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Its not the mechanical fuel pump. they either work, or they dont - its pretty much that simple. do your troubleshooting vs firing the parts cannon my guess is you have crud in your fuel system, which is now in the carb or fuel pump or anti-siphon valve, or pickup tube strainer if its dying...

did you look on SeaRays site at the old brochures? you used to be able to see all the specs by year surprised the sundancer didnt get the 6.2 liter like other 24' boats in the searay lineup like the sundeck

that is not a good bore.

you have to remove the drive to check for bravoitis. you also need to pull your drive every year to check alignment and inspect the gimbal bearings.

TBI motors got the "swirl port" heads as GM got their butt spanked on the LT1 reverse cooling by both John Evans (on the cooling system) and the patent on the Ricardo combustion chamber. in 1996, the Ricardo patent hurdle was cleared when the vortec heads came out the swirl port heads were...

a couple of bobs jack plates........ you can get into really skinny water then.

Love it Old co-worker of mine 30 years ago was a sign artist in the 80's and 90's he would paint billboards, company signs, and truck signs. every sign he painted with woods or a stream had a dog in the background somewhere squatting to take a dump. plenty of Old Style billboards in East...

I would rebuild your original carb.

when was the last time the alignment was done and the u-joints checked? valve guide seals are common issues on Small Block Chebbies......because GM cheaped out on them in the engine assembly plant. I wouldnt think twice about that, as its common. takes about 2 hours to change them while the...

the merc manifold must mate up to a merc transom shield. the Obsolete Marine Corp manifold must mate up to an OMC transom shield. you can get parts for the mercruiser. OMC has been out of business nearly 30 years. from a work stand-point. you can be boating as early as late this afternoon...

That motor is a TBI swirl port motor. not worth it unless it was the last running block on the planet and you had to rescue yourself from death. that is a significant step backwards from a vortec headed motor

If you bought a complete boat Use the whole Mercruiser motor and drive, wiring anc controls, sell the OMC stuff

The VR5 with the 250hp came with a 19p prop

Those manifolds and the thermostat housing are past their life.

each engine will have a slave solenoid. however on your 34 year old boat, start by cleaning every connection from the battery to the motor to the helm and back. that is both power and grounds. by clean, I mean shiny sparkly clean with 150 grit. clean enough your grandmother would eat off it...

fill until the dipstick reads correctly

did you change props? this says the motor is giving it nearly all it has.

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🤣 It's more like a Gen I Chameleon..... All GM Gen 1 parts inside a merc casted block and heads

the volvo pentas are 5.3 Gen V LT VVT motors putting out a rated 355 hp at the crank (320hp at the prop) The Mercruisers were the 6.2 liter home grown version of the Gen 3 SBC