed an HEI distributor and found that the coil had no power. We ran a wire from batt to coil + and are getting spark. But now we can't determine where the loss of power starts. We can see that the purple wire on the harness isnt getting volts....Checking the ignition switch shortly.
We didn't do anything with the wiring beside connecting the harness.
One update, the 8 to "10" pin(although only 9) update wasn't done. But all I can tell is the pin 4 from the 10 pin is not connecting, which is for the engine alarm. Is that an issue? Is there a proper way to connect the...
Alright, so we were able to fit and transfer the entire setup for the 5.0 merc including the outdrive. The only changes we had to do was create the 2 forward engine mounts and move them up forward about 5 inches. The other thing we dealt with was the steering linkage reqd larger bolts for the...
I have 2 options of fixing up our blown 4.3 omc in our Horizon 190.
I have an old family boat that hasn't ran for 10 years but is clean and looks good. Has a 5.0 in it, but will require us to pickup over 600 miles away. Also costs us 1500 for the boat.
There's a local boat that has a 260 in...
Well we got the 302, that's done. I'm in this project for the ability and cheapness to get it in the water and have some fun, not spending money on something for more horses or go. I asked my question and anticipated a little more help at least....
As for the 302, I will need to get a flywheel...
I have a potential 5.0 upgrade in sight. I found an older Merc mcm888 from the 70s for $200. Wondering what's in store to get it installed in my boat. The original motor has very new accessories, but the block and heads are cracked pretty good.
Is it like swapping in the Penta 5.0, or will...
I've looked into others doing this whole vortec motor swap and am confused all over again.
https://forums.iboats.com/threads/4-3l-v-6-cracked-block-questions-options.562443/post-4050107
You stated the truck vortec would basically be a simple swap with a few parts needed from the donor...
With the vortec heads and intake, anything to specifically look for?
I can locate a block as stated. Trying to wrap my head around vortec parts on the block itself.
I found a block, heads and intake for 4.3 merc. Basically is the whole thing, but has rod knock.
From the information I've gathered that should be everything I need to swap, correct?
I can take all the accessories off my original as well as all the innards of the engine and put them in the...
I appreciate this link for sure. So I've moved on and let the mechanic go.
So back to my initial situation! My issue with getting a new block and heads is that seems like it's a hell of a lot more work and time than it is to get a whole newer engine? Like I said, all the accessories are new...
