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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Thanks Lou. I pumped the oil out of the engine today, main reason being I wasn't sure how much I'd put in it because I part filled it before fitting the engine then ran the oil pump with the oil pressure sender disconnected and pumped some oil onto the ground in the yard. I removed 9 British...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Thanks, I got the drive fitted but it did seem more difficult than last time I test fitted it after cleaning everything up. I may have made a mistake though because I didn't wait for your answer, fitted it with triple guard over the O rings... maybe that was why I also struggled a bit to get the...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Thanks, I edited my post to include some pics and more info, posts crossed. I did coat the water passage groove and gasket with the triple guard grease... I remembered your advice from earlier in the thread ;-) I thought you also said coat the entire leg to transom swivel mating area? I know to...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    The O rings are around an inch / 3cm diameter but the ones already on the input shaft look wider diameter... unless they stretch to fit in the grooves on the input shaft? Been getting the transom swivel and leg ready for refitting, re-greased the universal joints using Morris Lubricants K323...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Had hoped to get a bit of time to work on the boat today but real work got in the way. I'll be refitting the OMC Cobra (Volvo SX) drive leg soon. I bought the odd shaped water intake gasket that seals between the leg and transom swivel, the odd shaped gasket fits fine but it came in a pack with...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    I doubt this instrument cluster would be fitted on a boat with a 2 cylinder engine, which made me wonder if the tach settings control points to number of ignition pulses per engine rotation in which case it should be set to 4 for the V8? I've set it to 4 now but haven't started the engine to...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Been trying to fix some electrical gremlins. I still haven't got to the bottom of the 'immobilser' issue but I might have fixed that anyway. To recap a marina sent the previous owner a video showing how to start the engine... turn the ignition on, then flick the cockpit light switch on/off...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Adding to my last post... Hopefully I fixed all the gauges in the car style instrument cluster. Tested them all with various electrical resistance to earth instead of connected to respective sender units and all readings responded as they should. The only gauge I haven't tested is the rev...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    I got a bit of time to work on the boat today, been messing with the dashboard instruments. To recap, this is the Four Winns car style instruments, the problem was all the dials seemed to move but all pointed to the wrong place. I removed the instrument cluster and using 2 small spoons (it's a...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Thanks for looking that up for me, useful info. It just occurred to me the oil should be a certain level below the flange regardless of the oil pan design to allow space to make sure the crank (which will go below flange level) clears the oil. Hang on though, if the oil is in the sump part of...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Thanks Scott. This is a Ford 302, how far below the pan lip should it be?
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Not done much on the boat today. I did repostion the dipstick tube so it's routed a little higher, had to disconnect the starter motor power lead connections to make enough space to get access. Then I took @Scott Danforth advice from another thread... and found out the dipstick (which is on...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Thanks Lou. Yeah I think the problem with the reading on the dipstick will be because (as said above) I didn't fit the dipstick tube at the correct angle. I think I'll try to slacken the tube as it enters the oil sump and change the angle so the tube rises quickly away from the sump fitting...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Got the engine running :cool: Seems OK. Pics of the dipstick and tube Used the multimeter to check oil pressure (resistance of the new sender unit), reads 240Ohms with the engine off and around 130Ohms with the engine running which I believe points to somewhere around 45psi? Also used...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Thanks. I mean with the plugs in. With the plugs out I expect there'd be a constant pitch sound when cranking the engine but with the plugs in the rise and fall in pitch (and engine speed, the familiar whir whir sound) is due to the speed slowing every 90degrees of rotation when a cylinder...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    I'll take a pic of the dipstick tomorrow. I have a theory why the dipstick reads over filled - The dipstick tube enters the oil pan from the side near the bottom of the sump. A dipstick going sideways into an oil pan could only show no oil or some oil but couldn't tell you how much oil was in...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Questions about oil level... The dipstick has hatching to show safe level, below the hatched area it reads 'fill' but I don't know where full level is. There are a couple or dots / holes higher on the dipstick. The level is reading between those dots, is that correct or is it overfilled? The...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Ahh yes I see that now. Earlier I made the mistake of thinking the lower pipe from the water pump (which connects to the thermostat housing) was connected lower to the raw water pump. I decided to use the new BPR4FS plugs I already have so I put them back in. It was much easier using the socket...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    I watched a YouTube video about changing Ford plugs made by Michael Romer, he used 2 different length plug sockets, the longer socket had a 3/4 hex at the drive end so he was able to put a spanner on it to slacken (or final tighten) plugs, the shorter socket he was able to use a 3/8 to 1/4...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    That was my concern. Though I suppose every time the engine is stopped the water level inside it will fall and not rise again until the engine is run again and raw water pump runs? If that is true then if it doesn't self prime we'd need to worry about it priming every time we shut the engine off...
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