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  1. Lou C

    Carb corrosion.

    Here's my old Q-Jet after rebuilding....there was some whitish surface build up but the inside was very clean....it got sprayed with everything else in the engine compartment with salt water some years back....but has been in a salt water environment (moored on a rotating mooring) close to 20...
  2. Lou C

    Rotten Bat Wings; Water Injected Headers?

  3. Lou C

    Fresh water-closed system over run by salt water, leaking into bilge

  4. Lou C

    Rotten Bat Wings; Water Injected Headers?

    PS in my boating environment, those small outlet ports, clog up every 5 years or so with rust. So my boat which came from the midwest, around 2000, had 3 sets of batwings in the time I had it, and now the later style is the 4th set. The outlets in the center riser style are much larger than...
  5. Lou C

    '99 VP 5.7 GSi - PWTR continues to overheat after running w/o water line hooked up

    there is a work around for that lousy design.... OK this is an OMC Cobra but the design is basically the same because Volvo copied OMC's transom design. What my previous mechanic did was cut off the original wires and left the plug in the transom in place. Then took the new sending unit and cut...
  6. Lou C

    Good vid on re-assembling a V/P SX-M transom assembly....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y83ud7V8kDM very well explained and detailed, for those who may need to re-do one of these.... might want to make it a sticky....
  7. Lou C

    Replacing the Tilt Trim Sender unit OMC

    Garmin pix....in case you don't have a depthfinder/sounder....
  8. Lou C

    Fuel fill very slow - boat initially hard to start - Volvo Penta 4.3L GL

    You can check if the choke heater is working without running it by carefully disconnecting the + connection at the choke heater and then run a jumper wire from the + terminal to the battery + terminal. (Make sure not to touch any metal on the engine with the wire when you do this because it will...
  9. Lou C

    Good brand of starter

    PS I am interested in one of these permanent magnet starters as well. However, I have heard that most makes of them use plastic drive gears...do any use all metal? It would be nice not to have to deal with that heavy starter in the bilge the next time I have to change it.
  10. Lou C

    A Safety tip on suspected hydro-locked motors, Mod, move as required

    ditto on the remote starter switch, one of the best tools to have when I did my top end overhaul. I just left it hooked up the whole time from disassembly to after it was done to check the compression. No sparks!
  11. Lou C

    Outdrive storage position if using mobile shrink wrap and trailering after?

    I just put my winter cover on yesterday. Takes about 1/2 hr to put up the frame then I drag the cover up and over it. Been using this about 12 years or so, I guess I've saved a bit of money not shrinking it every year. Usually I do pull the drive for winter, the advantage of this cover is I can...
  12. Lou C

    Anyone ever hear of Red Rhino marine parts?

    I was researching this company because if I have to eventually get another Cobra drive, Crowley marine sells what they call 'new' Cobra drives. I called them and asked who supplies them with the parts that you can't get from BRP any longer and they said Red Rhino. I don't know anything about...
  13. Lou C

    How Critical is Seasonal Drive Removal for Maintenance?

    Here's the center riser exhaust conversion with the Barr manifolds and elbows and the V/P exhaust pipes and hoses.
  14. Lou C

    the question of how to replace a solenoid...that got closed....

    The answer is yes you need to remove the starter, which if you have decent access is an easy job and replacing the solenoid is easy as well. I replaced on the starter that is on my boat about 5 years ago, and it still works fine. But before doing all that, you should be checking all the wiring...
  15. Lou C

    Coolant in oil

    I'm thinking you need to go more than that keep in mind you want the whole width of the area where the gasket sits, to be flat, clean and shiny metal. If you put em together like that, they will probably leak again.... Here is a pic of my new manifold when installing back in Aug of '17....you...
  16. Lou C

    if you have fuseholders on a battery or battery switch

    Most boats seem to have fuse holders added on to the battery or battery switch common terminal and most inboard gas boats have the battery and often the battery switch in the engine compartment. I came across this recently in figuring out my electrical issue. While you can buy a water proof fuse...
  17. Lou C

    Low voltage at dash volt meter and at ignition terminal on the ignition switch....

    This has been a more or less chronic problem on my '88 Four Winns with OMC I/O. The dash gauge will read low when I turn the key to the ignition position and the dash gauge reads 10-11 Volts. If I hook up a digital volt meter positive terminal to the ignition terminal on the switch and the other...
  18. Lou C

    I want to thank Kenny for his excellent OMC advice and guidance....

    I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank Kenny for his excellent OMC advice and guidance with different repairs for OMC owners. This is becoming harder and harder to find and is really helpful. I am lucky that I have an excellent OMC mechanic that is local to me who got my Cobra shift...
  19. Lou C

    What I learned about mechanical fuel pumps, and the safety overflow hose.....

    OK I had just rebuilt my Q-Jet and still had the 30 year old Carter mechanical pump on it. Well I replaced that petrified old yellow tygon hose for the fuel pump overflow, and in a few days, I saw what looked like gas in the new hose! So of course I replaced the pump with the Sierra one I bought...
  20. Lou C

    advice on 4.3 rebuild

    The 88 came with a roller cam/lifters and the 89 should have them too. When I took my 88 apart to replace the head gaskets and heads the lifters and cam lobes looked like new... You will need the marine style intake from the old engine as the automotive engine intake is probably different...
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