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  1. Lou C

    Need to add trailer brakes

    Here's a comparison of 10" vs 12" drum brakes and the ones I used on the last upgrade of the old trailer (6000 lb axle).
  2. Lou C

    1998 Crownline 202br engine compartment access

    My boat was like that and after a couple of years I modified the seat & wood supports to make it easier to get at. Does the engine have a remote oil filter mount? If not I’d add one. The worst points are getting at the block drains, starter & (God forbid you have to reach it) steering actuator...
  3. Lou C

    Need to add trailer brakes

    Yep as a teenager I recall the confusion in doing my first brake job on an all drum 1956 VW…would up calling my friend whose dad was the head tech at the local Ford store….after that I learned to get pix out of a shop manual (we were broke kids then would go to the library & copy pages we needed...
  4. Lou C

    Need to add trailer brakes

    Most drum brakes have the star wheel adjusters just like cars had years ago. Some of our US built cars had self adjusting drums but over time this feature seemed to stop working. I like manually adjusted brakes because I can set them the way I want….
  5. Lou C

    Need to add trailer brakes

    When I did mine back in ‘04 the main pain was snaking the stainless brake lines thru the frame. Other than that it was easy. Still using the same Tie Down model 66 actuator. I think bleeding the brakes & flushing the fluid every 5-6 years probably helped it last that long….
  6. Lou C

    Need to add trailer brakes

    Judging by the painted trailer I'm guessing you're in fresh water, it looks like you have a five bolt flange which means you can use 12" brakes that will give you good stopping power with a 19' boat. If your tow vehicle has a brake controller electric brakes might be an option but they are...
  7. Lou C

    Water keeps filling boat cover, please help!

    for the mooring covers I have simple adjustable poles for bow and cockpit that work fine and I put the gull sweeps on them to keep the dang birds off... for the winter cover that has to hold up to snow I built a frame, it takes about 40 min to put together but holds up to whatever snow we have...
  8. Lou C

    looks like a new crop of freeze busted I/Os being grown

    Here I’m not sure what the code is but our coldest temp is like about zero however that’s rare because our proximity to Long Island Sound moderates the temps. Did have a freeze up once in an upstairs bedroom but I fixed that myself by correcting poorly done insulation. Sadly a lot of people will...
  9. Lou C

    383 FWC - Strong gas smell while idling, lower compression in one cyl. Any thoughts?

    Might want to check static water line height if you find rusted exhaust valves on any of the cyls. Should be at least 13”.
  10. Lou C

    383 FWC - Strong gas smell while idling, lower compression in one cyl. Any thoughts?

    I’d be looking for either a plug not firing or a fuel injector leaking…this is an EFI motor?
  11. Lou C

    looks like a new crop of freeze busted I/Os being grown

    The main thing to learn is simply drain & poke!
  12. Lou C

    1988 Bayliner Capri 2.3 ford engine

    Agreed now THATS the way to do a project boat! Engine & drive work is expensive but actually in some ways easier. I did a partial deck & stringer repair back in 2007 and then a top end overhaul on the old 4.3 V6 in 2017 and the engine work was faster easier and cheaper. Structural renovation on...
  13. Lou C

    1988 Bayliner Capri 2.3 ford engine

    Yep, if you have good Cobra and Ford parts there, parting it out could yield you a fair amount of money, and then take the hull to the dump, start saving for a boat you can use and not have to spend months working on. Might consider an aluminum boat with an outboard, that's about as low...
  14. Lou C

    1988 Bayliner Capri 2.3 ford engine

    It can but you are most likely looking at replacing all the structural wood in the boat, it is a huge time consuming job and in this case probably not worth it. Take a look at the restoration forum here that will show you what people have done, personally I did one resto about 15 years ago and...
  15. Lou C

    1988 Bayliner Capri 2.3 ford engine

    That's a Ford Pinto 2.3 liter 4 cyl, it almost looks like the engine mounts and/or transom rotted and allowed the engine to shift sideways. Can't say yet where the oil came from but maybe if the engine shifted it caused the oil pan to leak? Boat looks like it has extensive rot. Might not be...
  16. Lou C

    89 OMC 5.0 over heating

    There are actually 2 grommets for the water tube that seal it to the upper & lower gear case housings. To change them you have to split the upper & lower gear housings. If you have a real bad overheat these grommets can get softened and may not seal. A way to tell is to remove the impeller...
  17. Lou C

    89 OMC 5.0 over heating

    If the impeller was shot did you look to see if there were bits of the old impeller in the P/S cooler on the back of the engine (it's in line with the raw water intake hose that goes up to the thermostat housing) and the thermostat housing itself? The other thing that can happen is that the...
  18. Lou C

    four winns 195 sundowner 1992 fuel tank problem

    Here's where it is on the I/O boats....never saw an outboard FW but I'd think it was similar....this is from back when we were replacing the deck, about 2006/2007
  19. Lou C

    four winns 195 sundowner 1992 fuel tank problem

    I have a 1988 Horizon which has a built in tank under a hatch in the deck. All that was redone when the deck was replaced 17 years ago….still have the OE tank
  20. Lou C

    Rocker torque on aq205a

    Another tip if you’re doing this for the first time mark the rocker arms as either I for intake or E for exhaust so you don’t get mixed up…
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