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I bought a cheap 1995 Bayliner boat a month ago with an unusable 4.3 engine that was not winterized (I knew this before I bought the boat so no surprise). I proceeded to remove the engine and bought a rebuilt long block engine.
The engine is back installed and the first...
In reference to an archived topic titled home made alignment tool, Thank you for the info. I do not have a steel lathe but I figured it should work just as well with a wood lathe. Here are the results
I bought a 1995 Bayliner boat with a 4.3 engine for real cheap at an auction fully expecting that it would not have been winterized. Indeed it has not been winterized. One header is cracked and I'm pretty sure both engine heads are cracked as well. There is condensation in at least two cylinders...
