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  1. Lou C

    Winterizing indoor stored boat.

    I would say at a bare minimum: Change oil & filter; if oil is milky that needs to be dealt with over the winter May need engine repairs… Change drive oil; same thing if you see milky oil get it fixed over the winter… Drain block & manifolds (sounds like you already did this), rust in the drains...
  2. Lou C

    Flushing port on 2012 VP 300 C-A

    Sounds good I bet you’re glad you got it done. It’s just starting to hit freezing here…
  3. Lou C

    4.3 volvo with a holley

    It depends on which Holley carb you have, the front bowl can have 2 different fuel inlets, the one that works with the 4.3 is the bowl with the side fuel inlet, not the inlet that is on the front of the bowl.... front inlet...
  4. Lou C

    Priming a Rebuild Engine

    When I replaced my cyl heads I just grounded the high tension lead from the coil to the distributor and cranked it over for like 10 sec and the oil pressure actually came up to 40 psi in maybe 5 sec. Did that twice with the oil cap off watching inside and it was all good. But use the tool if it...
  5. Lou C

    Antifreez

    Not surprising, if we look at what West Marine says about the AF they sell, in a place like Mn I would think -100 is the only thing I'd use. Yep it's $21/gallon but the actual freeze rating (I measured it with an antifreeze refractometer) is about -45*F. Here in coastal Long Island our winters...
  6. Lou C

    I hate winter

    Hey... aren't you in Arizona? if you were here in NY....you'd REALLY hate winter!
  7. Lou C

    Antifreez

    I might recycle my PG stuff this spring, just clean the bilge first, put in the plug, drain then put a bucket under the garboard drain, I use about 4 gallons every year.
  8. Lou C

    Mystery hose on Mercruiser 5.0 turns out to be AWESOME!!!

    I still use the Topsider and while I’ve thought about installing the drain hose it’s only been a thought for the same reason….I think with the rear seats & bulkheads all out I could get to it…. BTW the hose on the Topsider gets stiff with age if you replace them and use the garden hose...
  9. Lou C

    Humility

    Apollo 13 Crew addressing Grumman employees in Bethpage Long Island, April 1970.
  10. Lou C

    Humility

  11. Lou C

    Humility

    I remember when Grumman was building the LEM here on Long Island 1962-1972; there was a team of 7,000 people working on them. Grumman’s 1st spacecraft & one part of the Apollo program that never had a major failure…and…was the lifeboat for the crew of Apollo 13. In fact Grumman sent a towing...
  12. Lou C

    Old I/Os = Money Pits?

    Outboard parts are expensive for several reasons, one is the market for outboard engines is smaller than the market for auto derived I/O engines, also they are more advanced in terms of technology than old school inboard GM engines, until recently that is. Light weight and higher performance are...
  13. Lou C

    Jay Leno sustained burns.....

    Always be careful working around fuel, especially on inboard gas boats.
  14. Lou C

    Flushing port on 2012 VP 300 C-A

    I think once you get the hoses off and grease the fittings that they go onto, you won't have trouble in the future. The first time I did it years ago it was a tough job, then I got smart and coated all the fittings on the themostat housing and front water pump with Evinrude triple guard grease...
  15. Lou C

    Not good. Maybe

    Interesting…I think anyone who uses the suck up the AF method without draining should test what comes out of the block drains. It will show you if your AF is diluted because not all the raw water exited the block. Then you can decide if this method is too risky to continue doing it that way. And...
  16. Lou C

    Flushing port on 2012 VP 300 C-A

    Do you have electric there? If so you could use a hair dryer or heat gun to CAREFULLY warm the hoses up enough to remove them. You can use a couple of picks to get the hose to loosen up. Ideally use an IR temp gun to monitor the heat…keep it under about 125* of so…then when you get them off use...
  17. Lou C

    Not good. Maybe

    I’d like to see people who do it that way take a sample from each block drain & then test it with a refractometer & see what you get….I’ll be surprised if you get adequate freeze protection.
  18. Lou C

    Not good. Maybe

    Did you wait too long to winterize? Did it freeze before you got to do this? The reason why that method is risky is that the thermostat functions as a gate valve; it is what allows raw water to leave the block. On a cool fall day often the stat won’t open long enough while the engine is idling...
  19. Lou C

    Yep, it's that time! :-(

    Agreed that is the very first thing I’d do…
  20. Lou C

    Antifreez

    Ok it will freeze but not expand that’s what it says…however….what if all the water didn’t drain? No safety margin….also read West Marine’s advisory on the use of antifreeze, they make it very clear…
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