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  1. Lou C

    Have replaced transom cable before no problem - Delco EST now problem

    pick set and carb cleaner and compressed air is fine. if you saw mine...you'd see nothing but Evinrude Triple Guard grease in there (we used to call it OMC's blue snot)...great stuff...look in this pic...might be able to see....and this is after 6 months sitting in the salt water...see the...
  2. Lou C

    OMC Cobra freshen up

    Here's some pix of mine shifted into fwd and rev.....top pic is fwd bottom is rev ESA trigger is centered in both, can't see it in the top pic.
  3. Lou C

    Use Antifreeze to winterize? Here's a choice few think of.....

    If you use antifreeze to winterize (and there is as much debate on this point, as there is on motor oils), but let's just say Mercruiser has recommended it for years....for the purpose of reducing corrosion...not freeze protection per se....you always manually drain first...here's another I...
  4. Lou C

    Rochester Quadrajet Issue

    This one shows the choke spring rod...
  5. Lou C

    Rochester Quadrajet Issue

    Here's a pic with the carb not installed. Just took it apart to rebuild it about a year ago. The only thing missing is the rod that comes up from the thermostatic spring
  6. Lou C

    1999 4.3L Mercruiser Consuming Oil (Some Diagnostics Done-What Next?)

    It depends on how you feel about having to be vigilant about checking oil often and having to add oil. On an older engine that is not really a big deal, it would only be if someone who was using the boat never checked the oil. Actually removing the heads with then engine in the boat for me was...
  7. 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...
  8. Lou C

    Rotten Bat Wings; Water Injected Headers?

  9. Lou C

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

  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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....
  13. Lou C

    Replacing the Tilt Trim Sender unit OMC

    Garmin pix....in case you don't have a depthfinder/sounder....
  14. 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...
  15. 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.
  16. 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!
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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.
  20. 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...
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