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    flywheel question

    Ok, I have recently changed out my 454 in my sunsport skier with a 35o that I have built. I installed the 454 flywheel not realizing that the 454 was externally balanced. Well I purchased a 350 flywheeel from the local parts store and from glancing at them it looks like the ring gear on the new...
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    please help,water in oil

    Hello all, I have recently built 350 for my 86 supra sunsport skier inboard. Breaking it in on the water hose seemed to run great just a little slow cranking like it was out of time or something. after alot of troubleshooting found that all of the cylinders on the right side of the...
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    4.3 litre to 3.8 litre car engine

    Hello all, I have an 88 stratos with a 4.3 litre,looks like a chevy block. Well it has been smoking for about 2 years now and im thinking about building another motor. I have a buddy that has offered me a good running 3.8 litre for free. I dont plan on just sticking the 3.8 in it without doing...
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    Engine identification

    I just purchased this boat about a month ago and noticed that it has a substantial oil leak. I cant find the leak but it just leaks after you run it for a while and cut it off then it leaks while its not running. The guy that I purchased it from said that it was a 4.3 litre volvo but the intake...
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    mounting a ski tower

    Hello, I recently purchased a used ski tower. Does any ony have any creative ideas as to how to mount it to the boat and how much stress will this create on the fiberglass. I was thinking about making plates to mount on the outside of the hull that will attach to the tubing and maybe having...
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    mercruiser 140 intake manifold

    Hello all,went out this morning to start the boat before taking it out for the 1st time this year and found a problem. Im not sure if this would be considered the intake or the exhaust manifold but it is the on that the carb bolts to. My problem is that the manifold has about a 5 inch crack and...
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    rochester 2 jet to a mercarb

    1980 140 MERCRUISER. Hello im thinking about buying a mercarb for a 3.0 liter mercruiser to replace a rochester 2 jet that I currently have. My question is, will it bolt up. I have the big base rochester carb.
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    need a carb

    Any one got a carb that they would like to sell for a 1980 140 mercruiser. I purchased one off of ebay and the fella said it would work, but guess what it didnt. So now I have one for a 3.0 liter I think that I would like to sell or trade.The one that I would like to sell has a small base and...
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    how can i tell if i have a bad fuel pump

    1980 140 mercruiser, acts like its running out of fuel back off the throttle a bit and it picks back up for abou 10 seconds and does the same thing.Can I tell by taking off the fuel line at the carb and turning over the engine. If so how much fuel should be coming out of the line.
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    fuel dripping again...

    Ok 80 MODEL 140 Mercruiser,with a rochester 2 jet carb. I have rebuilt the carb and adjusted the float level untill im sick of it. Still dripping into carb after I shut it off. I also tried a known good carb that didnt drip,but drips on my engine. When I rebuilt the carb it had a small spring...
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    140 mercruiser fouling plugs

    Hello, I have a 1980 dixie with a 140 mercruiser I/O engine. My problem is that it keeps carbon fouling all of the spark plugs. I have rebuilt the carb and adjusted the timing and still no luck. Im am not real sure if I have the timing correct 6degree btdc is where I think that I had set it...
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    140 mercruiser problems

    Hello, I have a 1980 dixie boat with a 140 I/O <br />mercruiser engine. The boat continues to carbon foul the spark plugs. I recently rebuilt the carb (not sure if it is even the carb for the boat) it is a rochester 2 jet.Can anyone tell me the correct jet size for this engine. I also found that...
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