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  1. alldodge

    Happiest Day of Ownership !!!

    Lots of water should be the bilge pump, right? Maybe drilling time, will show Cruisers how its done :cool:
  2. alldodge

    mercruiser 7.4 mpi can't figure out the ratio

    The drive breaking wouldn't cause a cylinder to go bad
  3. alldodge

    New Engine Replacement - Engine Died and Hydro locked after 5 hrs!?

    Could be a few things, but need more info to determine. The water ingestion is the weird one. Everything being the same it should not have happened but it did. The last motor this didn't happen so it leans me toward the new motor make up, but does not exonerate the exhaust possibility I do...
  4. alldodge

    New Engine Replacement - Engine Died and Hydro locked after 5 hrs!?

    An instant shut down should not cause the motor to inject water if the elbows are spec above the water line. The high pitch fuel pump and taking time to get restarted, it may have a fuel restriction. The restriction may be a collapsed fuel line, pickup tube, antisiphon valve Might want to...
  5. alldodge

    Electrical issue

    Unless someone had the exact same issue it will be hard to determine what the issue is. Need to get a voltmeter and trace the wires
  6. alldodge

    mercruiser 7.4 mpi can't figure out the ratio

    With one dead cylinder you've lost 12% power (310-12% = 37 hp). That said, if the cylinder just went dead between old drive and new one, this could be the issue, but that would be a heck of a coincidence. My guess is it was already dead and the reason you only was getting 25-26 mph.
  7. alldodge

    Removal of bottom paint?

    Fog cleared and yes I did get a boost in speed. This was after my repower and was running Hill marine B3 4x4 at 22 pitch. After the repaint I started to overrev and put 3 blade 26 pitch. Think WOT was 47 mph and gained about 2 mph. So not much boost
  8. alldodge

    Removal of bottom paint?

    No, but I'm also a 10k lb boat
  9. alldodge

    Removal of bottom paint?

    If paint is smooth then its just looks your dealing with. Mine wasn't smooth and I wanted to make it look good also, so paid to have it removed and I painted it with white epoxy
  10. alldodge

    4.3 omc cobra no start

    Most of us enjoy the questions, otherwise we would have to find something else to do :cool:
  11. alldodge

    New Engine Replacement - Engine Died and Hydro locked after 5 hrs!?

    Agree with VP Mech that its not the pickup tube, and don't think it was lack of fuel that killed the motor. It was either electrical or because of the water Is the boat actually on plane at that rpm or just plowing water? Is this a salt water boat or fresh? Were the exhaust manifolds...
  12. alldodge

    Freezer meat

    Until I want to go to sleep :unsure: Don't want her or anyone hurt, but many times I think if one of those hits her car, she would probably say "kill them all"
  13. alldodge

    Mercruiser 7.4L Bluewater inboard winterization

    Appears to unscrew https://www.groco.net/arg-2500-s
  14. alldodge

    Volvo Penta 4.3 Gi Conversion to 4.3 GL

    First pull the connector apart, clean and spread the males pins and shrink the female side slightly. If that doesn't fix it, the search Mercruiser 10 pin pigtail. Merc and VP are the same This is from Hardin site, but look around for cheaper if going that route...
  15. alldodge

    Is fogging oil different than it used to be???

    Not sure if it has changed, but we all know if something can be made cheaper and cost the same it will be done
  16. alldodge

    Newbie looking for advice

    First and foremost, the thing that makes a good boat is the motor. If the motor doesn't run it doesn't matter what it looks like The Chap is better made then the Monterey and does have higher resale. I have a Rinker which is in the similar range as the Monterey, they are entry level boats...
  17. alldodge

    Freezer meat

    Nice one, wish the Admiral would let me get one.
  18. alldodge

    4.3 omc cobra no start

    Things that can cause a weak spark High resistive wires, bad condenser, points not opening far enough after closing, bad dizzy cap, low voltage due to bad connection, defective coil and a bad ground The bad ground normally doesn't happen but it can. If the dizzy isn't grounded good, then when...
  19. alldodge

    4.3 omc cobra no start

    I get sound but no pic/mov Either way, being orange and unable to jump the gap, that's the issue
  20. alldodge

    Happiest Day of Ownership !!!

    Congrats Not changing the name means we will miss the dance and homage to Neptune , bummer :ROFLMAO:
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