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  1. Lou C

    Check those wheel bearings . . .

    http://blog.easternmarine.com/bearings-for-5-2-6-7k-axles/ Here u go all you need to know lol.
  2. Lou C

    Check those wheel bearings . . .

    Time to drag out the bearing race removal & replacement tools BTW Those 6 lug hubs all have the same inner bearings. What makes the difference is the outer diameter of the outer bearings. If you need to replace them just match up the numbers on the bearing. Smallest is the 5200 lb axle, next up...
  3. Lou C

    Check those wheel bearings . . .

    Yep what I called a tab washer is the tang washer exactly what I had on the first axle. If you pump out all the grease if any look milky or rusty it’s time to take apart & inspect, might have to do the bearings & races. I usually grease em at the end of the season when I pull the boat out that...
  4. Lou C

    Check those wheel bearings . . .

    You should have to pump for a while but eventually the old grease will start coming out in a big slug of Red n Tacky…those hubs hold a lot of grease I usually buy several tubes of Lucas Marine grease (the blue stuff) at the same time. Might take close to a whole tube for each axle. I had this...
  5. Lou C

    Check those wheel bearings . . .

    Not sure who makes the spindles but I think Dexter would be able to say who they sourced them from. I think the off set grease fitting is perhaps due to the fact that a hole also had to be drilled for the cotter pin to retain the axle nut. With this system there is a hole drilled all the way to...
  6. Lou C

    Best fuel stabilizer for older 2 strokes

    Same I’ve had good luck with both Stabil red and the blue 360.
  7. Lou C

    Omc cobra single shift cable setup?

    I’m not sure but I’m think the Volvo used a single cable system from the remote control to the outdrive. The original dog clutch Cobra was always a 2 cable system with a bellcrank on the engine shift bracket. So that one is as you’d expect just like a Volvo.
  8. Lou C

    Omc cobra single shift cable setup?

    The ID plate & pic of the drive tell it all: Joint Venture Cobra same as a Volvo SX of the same year. Just painted a different color (OMC Charcoal instead of Volvo Silver).
  9. Lou C

    1990 vs 1992 4.3 block swap

    Try the round Merc/Quicksilver muffs with the metal rod clamp; these are made of softer rubber than the generic muffs and conform to the shape of the lower unit better.
  10. Lou C

    Gas leaking from tank inlet

    If it vents thru the cap there may be something wrong with the venting function, I’d try replacing the cap. I have the old style separate vent & never had that problem…
  11. Lou C

    Ruined Engine

    it doesn't exactly make sense does it? I'm wondering if....someone....dropped a washer....or nut....or bolt...down the center of the exhaust passage in the manifold....while installing & didn't realize it....hard to imagine....but I guess anything's possible.... However, when my engine...
  12. Lou C

    Ruined Engine

    That’s common on small block Chevrolets that are overheated Happened to mine but I didn’t have the noise or white smoke no symptoms at all. I had water in the cyls but that was from blown head gaskets
  13. Lou C

    Mercruiser 4.3L lift points

    Next you may have to do this and spray all around the cylinders to see if you can get it to move..... Mine never locked up even though it was salt water because I suspected that there was water in the cyls from when it started acting up (difficulty starting, misfiring etc). So I started draining...
  14. Lou C

    2002 5.0 GXI Cooling System Service

    Manifolds & exhaust elbows….are the cooling passages getting clogged? Water had to get IN, pick up heat from the engine & exhaust but it must also get OUT….that’s where the exhaust comes in….
  15. Lou C

    Mercruiser 4.3L lift points

    Try a rust penetrant like: Kano Kroil Free All Freeze Off Or a home brew of 50/50 mix of auto trans fluid & acetone
  16. Lou C

    . . . and I Thought Hi-tech Boat Engines Were Bad . . .

    When my son got his first new Jeep after my hand me down ‘98 Grand Cherokee he got a ‘17 Wrangler Unlimited Sport with: Manual transmission Manual Windows Manual locks Just the way he wanted it!
  17. Lou C

    Mercruiser 4.3L lift points

    Yep you want sone kind of lubrication in there with perhaps some rust penetrating oil to dissolve rust on the cyl walls. That’s what must happen to free up the engine.
  18. Lou C

    Mercruiser 4.3L lift points

    It doesn’t always show on the dipstick right away; take off the oil cap on the valve cover & look inside
  19. Lou C

    Mercruiser 4.3L lift points

    Yeah could be locked by rust in the cyls
  20. Lou C

    Ruined Engine

    Ahh there must be MORE to this story?! Is that a cloud of white smoke behind the boat? Just how hot did the engines get?! That sounds really bad, you might just need a new engine.
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