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  1. Lou C

    New purchase SX-M

    Wow that’s bad! You’re lucky that the drive came off!
  2. Lou C

    Trim cylinder hose replacement

    What happened was that the Ram rod was pitted & tore the seal in the end cap. Salt water boat moored in salt water. So I think I got great life out of them and it only costs $55 each to get the OEM kit to rebuild them (OMC Cobra & early Volvo SX have the same exact rams). I left the old...
  3. Lou C

    Does the antifreeze you use really matter?

    https://www.westmarine.com/west-advisor/Selecting-Antifreeze.html read this, you'll see if you get zero or below, do not use -50 or -60, use -100! remember those are burst temps....
  4. Lou C

    Does the antifreeze you use really matter?

    The basic problem with raw water cooling and running in antifreeze is this: your cooling system has excess capacity to cool the engine and exhaust, the manifolds & elbows get full flow from the 'stat housing (except in Merc warm manifolds, not until the 'stat opens) and the engine 'stat, opens...
  5. Lou C

    Trim cylinder hose replacement

    Funny thing was I had a small leak from the port side cyl but no water at all in the fluid. So I didn’t wind up having to exchange all the fluid.
  6. Lou C

    Does the antifreeze you use really matter?

    How cold is your lowest temp? If zero I wouldn’t use that…
  7. Lou C

    Bone headed move - put the plug in with 3M 4200

    Well yes things are better now for sure I recall manually repacking the front wheel bearings of my VWs in the 1970s with that nasty smelling fibrous yellow grease! Yuk!
  8. Lou C

    Bone headed move - put the plug in with 3M 4200

    There are charts online that show which grease is compatible with which. If you have lithium complex grease it’s easy since that’s the base of most greases.
  9. Lou C

    Bone headed move - put the plug in with 3M 4200

    I recall hearing that the triple guard was not for wheel bearings; I used it on driveshaft splines on my I/O and on the shifter bell crank inside the transom mount on the Cobra outdrive. BRP actually marketed a different grease for wheel bearings. Years back I used Pennzoil Marine (also blue)...
  10. Lou C

    2002 240 Four Winns Volvo 5.7 Penta winterization process

    If you will be changing motor oil and outdrive oil, for the engine you can use a 15w/40 like Rotella, or a 25/40 like that sold by Merc or Quicksilver, the drive oil you should be using Volvo's I have heard of problems using other brands. For the engine winterization, after changing the motor...
  11. Lou C

    Tie down caliper mounting bracket

    I saw that website too, and the phone # is disconnected and the business address is some run down house in Houston Tx. I buy from Eastern Marine, Etrailer, and Trailer Parts Depot as well as directly from Load Rite
  12. Lou C

    2002 240 Four Winns Volvo 5.7 Penta winterization process

    Engine & drive?
  13. Lou C

    Does the antifreeze you use really matter?

    Also note to all: When buying AF for winterizing keep in mind the way storage AF is rated; burst temp is not the same as freeze temp. I do not want AF getting solid inside a cast iron engine even if it doesn’t expand. So ignore burst protection and go by freeze protection. -50 & -60 get solid at...
  14. Lou C

    Does the antifreeze you use really matter?

    As far as winterizing I I manually drain the engine & manifolds & raw water intake hose & then back fill with my mix of Sierra AF & water (-26*F) via the hoses. After engine & drive oil is changed and engine fogged. After spring start up and the AF washes out I see no rusty water coming out the...
  15. Lou C

    Does the antifreeze you use really matter?

    While it may be pink it could be diluted and you don’t know how close to freezing it would be unless you take a sample & put it in a freezer at zero F or check it with a refractometer. I mix my own PG antifreeze using Sierra PG engine antifreeze. Cheaper & better.
  16. Lou C

    Does the antifreeze you use really matter?

    How cold are your anticipated temps? Take a look at West Marines guide to marine antifreezes it explains what to use based on temperature….
  17. Lou C

    Bone headed move - put the plug in with 3M 4200

    Sometime earlier this year I think
  18. Lou C

    Bone headed move - put the plug in with 3M 4200

    I know some people think Lucas is sketchy because of some of their snake oil products but their blue marine grease I think is excellent. It is a calcium sulfonate grease with better specs than any lithium complex grease I have seen….
  19. Lou C

    What oil should I use?

    https://sharena21.springcm.com/Public/Document/18452/459c4af5-03ba-ed11-b81d-48df3793b338/c2866807-39ba-ed11-b81d-48df3793b338 1400 ppm zinc the Merc 25/40 conventional has 960, I know this from doing Blackstone Oil analyses the Merc 25/50 syn blend has 1240 ppm zinc but is the most expensive.
  20. Lou C

    What oil should I use?

    that label is a GM label for an automotive application no doubt Merc never recommended an oil of that viscosity in their inboards (they recommended straight 30, 40, 20/40, 20/50 or their 25/40). if you don't want to use high priced "marine" oils another option is Valvoline VR-1 20/50, this...
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