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  1. Lou C

    NEW TIRES!

    I put a set of Michelin Cross Climate tires on my wife's Subaru Forester and she loves them. My Jeeps have General Grabber AT2s on them... excellent tires and my son's has Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs, also excellent. Trailer has Kenda Load Star bias tires, even though people seem to prefer steel...
  2. Lou C

    Mooring Cover Options for a 1993 Stinray 556?

    You might consider having custom canvas made in Sunbrella. I had mine made in 2003, and every summer its been on a salt water mooring out in the sun and still looks good! The seams have had to be resewn a few times but the fabric held up. See if you can get a canvas shop to do it for you over...
  3. Lou C

    Gimbal Bearing Compatibility and Source?

    Interesting discussion. I have a grease-able one my mechanic installed back in 2005 and its been fine all these years because the bellows didn't leak, I had a new bellows installed then and replaced that one in 2016. Its good to know the sealed ones last, I was skeptical about them but then...
  4. Lou C

    Surge Brakes

    It sounds like your surge brakes are not functiong. Disc brakes will get pretty hot even under moderate braking, normal temps would be between 150*-200* or even more depending on how fast you were driving. Get an IR temp gun and test further. I have surge drums and I can feel them working for...
  5. Lou C

    Trailer brake system opinions

    If you want to use electric brakes on a boat trailer in freshwater they do make galvanized electric brakes. The only issues I have had with surge brakes even in salt water has been in drum wheel cylinders seizing up (by the way happens with disc brakes just the same here) and the adjuster...
  6. Lou C

    winterizing question

    There you have it! If the boat is stored in a dry area indoors it may not be so critical to fog it but if it’s stored outside in a damp climate all winter as it is here fogging is recommended
  7. Lou C

    winterizing question

    I'm surprised that Volvo didn't have a procedure for fogging EFI engines, is this their manual or aftermarket? If I were doing it in that situation I might just follow Mercruiser's procedure which is to use a 6 gallon outboard tank, fill with 5 gallons of fuel, 2 qts of TCW-2 two stroke oil and...
  8. Lou C

    Gimbal Bearing Compatibility and Source?

    Quicksilver should be as good as Merc because its really the same thing but who knows where they source their parts from now.
  9. Lou C

    winterizing question

    That sounds like you did it just fine!
  10. Lou C

    suggestions on removing fuel from tank

    Same here. I once used 2 year old stabilized fuel and it was fine!
  11. Lou C

    winterizing question

    Depending on which ignition system you have that could be true. If you want to do it that way you can ground the high tension lead from the coil to an engine ground to prevent damage (on my old points system). I’d advise following the manufacturers procedure for doing a compression test with...
  12. Lou C

    Mercruiser, 4.3L, Alpha One,175 HP, rebuilt in 2018/inboard/outboard

    Look on eBay to see what people are asking for drives, transom mounts and engines. Being Mercruiser there’s for sure a market for them. Would be a shame to junk the boat though. The reality is and why I fixed mine is anything decent that does not need those repairs; most likely will cost more...
  13. Lou C

    Perspective of Fiberglass Boat design life

    Interesting and most of us, do like to do our own work to the extent that we can. Another perspective is to buy cars, trucks and boats following the used but not used up principal. The last vehicle I bought (2007 Grand Cherokee Limited 5.7 with Quadradrive II) that's what I did and I've owned...
  14. Lou C

    Starter Clicks no Crank

    remember DC electricity must travel in a circle (+)--->(-) Therefore you should: hook up a voltmeter to the large terminal on the starter solenoid with the battery switch on, is the large terminal that has the large positive cable attached to it measuring battery voltage? hook up a volt meter to...
  15. Lou C

    Question about re-filling an Alpha with the drive lube monitor....

    That's what I've always done, there are some of us who are naturally mechanically intuitive and look and listen, others, not so much lol!
  16. Lou C

    Random knock over 4k RPMs...

    Interesting thought, I had a bad leak from my old P/S actuator this summer and one time the fluid level got low enough for the pump to rattle, but I think it would keep doing it, as the pump is ingesting air... you're talking about a random knock that doesn't seem to follow a pattern, correct?
  17. Lou C

    Question about re-filling an Alpha with the drive lube monitor....

    thanks again! So what I'll do is advise the owner to monitor the lube level in the bottle when the boat is re-commissioned in the spring and add fluid as needed.
  18. Lou C

    Question about re-filling an Alpha with the drive lube monitor....

    thanks I'm kinda new to Mercruiser, been an OMC Cobra guy about 20 years so there are some differences to learn. This is a family member's boat so I want it to be right.
  19. Lou C

    Running non ethanal during layup

    Here's how mine looks before cleaning....nothing like that. So somthing else might be going on, maybe alu fuel tank corroding inside?
  20. Lou C

    Replace 1987 Bayliner 2150CF 5.0 liter OMC with a Mercuiser 350 alpha Gen II complete sterndrive

    Post up a pic of what you have. This is a Cobra....
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