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  1. alldodge

    Volvo Penta 5.7 GSi PLKD timing mark out of scale

    Agree something is off. Are you saying your using a 4.3 balancer instead of the 5.7? Make sure the firing order is correct? 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 If it is then maybe the balancer outer ring has slipped. Rotate the motor around to #1 TDC and see if it aligns on timing mark at zero
  2. alldodge

    New Engine Replacement - Engine Died and Hydro locked after 5 hrs!?

    Might be air passing by the mic but I'm hearing a miss, its just not smooth So far as someone that just sold a problem to another, it can either be not an issue because it wasn't their, or they don't want to admit it, or they don't want to get sued
  3. alldodge

    New Engine Replacement - Engine Died and Hydro locked after 5 hrs!?

    No telling if PO is telling the 100% truth. If they are the several things went wrong all at once
  4. alldodge

    mercruiser 7.4 mpi can't figure out the ratio

    Leak down test Without a tester you can run the piston up to TDC on the low cylinder. Connect a compressor to spark plug hole and pressurize around 50 to 90 psi. Listen for the air escaping and determine if its leaking out the intake/exhaust or if its going into the block
  5. alldodge

    Anode replace over hydraulic manfold

    Would like to see a pic to verify, but I would say yes, remove plastic and discard and install anode. That said, if you don't have a mercathode and don't plug it into shore power then its not going to help much
  6. alldodge

    Alpha one gen1 upper gear box seal kit?

    I'm seeing O-ring and lip seal https://www.mercruiserparts.com/bam/subassembly/30870/2203/70
  7. alldodge

    4.3 omc cobra no start

    To find out if the motor is actually over heating, get a IR temp gun. Take measurements on the thermostat housing and compare with the boat gauge From the drive thru a power steering cooler (if it has one) Then to thermostat housing T housing to engine circulating water C water pump to engine...
  8. alldodge

    Electrical issue

    MY bad, thought you were talking about the motor breaker
  9. alldodge

    Electrical issue

    Pushing the button doesn't cause it to trip. The button only resets the breaker if it trips
  10. alldodge

    mercruiser 7.4 mpi can't figure out the ratio

    If head gasket was blown 1 or 2 plugs would be white from steam cleaning. The motor would be running rough, and the only water would be those cylinders not all of them
  11. alldodge

    Happiest Day of Ownership !!!

    Maybe something like this https://www.amazon.com/EXTRAUP-Portable-Suction-Electric-Transfer/dp/B07DPD7N38
  12. alldodge

    Alpha one gen1 upper gear box seal kit?

    Need kit 26-32511A1 Just make sure its a Merc kit and not Sierra or aftermarket
  13. alldodge

    Happiest Day of Ownership !!!

    I winterized my AC systems maybe 10 years or more ago because I never use it. Used RV AF and if I had to do it all over again I would have tried to use just air. The AF will dry out
  14. alldodge

    Happiest Day of Ownership !!!

    Lots of water should be the bilge pump, right? Maybe drilling time, will show Cruisers how its done :cool:
  15. alldodge

    mercruiser 7.4 mpi can't figure out the ratio

    The drive breaking wouldn't cause a cylinder to go bad
  16. alldodge

    New Engine Replacement - Engine Died and Hydro locked after 5 hrs!?

    Could be a few things, but need more info to determine. The water ingestion is the weird one. Everything being the same it should not have happened but it did. The last motor this didn't happen so it leans me toward the new motor make up, but does not exonerate the exhaust possibility I do...
  17. alldodge

    New Engine Replacement - Engine Died and Hydro locked after 5 hrs!?

    An instant shut down should not cause the motor to inject water if the elbows are spec above the water line. The high pitch fuel pump and taking time to get restarted, it may have a fuel restriction. The restriction may be a collapsed fuel line, pickup tube, antisiphon valve Might want to...
  18. alldodge

    Electrical issue

    Unless someone had the exact same issue it will be hard to determine what the issue is. Need to get a voltmeter and trace the wires
  19. alldodge

    mercruiser 7.4 mpi can't figure out the ratio

    With one dead cylinder you've lost 12% power (310-12% = 37 hp). That said, if the cylinder just went dead between old drive and new one, this could be the issue, but that would be a heck of a coincidence. My guess is it was already dead and the reason you only was getting 25-26 mph.
  20. alldodge

    Removal of bottom paint?

    Fog cleared and yes I did get a boost in speed. This was after my repower and was running Hill marine B3 4x4 at 22 pitch. After the repaint I started to overrev and put 3 blade 26 pitch. Think WOT was 47 mph and gained about 2 mph. So not much boost
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