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  1. Lou C

    Cleaning Manifolds & Risers

    If those are the metal Volvo gaskets I recall reading that they said to use a Permatex copper spray sealer on them. See what the instructions say.
  2. Lou C

    Locating leaks in Walker Bay tubes

    Those boats are made of a rigid plastic (like ropolene) and the air tubes were an add on. We have 2 Walker Bay boats a 10’ & an 8’. We thought of getting those air tubes but even when they first came out the reviews weren’t that good lots of leak complaints. So we never wound up buying the tubes...
  3. Lou C

    Divorced choke

    You know that as long as the spring is in good shape & the choke the linkage is clean those chokes can work just fine. I still have one on mine. Only drawback is if the engine warms up very slow it takes much longer to open than the electric. The well type responds directly to engine temp. Just...
  4. Lou C

    Marine Power 454 Engines Fuel Pump

    It would be at the front corner, passenger side if it were in a car, starboard side in a boat. I think you could use a mechanical pump up to model year 1990, 91 and up you had to use electric.
  5. Lou C

    Marine Power 454 Engines Fuel Pump

    Yes to mechanical pumps if you can use them. The one I replaced a few years ago was 30 years old! No wiring, no oil pressure switches, etc. Works just fine with a carb engine.
  6. Lou C

    Chips in hull of new boat. Used it twice. How serious?

    I agree I would get that fixed you don’t want water in the laminate. Looks more like trailer damage than beaching, beaching not as likely to take off chunks like that.
  7. Lou C

    Seller said it came from factory that way ? Doubt it

    Yep no reputable boat company would spec a 4.3 in a boat that big, and if it’s a Merc sourced long block they probably just swapped enough Volvo stuff onto it to make it work (like the bell housing and maybe front mounts). You might see a black Merc motor with a grey or red (94-99 grey, 2000 &...
  8. Lou C

    Remote Controlled Blower

    Sounds like it could be done but I’d feel more comfortable opening up the engine hatch and checking for fuel vapors before turning on anything electrical. I think all gas inboards should have gas vapor detectors.
  9. Lou C

    Time for a ‘new’ boat?

    Well that's good, at least people get a break there!
  10. Lou C

    Time for a ‘new’ boat?

    What about if you give a vehicle to someone as a gift? They still pay tax on the KBB value?
  11. Lou C

    Time for a ‘new’ boat?

    Lol 'tis better to not worry and be happy!
  12. Lou C

    Time for a ‘new’ boat?

    Just more of what less than honest governments do to balance budgets. Yes we are not raising taxes we are raising the cost of just about everything else, we will get our money out of you one way, or another. The local tax burden here is just out of control, at one time Eastern Long Island wanted...
  13. Lou C

    Air don't freeze... RV antifreeze DOES!

    Yep, and not only that, Hooker Chemical had a plant in Hicksville LI right next to the Grumman plant in Bethpage and they got blamed for the first pollutants found, there was undoubtedly political pressure to not make Grumman look bad because they were a military contractor and a big employer...
  14. Lou C

    Air don't freeze... RV antifreeze DOES!

    Here in Long Island we have a big issue with ground water pollution. It has been an issue for decades, because of the legacy of farming and aircraft manufacturing (Grumman Aircraft Engineering and later on, Grumman Aerospace, and Republic Aviation) that was big on Long Island from 1930-1995 or...
  15. Lou C

    Leaking Antifreeze after Winterizing

    The only good use of those kits is if you have closed cooling, even so I don't think gravity feed is that great, it might be better to boost it with a livewell pump or similar. Now we might use it on my brother's Merc 4.5 after fully draining it with Merc's new fancy plastic drain system, which...
  16. Lou C

    Time for a ‘new’ boat?

    Really? 300 a year to reg a boat trailer? Even in the high tax capital of the USA, New York State, we don't get dinged like that! I think I pay $60 a year for my small Load Rite registration. And boat reg's here are good for 3 years. But then there's property taxes and electricity. We are still...
  17. Lou C

    Leaking Antifreeze after Winterizing

    Yep I’d like to see that too. People get confused because they see uninformed people on YouTube doing this. Also marinas use this method BUT they have a way of recirculating the AF to keep it hot enough to keep the stat open. That takes a lot more AF and special equipment not 5 gallons and a...
  18. Lou C

    Leaking Antifreeze after Winterizing

    The first year I did mine (2002) I tried that method checked the block drains the next day and dirty water came out so that started my manual drain and back fill procedure. As far as I am concerned ALL inboards should be closed cooled! Even just a half system would protect the most expensive...
  19. Lou C

    Leaking Antifreeze after Winterizing

    I don’t know why anyone does it that way and if FW has instructions telling you to do it that way shame on them! You have to understand how raw water cooling works. Raw water cooling has excess capacity for the cooling needs of the engine. The exhaust system always gets water but water will exit...
  20. Lou C

    Air don't freeze... RV antifreeze DOES!

    Flammable vapor is what would concern me. -200 PG antifreeze would likely cover any situation no matter where you live.
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