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  1. ericcarr2000

    Engine swap

    I am in the market for a new motor for my 90 Sundance tgat has a 7.4 merc motor in her. I have s line on a 96 generation 5 motor complete from carb to pan ready to go. I guess my question is will this be a quick and easy drop in, will I have to switch anything over from generation 4 to...
  2. ericcarr2000

    Sterndrive

    It has been a few years I think since I’ve been on here, it’s nice to be back. One question I have is I will be replacing the motor in my 1990 Sea Ray Sundancer with a 454 in it, I already removed the old motor, and disconnected the electrical from the pigtail on the boat. I guess my question is...
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    454 generation 4 ?

    Alright......as many of you may know I have s 190 sun dancer that HAD a 454 generation 4 motor in her. Long story short I got shafted on it when I paid over $4000 for the supposed rebuilt motor. It began to mix water in the oil so I pulled it back out and attempted to try to get ahold of the...
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    Motor question

    Ok. I have a major delima. I have been battling trying to get ahold of the engine builder of my motor that has just 4 hours on it out of California, by the name of California engines. I know by now that I pretty much got shafted on the deal due to the fact that they will not answer the...
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    Vts switch removal

    Vts question Ever since I bought my 01 sea doo rx di, the trim hasn't worked on it so I decided to pull the vts motor and found a bunch of water in it and quite a bit of corrosion in it. Surprisingly enough when I hooked it up directly to a battery it did turn. I decided to replace it anyway. At...
  6. ericcarr2000

    01 rattle

    I have a 01 seadoo rx di ski that has a pretty noticeable rattle it her once I start her up and it stays there until I get to about 2000 rpms. Any suggestions?
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    Sucked up about 3 feet of ski rope

    Quick question. While letting the wife take the ski out today she accidentally got a little too close to the rope I had hanging there to tie it off and she sucked about 2 feet up into the intake grate. I cut the rope off right at the intake grate and started her up. She started up and she runs...
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    Oil cooler hose ?

    I just received my new oil: power steering cooler. The problem I'm having now is my old hose ends aren't the correct size and I can't seem to find anyone that will make me a new hose. The hose I need needs to have s 1/2" inverter flare end that goes to the cooler and the other end of the hose...
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    Fresh 454 shaking

    Ok, I just got done taking my boat out for the first time this year. It is a 1990 250 sundancer that used to have a 454 with 950 hours on it with a bravo 1 drive. I put a dynoed 454 motor in her with a bravo 3 drive. She idles and runs fine but when I try to get up on plane I notice that it...
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    Running motor with impeller pump not hooked up

    OK as many of you may know I just got done dropping the motor back in my 1990 Sundancer motor is a 7.4 big block question is before I first start it up would it be OK to disconnect the impeller housing so I don't chew up the impeller because I'm not a fan of muffs on my outdrive?
  11. ericcarr2000

    7.4 front motor mounts.

    Quick question I just got done dropping my motor back in my 90 Sundancer it's the typical 454 block. Does anybody have a diagram as to how the front motor mount bolts to the mount on the stringer. I guess my question is, I have a little metal piece where does that go on the mount it looks like...
  12. ericcarr2000

    Jabsco 155 wiring question

    I am in the process of installing s jabsco 155 searchlight and I ran into a wiring question. Of course I had to cut the wires in order to run them through the bow rail. Now when I go to hook them back up there is an extra grey wire. Does anyone know where it goes to? It's coming from the...
  13. ericcarr2000

    01 sea doo rx ?

    I just got done taking my new to me jet ski out for the first time. She ran with no problems with the exception of the speedo stop working. I ran her pretty hard for about 1 1/2 hours. After I got her back home I noticed that there was a light blue liquid on the inside of the exhaust tube by...
  14. ericcarr2000

    Engine dyno

    As some of you may know I'm still in the process of trying to get my engine dynoed. It has been at 'Wilson marine' in bay city Michigan for almost a month now and when I called them this past weekend they still have yet to even look at it. Now I've lost out on boating for the memorial dsy...
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    Horn ?

    I have a 1990 250 sundancer and I've been trying to figure out why my horns won't work. I've even replaced them with new ones and they still won't work. I guess my question is is there some sort of a horn relay that could be the problem and if so where would it be located?
  16. ericcarr2000

    Searchlight extension cable

    I am in the process of installing a new jabsco 155 searchlight and I found out that the cable that came with the searchlight isn't quite long enough. Anyone know of a cheap place I can get one? I really don't want to spend over $100 for a few extra feet.
  17. ericcarr2000

    Water in bilge

    Quick question. Has anyone here had a problem with water collecting in the bilge area while boat is out of the water and covered. Pretty sure it probably just rain water but I can't seem to find out where it's coming from. Any suggestions outside of me having to sit inside the engine...
  18. ericcarr2000

    Gimbal & bellows ?

    Ok, I think I'd like to TRY to replace my gimbal hearing and my bellows on my bravo drive assembly. After calling around and getting prices on this I thought to myself, " for that price I should try to do it myself" . I've never tried to do these jobs do I'm not really sure what's all involved...
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    New sea doo owner

    I am the new owner of a sea doo jet ski. One question I have is is it ok to start it up for a minute or so not hooked up to water?
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    7.4 running hot?

    I've been trying to figure out what's going on with my fresh 454. I took it to a supposed mechanic at Michigan motor exchange to have the final adjustments done on it like the timing set... Etc.... They knew it was a fresh motor and decided to do the camshaft breakin procedure on muffs...
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