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The tow eyes are rated to hold 2.5 - 3 times your boats weight The talon bracket will rip off the boat from the forces of a tube A tube that gets submerged will go from 400# of force to 2500#+. A 3 person tube would impart more force Products like turboswing or rent a boat

If you kept the long block, sold the OMC bits and invested in Mercruiser or VP drive, maybe But that's a lot of work

VP uses two diodes vs an oil switch, relay, etc to wire the alternator

rinda and vessel view are looking at the failure prone sensor I would unscrew the sensor and screw in a good quality mechanical gauge and read what is going on.

they still have foam foam still gets water-logged plexus joints last about 15 years

blisters are uncured resin reacting with water happens to moored boats without a barrier coat or bottom paint as stated above, grind them out, dry it out, should only need VE fairing compound, barrier coat and bottom paint.

Going to close this thread. @PNBOOTH if you need to re-open, PM the mods

manuals are copyright protected. the process of rebuilding the carburetor will be similar to any small engine. make sure to get an OEM carburetor kit.

go here and get a manual for your motor and the drive while you are at it. https://www.volvopenta.com/en-us/service-and-support/your-engine/manuals-and-handbooks/

Agree that the rusty flywheel means you have lots of water in the bilge

I would take the insurance money and buy a new trailer

OPs engine is a Mercruiser SBC 350 reman with anywhere from a 0.020 to 0.060 overbore sold as a "357" so it could be a 352 cube, 355 cube or 357 cube. Unless you look at the reman tag, neither you or I know the displacement.. you are arguing for the sake of arguing

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Clean them up, then hose off the fuse panel with marine electrical varnish

Manuals are copyright material so I can not share them in open forums Manual 17 lists 150 psi cranking compression for the small blocks with 9.4:1 CR Manual 18 list 180 psi cranking compression for the 4.3 with 9.4:1 CR The difference is the cam timing That and 40 years spinning wrenches you...

Run fishing line thru all the carb passages vs just blowing them out

Are you reading pressure on vessel view or eith a mechanical gauge?

With a rod knock, plan on a complete rebuild. You can't just swap internal parts from your motor to one with a rod knock What year is the block you found? What year are the heads? You can use the accessories Nope, this is where you must involve a machine shop. Used bores require boring to...

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