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  1. Lou C

    Just bought this Snowblower ,Good,bad ??

    The main thing with these machines is not storing them with old gas. Mine all get used every season but something like a snow blower it’s possible that we get no snow or not enough to even run it through a tank of gas. So it might be worth draining the tank and filling with fresh stabilized...
  2. Lou C

    Need your advice: Starting off in the charter/broker world

    might want to try: www.thehulltruth.com
  3. Lou C

    Volvo Penta AQ140 water coming out of carbs.

    Looks like a totally blown head gasket
  4. Lou C

    Sterndrive Covers

    I remove mine every season and store in the garage. Grease the gimble bearing and ujoints and check the bellows for cracks.
  5. Lou C

    I/O Exhaust Riser life in Fresh Water environment

    Water contamination can come from several causes, blow head gasket, rotted intake manifold (prob not likely in freshwater) even leaky manifold to elbow gaskets allowing water to leak back into cyls after shut down. Since this is the easiest to remedy I’d remove the manifolds and look to see if...
  6. Lou C

    Manifold/riser kit

    The kit I posted above uses the older style wet exhaust joint, but enables you to make the conversion without changing the Y pipe (which requires pulling the engine). Not sure if its possible to do the conversion with dry joint manifolds & elbows.
  7. Lou C

    Manifold/riser kit

    https://www.marineengineparts.com/barr-conversion-kit-for-mercruiser-v-6-gm-4-3-liter-from-one-piece-to-two-piece I got my Barr exhaust from them they are local to me. If you’re at all handy you can do this yourself in a few hours
  8. Lou C

    Manifold/riser kit

    Look for it on Lighthouse Marines site
  9. Lou C

    Manifold/riser kit

    The Barr Marine aftermarket conversion kit is $1200 plus labor. A new engine by the time you’re done if you’re paying someone else will be about $5000. Those were a bad design they couldn’t get consistent wall thickness so there were a lot of failures (water intrusion). My OMC also had the one...
  10. Lou C

    some useful information on 5200, 6,000 and 7,000 lb axles (bearing/hub differences)

    The other tricky aspect of these axles is that some axles take a 2.25" ID seal and some take a 2.125" ID seal, have to check that before installing. The axle Champion made for me takes the 2.25" ID seal
  11. Lou C

    Don S Winterization link not working

    I have 2 Cobra transom assemblies one is on the boat the other is a spare and both have all 3 drains. I’m wondering if it’s an early model (1986) maybe the drains were added later. The drains on the starboard side are there (top is the vent bottom is the actual drain) in case water gets into the...
  12. Lou C

    Second Happiest Day . . .

    Great! I told my brother to buy a shop manual for his 2020 Mercruiser 4.5 if he wants me to winterize it.
  13. Lou C

    Just bought this Snowblower ,Good,bad ??

    Also for YouTube channels donyboy73 is excellent
  14. Lou C

    Just bought this Snowblower ,Good,bad ??

    check out www.snowblowerforum.com lots of expert snowblower mechanics there. I have a 2 stroke Toro single stage that I bought new in 1998, still runs well.
  15. Lou C

    Bleeding trailer surge brake fluid - single handed

    I just did mine today. Used the same one man bleeder kit (Lisle), works well, my brake fluid came out looking just like what went in. The last time I changed the backing plates was about 6 years ago so I got pretty good life from them. Installed a 6,000 lb axle & 12" drum brakes to replace the...
  16. Lou C

    Another winterization question

    The AF above is for environments that reach -100. The -100 (burst rating) stuff is liquid to -55 or so normal antifreeze used as an engine coolant mixed 50/50 usually won't start to freeze till -34*. so the -100 is more than adequate anywhere in the lower 48 and most of Canada
  17. Lou C

    Another winterization question

    http://www.starbrite.com/item/100-non-toxic-premium-anti-freeze-pg-2
  18. Lou C

    Why does the 4.3 not rev higher if it's oversquare?

    That was the solution GM came up with for the shaky Buick 231V6 with the 90* angle between the cyl banks in about 1975/6 when they bought back the tooling from AMC. They used it for a few years sold it to AMC who used it in the CJs then bought it back after the 1st oil embargo. So when Chevrolet...
  19. Lou C

    Another winterization question

    That’s burst temp not freeze temp. If there was no need they wouldn’t make it.
  20. Lou C

    Another winterization question

    -100 burst rated AF is liquid down to about -55. And there is a -200 as well…
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