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  1. Lou C

    Gasket sealant.

    good point. it works great on bolt threads to prevent seizing in salt water use. I use it on thermostat bolts and gaskets, etc.
  2. Lou C

    SEI Marine products...Anyone buy from them?? Quality??

    Quicksilver is actually not aftermarket, it is the same as Mercury or Mercruiser, just sold in non dealer stores.
  3. Lou C

    SEI Marine products...Anyone buy from them?? Quality??

    Agreed, for impellers and driveshaft bellows use OEM. You don't want either one failing prematurely....
  4. Lou C

    Gasket sealant.

    Permatex Aviation is usually easy to find. I just bought the big size of the Evinrude Gasket Sealer from Amazon, it will probably last me at least 5 years.
  5. Lou C

    Gasket sealant.

    I've used both, they are not exactly the same but close enough.
  6. Lou C

    MerCruiser 3.0 - loud metal noise when in gear

    Like I said. Do I always feel like dragging out the outdrive jack at the end of the season, not always but I DO It! 20 years salt water mooring & no major problems with a 1988 OMC Cobra.
  7. Lou C

    Chaparral 2000 SL Sport floor, and more?? [SPLASHED Sept 2017]

    I like the folding tongue. I have a very long tongue on mine so I can launch it without getting wet. I see the sewing machine was made in Baldwin NY, which is on the South Shore of Long Island. If you're a motor head ever hear of the specialty cars that were sold by Baldwin-Motion? They were a...
  8. Lou C

    daily music fix

    I also like the original Steve Goodman version of City of New Orleans, faster paced than the Arlo Guthrie version.
  9. Lou C

    MerCruiser 3.0 - loud metal noise when in gear

    Yep that flange is what seals the bellows, so you need a new or used gimble housing. That is the Achilles heel of I/Os. The drive needs to be pulled at the end of each season to check the bellows for water, so you can fix it when it's still a small problem, way before it becomes a BIG problem.
  10. Lou C

    daily music fix

    We'll have to agree, to disagree. They revived interest in rockabilly music when it was dormant for many years and turned a whole new generation on to Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran, in addition to Buddy Holley and others. For that alone, they are like Gods to me. Brian Setzer does a Christmas...
  11. Lou C

    daily music fix

    No one was playing Rockabilly music when he burst the scene in 1981-1982, right out of Massapequa Long Island.
  12. Lou C

    daily music fix

    a Stray Cats car song that's not really about cars......
  13. Lou C

    daily music fix

    Long Island's own Brian Setzer
  14. Lou C

    Best diet to lose the gut!!??

    That's what works, highly processed carbs & sugars are the enemy, carbs when digested turns to sugar, which is stored as fat. Lean proteins, lots of vegetables, "good carbs" drink more water, not too much beer lol, etc. Doing this I've been able to get down to what I weighed when I was in high...
  15. Lou C

    5.7 /Chevy 350 hard starting and stalling when idle

    That block looks like it came out of an older (pre-1977) Chevrolet, because it was painted Chevrolet Orange and I know that GM started painting the engines in all one color after they started putting Chevy engines in Oldsmobiles and Olds engines in Pontiacs etc. However it also has center bolt...
  16. Lou C

    Alignment after transom replacement 1989 Cobra

    it's the same for a Cobra the gimble design is the same. Even uses the same bearing and alignment tool. I'd be wondering if something happened with your rear engine mounts.
  17. Lou C

    Oil Pan

    those are probably mecrusier #s, the GM casting # which is what you need is usually in the area where the bellhousing bolts on to the block, look on both sides, there is also a serial number stamped on the block right were the starboard side head is bolted on in the front. This is a 4.3 your...
  18. Lou C

    Oil Pan

    I have the original tin pan on mine, it is still in good shape because I sprayed it with corrosion x or boeshield every other season, boat has been on a salt water mooring for 20 seasons. You can make the steel pans last, just scuff the original paint, brush on 2 coats of rustoleum primer...
  19. Lou C

    VP 5.0 GXi-G spark plug corrosion

    Agreed I'd be pulling the manifold, and looking inside. The boat does not look like it was used in salt water, but you never know till you check. That way you'd see if it was from the manifold or cylinder head. I might want to do an oil analysis to see if water is in the oil, if so change it.
  20. Lou C

    VP 5.0 GXi-G spark plug corrosion

    Perhaps misfiring, and those are fuel deposits? Or perhaps a leaky valve seal? Another modern "improvement" that crab cap. I had GM cars with both the old points ignition (1972 Chevy Impala 350) and the later HEI system (1975 Olds Delta 350) and neither one had problems with the standard Delco...
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