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  1. nola mike

    Won't go in park or reverse. Stuck in forward position

    Right idea, wrong details As Bondo said, control needs to be in fwd, shift shaft straight ahead and prop locked CCW. Also, if you split the drive then you could have screwed something up there as well when putting it back together.
  2. nola mike

    No start situation

    Have you changed cap and rotor? Try running a plug directly off of the coil tower and see if you're getting a nice blue spark from there...
  3. nola mike

    Ran amazing then shake no thrust

    We're trying to figure out what's wrong... AD wants you to disconnect the cable so that we can concentrate on one at a time. If you disconnect the cable at the carb, the core of the cable should move freely when you move the throttle at the helm. Back at the carb, the throttle blades need to...
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    Ran amazing then shake no thrust

    Maybe not Not sure which carb you have. Secondaries won't open unless there's air flow. Primaries may have a lock out that prevent them from opening all the way if the choke is closed. So manually open the choke (or let it open with the ignition on) and then open the throttle.
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    4.3lx intake manifold question

    Do you have a zoomed out shot so we can see it vs. the original?
  6. nola mike

    Ran amazing then shake no thrust

    And not sure how adept with a carb you are, but you're looking at the throttle blades and not the choke, right?
  7. nola mike

    Camshaft Replacement on Vortec 4.3L 262

    Glad to see you've finally accepted that 😄
  8. nola mike

    Ran amazing then shake no thrust

    That's where I was going. Enough to get back to dock, hopefully enough to not overheat the engine severely, but continuing to drive and then no start... Op, did the revs increase but the boat didn't go faster, it did the revs stay low when you hit the throttle?
  9. nola mike

    Need advice from experienced people.

    Yes, and it will also put you on a path to replacing your engine. Your blowby compression test also means nothing... Nice a avatar!
  10. nola mike

    Hack Job Sending Unit

    Except next time you remove the sender, "plop" into the tank?
  11. nola mike

    1978 5.7l pre-alpha with alpha gen 1 drive over heating

    Also make sure you check the water pocket in the upper, if melted it lets exhaust gas into your cooling stream
  12. nola mike

    Lost trim gauge and water temp indications

    Yes. Trim sender wires are somewhere coming in through the transom. Yes, doing the tests will help you figure out whether it's the wiring, the senders, or the gauges.
  13. nola mike

    Lost trim gauge and water temp indications

    Engine bay One lead of the gauge goes to engine ground, the other goes to the (tan, or brn/wht) sender wire
  14. nola mike

    Lost trim gauge and water temp indications

    I thought I did... I'll try again Step 2 just use a voltmeter connected to ground on 1 side and sender wire disconnected on the other side (tan is water, brn/wht trim). You should get 12v, gauge reads 0/all the way to the left. Next ground the sender wire, and the gauges should peg to the right.
  15. nola mike

    Lost trim gauge and water temp indications

    1. Locate the sensor. 2. Verify that you have 12v in Key on: 3. Disconnect the sender wire. Gauge should go to 0. 4. Ground sender terminal, gauge should peg
  16. nola mike

    89 centry palimino with a 3.7 mercruser charging issue.

    Oh, misunderstood. Mine was a breezeworks conversion.
  17. nola mike

    89 centry palimino with a 3.7 mercruser charging issue.

    No problems when I did mine, took about an hour. The included alt seized after a year though
  18. nola mike

    Crank, no spark. Need advice.

    If you did the test correctly and there's no spark, next step is replace the coil (rarely bad), and if that doesn't work, replace ignition module (very rarely bad). Ignition sensor is the most common fail point, so make sure you're testing correctly. I also saw a post advising you to reconnect...
  19. nola mike

    Boat won’t start, have spark and fuel

    "tad dim"... Should be blue. Use a gap you're tester if there's doubt. Did you mess with the distributor or cap? Did you ensure that the #1 plug wire is aligned with the rotor when the engine is at TDC? Also pour some gas down the carb to rule out fuel problem if you've exhausted other...
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    Air Fuel Ratio Carb Tuning

    I'm dying to do this. Those numbers seem rich. Might try to see what the TBI models run at. Esp with the Holley sniper systems you might be able to find that out relatively easily
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