take a look at the starter....... many times you have to pull the motor to get to the starter. Boats are put together to look pretty. not be easily worked on.
being pretty is what sells them
many times, removing the spark arrestor and putting a pillow on top the motor to lay on it will allow...
There are two ports on the cylinders. The rod end, and the blind end
Raise the drive, pull the rod end hose (down hose) and press up. If oil comes out the cylinder port, your seal or seals are bypassing
I have a background in hydraulics and I still cut the seal when I did mine. It happens
if its just the insulation that is destroyed, and you are outside the chord grip a bit. you can simply use epoxy lined heat shrink tubing to cover the damaged area.
anything man-made can be repaired.
If the cylinder is bypassing the piston seal, yes
Easy enough to test to determine where the problem is.
Extend the cylinders, pull the retract line, hit extend. No fluid should come out unless the seals are toast
TB IV uses a timing light and you set the motor to 6-8 degrees per the manual for your motor. No different than any generic distributor. No base timing mode. Just must be set at idle.
TB V needs to be put in base timing mode by grounding the purple/white wire, then adjust to what the manual...
Contact Raylar engineering as they are the 8.1 experts
Your ECM will need to be reprogrammed to go non-cat
There is a set of VP manifolds on ebay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266994409012
