excellent. Same here cut my teeth boat mechanic wise on my grandfathers 1966 Penn Yan that had the straight 6 (150 HP), the outdrive and tilt system was terrible on those early ones. Neighbors had a 1969 Starcraft with a 2.5L and then we had a 3.0 for years. I cant believe how much abuse that...
agreed run it with the drive off. did you replace the gimbal and Ujoints ? if ti sat they may be bad. Ujoints are tough to check out via feel. I have had joints feel great, and when you replace them be beat up. Might pop the top on the drive.
my boat sat for years before I bought it (11ys old...
always some nuances but that is one thing chevy did well 2 filters covering 60 years...
If you haven't had one a 3.0 is one of the best engines to work on and the one we had served us very well for 20+ years.
willing to bet if you take cap rotor and coil off you should be able to get the covers off with out pulling the dizzy. Its been a few years since I had my 3.0 ...
If you do need to pull it yes 3/8 is close to 10 mm.
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amazing what a diff it makes with just a bit of heat. You can do the same getting bearings on shafts etc by heating them. We have a couple bearing heaters at work that Ive used for jobs like this.
do yourself a favor and get a factory service manual (merc manual #14 for gen 2 drives)
While the answers above are correct - the manual will have all the detail on this and any other repairs, any special tools, What lubes , sealants etc are used where
agreed seen was not meant literally.
I think the oldest gas I ran was about 8-10 years old, and this is E10, was stabilized originally but car just sat as an unfinished product for years.
Conversely this summer my buddies boat fuel smelled fine but got milky when sitting in a jar. Something in...
I’ll play the other side of the fence , have you taken a sample of the fuel out and seen what it looks like first. I have seen stabilized fuel older than that be fine. Have also siphoned fuel out of rusty fuel tank, let it settle in 5 gal buckets, siphon off the sediment and run it through a...
if you haven't used these types of low temp solder connectors before they are fantastic. uses a heat gun vs torch to melt the solder inside the heat shrink...
pretty typical these days. Its not that bad once you wrap your head around it. on my toyotas its actually pretty accessible. I'll take it over the old school drop the pan as the drain plug....
I don't ever recall seeing a carbed TBV 4.3 that used a knock module. I'll look though my TB V ignition manual (4B) manual tonight but dont think you'll find a listing for it.
Attached is a module listing from sterdrive.cc , the only 4.3 knock modules it lists are for TBI engines with Delco...
