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  1. Lou C

    Outdrive service

    yep that's the joint venture cone clutch drive which for all practical purposes is the same as a Volvo SX of the same year.
  2. Lou C

    Cold engine despite running for a while. Water entering bilge

    With raw water cooled engines it is pretty common to get rust flakes stuck in the thermostat and then the engine will run cool until you get it up on plane. One of the drawbacks to raw water cooling, there will always be more rust, particles, sand, silt in the engine than if you had closed...
  3. Lou C

    It’s stuck! Might have messed up trying to figure out why it has trouble getting in/out of neutral.

    I could be wrong but I think you have to reinstall the shift lever to be able move the control arms on that style of control....is it a Sea Star? Looks like it might be....Volvo OEM was Sea Star for a while....
  4. Lou C

    Flushing Sea Ray 250 Sundancer in salt water... How To, and is it necessary?

    If you do a standard oil analysis with Blackstone Labs or similar they will be able to tell you if your engine is wearing well and also if there are any contaminants in the oil like sodium, water, or fuel. With mine there were signs that the head gaskets were starting to leak way before the...
  5. Lou C

    Effect of partial submersion of 5.0 GXI. Effect on Power Steering, Starter, crank sensor.

    shine a bright flashlight on the P/S actuator, they often leak.
  6. Lou C

    BMW headlight . . . $1,000 !!!

    https://www.quadratec.com/p/crown-automotive/ece-headlamp-housing-grand-cherokee-zj these are for my '98 even cheaper now, and like 100% better than the junk DOT ones that were OE https://www.amazon.com/HELLA-002395991-Type-Single-Headlamp/dp/B0002M9QJM for the '17 Wrangler, again much better...
  7. Lou C

    Flushing Sea Ray 250 Sundancer in salt water... How To, and is it necessary?

    I have heard this for years. When I pulled my engine apart with 100% salt use guess what? Nothing besides rust! The salt is not the issue it’s calcium. Salt dissolves in water! And, as is common with OMCs & Volvos I ran a 160 stat all those years! I tried a 140 & did not like it; engine took...
  8. Lou C

    Flushing Sea Ray 250 Sundancer in salt water... How To, and is it necessary?

    I wouldn't worry too much about the flushing, yes do it if you can, but honestly I have never seen any of the inboard boats moored where I am (there is a dock with a hose) get flushed. While I'm sure it helps, saltwater use with a cast iron block gives you at most, 20-25 years at least here with...
  9. Lou C

    BMW headlight . . . $1,000 !!!

    Same for me Scott... In my '98 Grand Cherokee I've been running a set of Crown EU spec H-4 headlamps run off a Painless Wiring relay harness I installed over 20 years ago....the replacement Crown headlights are available from Quadratec Jeep parts for $55 each! In our '17 Wrangler, I am going to...
  10. Lou C

    Flushing Sea Ray 250 Sundancer in salt water... How To, and is it necessary?

    When you say stored in a marina, is it docked or in dry storage? When you shut the engine off actually the engine stays full of water and so do the exhaust manifolds, some drains out of the exhaust elbows though, that's why they rust the worst, because they are now exposed to air with salt...
  11. Lou C

    Outdrive service

    Go and get a pump and do this the right way, if you do not, you will burn up your upper gears and cost yourself a couple grand at least. It is a closed system once all the drain/fill plugs are installed. Whatever the capacity of the drive is listed as you must get that much oil in it. PS there's...
  12. Lou C

    Vapor Lock

    What year or mode # Volvo? The older ones used Prestolite units then they switched to the Delco EST…..
  13. Lou C

    Vapor Lock

    Another cause if that could be a bad ignition coil breaking down with heat. Not common but it can happen.
  14. Lou C

    Vapor Lock

    Vapor lock occurs when the fuel in the carb bowl gets so hot it boils and then it doesn't atomize well. In the old days we used carb insulators and insulated fuel lines going over hot parts of the engine. On Pre-Votec engines there is an exhaust crossover in the intake that heats the area under...
  15. Lou C

    Mercruiser 350 MAG MPI missing only at 3000 rpms

    Interesting I’d say the center insulator makes it look like it’s running lean but the steel shell looks like there are carbon carbon deposits or maybe oil. What’s your engine temp & how’s the oil consumption?
  16. Lou C

    S A F E T Y B R I E F I N G

    We can watch the fireworks from our back porch, from the neighboring towns and can even see the ones from Connecticut across Long Island Sound.....
  17. Lou C

    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    Something special about a vintage boat restored to better than new…..
  18. Lou C

    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    Beautiful work!
  19. Lou C

    1994 Chris Craft Concept 197 Bimini Top Question

    you can see it in this pic.....it's either that or mount it on the gunnels, with these sliders you can push it all the way back or forward depending on what you want....
  20. Lou C

    1994 Chris Craft Concept 197 Bimini Top Question

    My Four Winns had those same mounts, they are for the convertible top which mounted to the front of the windshield. You can’t use those for a Bimini top because the normal movement of it will stress the side window/frame. What I did was mount slider brackets on the coaming panels and mount the...
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