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  1. Lou C

    Just rebuilt the trim cylinders, now the outdrive won't stay up under load

    Tin can with green tape on it I’ll see if I can photo those instructions to make it more clear
  2. Lou C

    Just rebuilt the trim cylinders, now the outdrive won't stay up under load

    Delete wrong pic
  3. Lou C

    Just rebuilt the trim cylinders, now the outdrive won't stay up under load

    There is a trick to installing those to protect the seals, in the instructions for the kit I used on my Cobra it showed how to use an alu can to make a guard to protect the seals….I’ll see if I can find a pic
  4. Lou C

    Puffing steam out vents

    Ohhh I misunderstood the time frame there; that vid was from before you did the cyl head work! Well the engine did look really pretty good maybe you caught it at the beginning of a head gasket leak. Well keep running it; based on my experience as long as your sealing surfaces were clean & level...
  5. Lou C

    Do I need a trailer?

    That’s hilarious Wonder what the gear oil in his diff looks like!
  6. Lou C

    Puffing steam out vents

    Well your air pressure test was good, right? Now before this happened did this engine consume oil at all? You can expect some blow by from an engine used in this application because there is no PCV to pull the vapors out. Now really thinking about it, you MIGHT still have moisture in the oil...
  7. Lou C

    Puffing steam out vents

    That doesn’t look good….a lot of blow by. I’d do a compression test and a leak down test. What’s the oil look like?
  8. Lou C

    Puffing steam out vents

    That’s great work! Fortunate outcome! Just keep an eye on it during your first few runs. The Chevy small block is very forgiving because of simple design and good basic engineering.
  9. Lou C

    New boat owners leaving the hobby

    It's not surprising given the price of purchase and running & storage costs. I went to the Long Island Boat Show at the Nassau Coliseum and the bottom of the market is nearly gone. I saw 2 18' center consoles I would consider, everything else is way too expensive, if buying new.
  10. Lou C

    Puffing steam out vents

    It is possible but hard to say... on mine what I found was that there was water in the 2 front cyls, #1 and #2, and I found a split in the fire ring of the head gaskets that were for those cyls, and the split was right near a water passage. So water got into the cyls (not enough to hydrolock but...
  11. Lou C

    Puffing steam out vents

    Your engine pix don't look bad at first glance but look at the area between cyls 4&6 that looks a little suspicious for head gasket failure. I would like to see the block after cleaning off the old gasket and the cyl heads. If the block deck looks good, I'd probably get the heads magnafluxed and...
  12. Lou C

    Puffing steam out vents

    Here's what I'm taking about, I removed the rubber exhaust hoses and the 90* exhaust pipes and fed an inspection camera wand into the exhaust opening and looked inside since they have been used in salt water for 5 seasons at this point. I plan on doing it at the end of each season to catch a...
  13. Lou C

    Puffing steam out vents

    I use an inspection camera to scope the inside of the elbow and manifold to make sure water isn't leaking in, it's nice to not have to take it all apart to find that out.
  14. Lou C

    Puffing steam out vents

    If you have an inspection camera I’d look inside the elbow and see if there sign of water leaking around the joint between the manifold & elbow. What about your intake gaskets? Any chance they were leaking? Any overheats during the past few seasons? I had that problem and 3 seasons later had...
  15. Lou C

    Bolts for water pump are rusting

    Years back when I still had the OMC V6 batwing exhaust manifolds, the drain plug was strategically located guess where? Right over the starter. So when I used to drain them I put a plastic bag over the starter to keep it from getting drenched. My later model 2 piece OMC/Volvo units have the...
  16. Lou C

    Bolts for water pump are rusting

    I've been spraying mine with either Boeshield, Corrosion X or Fluid Film for 22 years, in all salt water, the tin oil pan and timing chain cover are still in good shape! Also, very important, make sure there are no small water leaks from hoses, or drain plugs, that can cause a lot of rust that...
  17. Lou C

    New exhaust manifold advice

    Agreed on never buying a cat converter motor. A relative of mine had one, here in the salt pond and I convinced him to trade it before it had problems and buy an outboard powered version of the same boat. He'll be far happier with it. For a simple comparison you can buy a complete exhaust for...
  18. Lou C

    Lubricating starter motor shaft 5.0 MPI

    Those of us in salt water MIGHT do that every so often, due to corrosion caused by salt air but even for me, unless there's a problem I leave it be... When I have done it I use a thick marine grease like Triple Guard or Lucas Marine
  19. Lou C

    Leak into bilge, bellows?

    If your grease witness marks are uniform but you have to force it that much to get it on, I'm wondering if the gimble bearing isn't fully seated in the housing.
  20. Lou C

    Leak into bilge, bellows?

    The problem with misalignment is the rubber damped coupler, it will put uneven forces on the coupler which will overheat and wear the rubber out and that will result in having to pull the engine. My boat is going on 37 years old, it is on the original coupler, the gimble bearing has been...
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