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    Engine inspection tips for used 4.3L V6 or 305/350 V8 equipped mercruiser I/O setups.

    I'm in the market currently for a used non-fishing layout cuddy of 21ft or smaller, which usually is hard to find in the outboard setup in the mid central US. Possible, but hard to find. So, that means most of them are going to be in the I/O category. Do not want an OMC cobra or Volvo penta...
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    Hello everybody! 1989 221V Islander Restoration.

    Because the cost of conversion/change and time to make that choice now versus later is less. Not to mention getting the overall OMC setup functioning may cost much more money than initially expected. For instance, would I want to drop several hundred dollars for a new coupler or exhaust...
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    Hello everybody! 1989 221V Islander Restoration.

    The main issue with Bravo against Alpha is cost. It demands a premium for going that route and unless you are dealing with a 5.7 V8 close to the limit of Alpha's HP rating, it is not worth it unless the boat is very heavy and has frequent rapid spikes of load on the outdrive. When properly...
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    Hello everybody! 1989 221V Islander Restoration.

    Unfortunately a 1989 GM 4.3L V6 is probably not the best engine when you are considering outdrive conversion options. It's not as bad as the mercruiser engine 170/470 abomination or the inline 6 cylinder, but its not the newer 1991 4.3L V6 balanced shaft non-vortec/vortec heads so replacing...
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    i see lots of rebuilds?

    In your chieftain wiring thread I gave you a link to a resource that identifies what the mercury outboard wire colors mean on the wire harness going from the outboard to the hull. You are making this more difficult than what should be. More doing and documenting and do less asking the same...
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    1991 mercury 115hp 4cyl 2 cycle outboard

    I think racer would rather see compression numbers on those cylinders than a video at this moment since it is a new to you motor that hasn't been lake tested by you. Marine motors all sound great when they are not under load.
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    Burned boat and insurance offer

    Look it up on the NADA website to get a good ball park idea of its fair market value. Unless you can prove you had standalone upgrades on the boat that can be removed, you're not going to get anything back on those optional upgrades. Example, Garmin marine GPS plotter touch screen and antenna...
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    1974 starcraft chieftain wiring

    To the OP, this is not rocket science. Research, organization, and attention to detail will make this work go smoothly. If you understand how to properly perform low voltage wire management and low voltage wiring power requirements, especially on a boat, it will make this from a nightmare to...
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    1974 Chieftain 25 "Adventurer" Restoration

    Nice, definitely bookmarking that response on the motor mounts. I'd be inclined to want to at least find an Alpha One Gen 1 outdrive setup. Might make things easier overall. The Alpha One Gen 1 freshwater transom assembly with trim pumps and rams should be a dime a dozen here in the US and...
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    3.0 Mercruiser engine waterfall

    +1 to this. I've seen the crack personally as well near the top of the block. It's not pretty when it happens. Start saving for a replacement engine or cut your losses to sell for what you can and move on. There's no fixing that unless you want to spend more than what a remanufactured engine...
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    1974 Chieftain 25 "Adventurer" Restoration

    I'm curious how those engine mounting points on that boat are constructed. Most of the time we only see the 3.0L inline 4 and inline 6 front engine mount construction on these tinny boats with sterndrives. More detailed photos of that would be appreciated if possible.
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    Evinrude E115TLCNB 1982 rpm bog at neutral idle and in gear(idle speed)

    I would be doing a leak down test on that cylinder with the biggest drop in difference. If its more than 10% difference than the rest, it needs a leakdown test. Issues with engine compression are often revealed at idle under load. Users/owners often try to fix it with increasing the idle in...
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    1989 88spl idle adjustment

    Corrections have been made in edits of my above post, please make sure to consult the service manual to verify. I had the 1990 version of this in the 90HP model which has the higher output charging system with trim/tilt and VRO system (which I deleted and made premix).
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    1989 88spl idle adjustment

    Step 1, buy the factory service manual. If you have the money to buy the parts, you can afford to spend the money to buy the correct instructions how to service your outboard. What if everyone got their answer wrong and it was a critical dangerous step in the assembly process of the powerhead...
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    help help help overheating Mecrusier

    This sounds like knee jerk reacting to me here. Just because you might think a service shop charging about $1000 to $1200 (parts & labor) for a complete bellows replacement is a rip off doesn't have much weight. They can go and pay someone else to get a second opinion, or do some research on...
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    help help help overheating Mecrusier

    Then one has chosen the wrong activity/hobby if they can't afford it, don't buy a boat if you can't pay to get the work done. Whether that be the owner performing the repairs or a service shop, you pay to get it fixed or you sell the boat for what you can or not buy a boat at all.
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    Wiring diagram, is it correct?

    If you have the means to put a negative bus bar in the front of the boat that protects the wires from damage, that would be better than doing negative runs for each light in the front. It makes it easier to diagnose and work on if this is possible to do. I believe you are trying to do too much...
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    1994 Bayliner Trophy 2002 Transom Core: One, or Three Pieces?

    Lifting that boat cap definitely does not look fun. I hope you took extensive measurements of the stringer setup on that boat if you need to remove them. That will be double headache with that style of boat since the entire cap assembly sits on those stringers directly and will cause issues if...
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    Alpha 1 gen 1 refresh

    +1 to stresspoint's and Scotts statement. Boats cost a LOT of money to get seaworthy if they are not used and sit for long periods of time without being used, maintained, and the necessary services performed at the proper interval periods. Remember the common maintenance statement: X number of...
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    Type III carburetor identification.

    The carb in the photograph from the OP is definitely NOT a type 2, that is a type three. The dead giveaway even if someone somehow jerry rigged the plastic carb bowI onto the carb, is that you can see the primer solenoid fuel inlet barb on the back of the carb body that bolts up against the...
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