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  1. Lou C

    Best Oil Extractor

    With the topsider the trick is to pinch the plastic hose while building vaccum inside and then let go once its hooked up to the dipstick tube. It also works MUCH better with the garden hose adapter than with the thin plastic hose down the dipstick tube. Make sure the garden hose adapter has a...
  2. Lou C

    Something to Think of While Towing a Boat

    in addition to transom straps & safety chain, especially with roller trailers...
  3. Lou C

    Something to Think of While Towing a Boat

    For safety everyone should get their boat/trailer weighed because often boats are a lot heavier than what the manufacturer listed and this is really the only way to know if your trailer tires/axles are overloaded Trailer brakes should be installed as per your tow vehicle manufacturer...
  4. Lou C

    Exhaust Flappers too tight

    Well what a trial trying to get a relatively simple thing to work! I wonder if you could simply remove the exhaust bellows and replace it with an inboard style flapper to keep water from rushing up the Y pipe. I have seen someone do that with a Volvo SX after Volvo stopped using the OMC Cobra...
  5. Lou C

    2006 Volvo 5.7 osi-d crank no start

    When you get the heads off you’ll know! Stick a breaker bar or long ratchet in one of the intake ports and pull back on it, should come right off. Mine came off much easier than the intake manifold.
  6. Lou C

    1986 V-6 OMC repairs.

    Doesn't look like a Cobra to me....anode on the Cobra is above the upper plate
  7. Lou C

    1990 Four Winns 190 Freedom Deck Questions

    PS... The Four Winns brand has gone way up market, there are no more inexpensive boats...the smallest Horizon (H-1) starts at approx 57K. This boat is a 20'1" whereas my old one is 20'9". However the outboard version has a nice big interior due to no sterndrive engine in the rear. So fixing the...
  8. Lou C

    1990 Four Winns 190 Freedom Deck Questions

    Here's mine....these pix are about 15 years old...hope yours is easier....
  9. Lou C

    Buying omc king cobra

    My garage looks like an old OMC dealership lol.
  10. Lou C

    Buying omc king cobra

    look up common replacement parts like: raw water impellers drive drain plug gaskets drive gaskets & orings engine coupler not only are the drive parts hard to find but some of the EFI and electronic ignition parts are very scarce. My old engine has a points distributor and a Rochester...
  11. Lou C

    Buying omc king cobra

    Don’t do it unless you plan to repower it with a Merc or Volvo. Parts for that drive are extremely scarce. That is the OMC cone clutch drive that was made from about 1990-1993 or so used mostly behind GM big blocks. I’ve owned a regular Cobra about 20 years. For those you can find most parts...
  12. Lou C

    WHAT DID I JUST BUY?

    NLA Marine Sea Way Marine eBay I’ve gotten many OMC spare parts from these sources that are not available from BRP any longer. With these you have to anticipate ahead of time what you’re going to need because it takes a while to find parts. Having said that I’ve never lost a season due to a...
  13. Lou C

    1998 Chris Craft 240 BR - Bad Transom?

    Based on the pix I’d pass on that one…
  14. Lou C

    2006 Volvo 5.7 osi-d crank no start

    You need either a Volvo Penta manual or a GM shop manual. It’s a garden variety plain old Chevrolet 5.7 Vortec but you need to have the right specs.
  15. Lou C

    Bought a new long block and wondering about the coupling and gimbal bearing.

    Interesting my old boat still has the original one.
  16. Lou C

    2006 Volvo 5.7 osi-d crank no start

    Yep I did my pre Vortec one turn after zero lash. But I know for sure the Vortec 4.3s are non adjustable.
  17. Lou C

    2006 Volvo 5.7 osi-d crank no start

    some newer engines have non adjustable valve train, mine is adjustable, not sure if yours is or not. So with these the rocker bolts just get torqued down to a set torque figure. You'd be best off to have a real factory shop manual doing this job, that's how I did it.
  18. Lou C

    2006 Volvo 5.7 osi-d crank no start

    Mine was both head gaskets blown right next to a water passage which would allow water to leak into the front 2 cyls as the engine cooled off. Compression was normal but water in #2 cyl and just a mist of water in #1. Probably caused by an overheat a few years before. A few tips on this job...
  19. Lou C

    2006 Volvo 5.7 osi-d crank no start

    When I replaced the cyl heads on mine getting the manifold off was not easy. Yes the distributor must come out first. To make the re install of the distributor easy set the engine at TDC of the compression stroke for # 1 cylinder. On mine I tried prying on the ‘stat housing but that didn’t get...
  20. Lou C

    What engine do I have

    Same engine & drive in my boat. Don’t know where they got the 230 hp from because from what I know the 2 bbl had 175 hp & the 4 bbl had 205 hp.
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