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  1. Lou C

    Is There a Repair Kit for Corrosion on the Gymbal Housing?

    Glad my lil trick worked for you! Looking at the extent of it, I agree with Scott, I'd get it welded, one-and-done
  2. Lou C

    Is There a Repair Kit for Corrosion on the Gymbal Housing?

    Ok I’ll try to explain my work around for this…when I replaced the bellows I removed the pivot housing. There’s a way to do it without disconnecting the shift cable at the pivot. What I did was disconnect it at the engine bracket and I put tape on the the adjustable barrel to keep that setting...
  3. Lou C

    Is There a Repair Kit for Corrosion on the Gymbal Housing?

    That's what I thought...looking at it, that appears to be the result of water laying in the D/S bellows and getting under the edge of it and corroding the aluminum there. You have a couple of choices, changing that housing involves pulling the engine so that's not a great option for you I'm...
  4. Lou C

    Is There a Repair Kit for Corrosion on the Gymbal Housing?

    Post up pix of the damage, so we can see what you're dealing with....Some have used JB Weld, I have heard the best epoxy for those repairs is Belzona, but it is very expensive.
  5. Lou C

    Pre engine pull, winterization

    Ok when I had leaky head gaskets that put a bit of water into #2 cyl and just a trace in #1, I did have spark plugs with that orange cast to them, and there was a bit of rust on the electrodes. However, the only way to tell for sure I think is an oil analysis, if salt water is getting in a few...
  6. Lou C

    Mercruiser 2.5 or 3.0 winterization

    West Marine has a good article on how to choose the right antifreeze for winterizing based on the lowest temp anticipated in your climate…I used to use their -100 but now mix my own Sierra PG antifreeze using a refractometer. It’s cheaper & just as good & can actually be used as an engine...
  7. Lou C

    repowering 2006 Chaparral volvo 5.7 with stroker.

    No in salt that won’t destroy the motor unless you neglected the manifolds/elbows. We routinely get 1500 hrs or more here in the salt
  8. Lou C

    The End

    I haven't used our snow blower in 3-4 years. This is why I started draining the tank and carb bowl, and I do that on all my power equipment that has a bowl type carb. Less problems that way.
  9. Lou C

    The End

    My F/W is winterized, the outdrive is off and in the garage, but I still have my 2 Walker bay dinghies on the beach (they stay there all the time) and my little Suzuki DF2.5 is ready to go!
  10. Lou C

    5.7L Cam Choice

    1) the 1985 GM (Chevrolet) block is a 2 piece rear main seal, vs the 1986 and newer 1986 and up one piece main seal. When they went to the one piece the flywheel changed, and I don't think your coupler (Merc or Volvo) will work with the 2 piece style rear main flywheel. So you have to check on...
  11. Lou C

    A nice tip but it’s not about stern drive storage in the up position

    If it ain't broke....keep on rockin' it isn't that bad of a job as long as the end cap will come off, I used a bit of heat and constant pressure on the pin wrench.
  12. Lou C

    A nice tip but it’s not about stern drive storage in the up position

    The advice I have read said that if you leave it full up don’t leave it fully up against the upper limit because that can cause the check valves in the pump to stick.
  13. Lou C

    End of season maintenance checks…

    I used the one that you refill the drive from.
  14. Lou C

    Can I Tell if Water is Getting into the U-Joint Bellows?

    Unfortunately there’s no way to know if it’s going to leak. While it can be a pain that’s why pulling the drive at the end of each season helps to make everything last longer.
  15. Lou C

    A nice tip but it’s not about stern drive storage in the up position

    I just rebuilt my trim rams this spring, one started leaking a bit the year before, I was shocked how long they lasted. The BRP kits are about $50 for each cyl, if the end caps come out off easily you can leave the trim rams on the transom mount no need to disturb the hydraulic line fittings. If...
  16. Lou C

    End of season maintenance checks…

    Did a bit of maintenance checks, scoped inside of manifolds and did a pressure & vacuum test on the old Cobra drive. One manifold was totally clean the other did have some light rust probably from condensation because that side always runs a bit cooler. OD held pressure at 16 psi & vacuum at 13”...
  17. Lou C

    Did Water Get Into My Gear OIL?

    Should be dark bluish green. Not light which suggests water.
  18. Lou C

    Changing the U-Joint on an OMC Cobra Out Drive, OD

    If you get brown crud out of the ujoints that’s not normal and they’ve internally rusted and must be replaced. If they fail with the boat up on plane it could tear up the transom mount & let water in the boat. Risky & potentially dangerous. Speedy sleeve is a thin sleeve that gets installed over...
  19. Lou C

    Replacing transom foam seal

    Agreed if they’re good no reason to replace
  20. Lou C

    Trailer fit?

    The trailer fram does go to the back of the boat, if it has enough tongue weight you can shorten those bunks…
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