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  1. bvetter

    Engine and Exhaust Manifold Temperatures - '99 Mercruiser 5.0L TKS - Alpha1 Gen II

    Decided to take some engine temperature measurements tonight. Used an IR temperature gun for the recordings, every half minute, during warm up at 650RPM and at a few higher RPMs. I'm thinking everything looks normal, but if someone could confirm my numbers that would be great. Not sure how the...
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    Engine and Exhaust Manifold Temperatures - '99 Mercruiser 5.0L TKS - Alpha1 Gen II

    Anyone know what this tube is between the stbd side exhaust manifold and intake manifold? Is it a coolant (water) line or exhaust gas line? Parts lookup diagrams are calling it an exhaust tube but that doesn't seem to help much....
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    Engine and Exhaust Manifold Temperatures - '99 Mercruiser 5.0L TKS - Alpha1 Gen II

    Hoping to get some info/advice from the Mercruiser guru's out there. Engine is a 1999 5.0L TKS, with Alpha 1 Gen 2. Impeller replaced just last week. Had the boat on the water yesterday for the first time this season. After running it a while (idling and cruising), I opened the engine...
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    1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair

    Re: 1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair Yeah! One project at a time fellas! Thanks for all of your kind replies! VIRTUAL HUG!
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    Active Hull Drying?

    Well, it seems to me that if you can keep the inside of your hull and underlying structure dry, it could really help prevent rot from starting. Sounds pretty obvious, so why isn't there a system for circulating air through the hull chambers to help evaporate standing water under the ski locker...
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    1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair

    Re: 1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair This sketch better depicts things....
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    1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair

    Re: 1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair These pics might show some perspective on the original layout.
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    1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair

    Not too much action lately in the Celebrity threads, so I through I would chip in. I've got a resto/repair going on at the moment on a 1999 Celebrity 190 BR. Discovered some wood rot in one of the engine stringers last year and decided to tackle it over the winter. It turned out to...
  9. bvetter

    1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair

    Re: 1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair 4) Just to the left of the dark spot I mentioned in the last post, I poked away at another dark spot inside the strake, I got to the last layer right before the outer gelcoat, and there seemed to be a weird green layer. This is a really...
  10. bvetter

    1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair

    Re: 1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair Ok, so tonight I wanted to take a closer look under the hull, specifically to look at the small hole I bored through one of the strakes while grinding the other night. But secondly, to do a survey of potential weak spots and areas which...
  11. bvetter

    1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair

    Re: 1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair A couple more.
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    1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair

    Re: 1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair Pics of the boat last summer.
  13. bvetter

    1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair

    I?ve decided to start a thread on my repair efforts. The boat is a ?99 Celebrity, 190 bow rider. It has a 5.0L Mercruiser with an Alpha One outdrive. When I bought the boat back in 2012, it appeared to be in very good shape, cosmetically speaking the boat was near showroom condition. The first...
  14. bvetter

    Mercruiser 5.0L Engine Weight?

    I am in the process of removing the engine for some repair work, anyone know what the 5.0L approximately weighs (with exhaust manifolds and risers)? Everything I have found online only lists the weight with the drive unit as a complete attached (being around 960 pounds with an Alpha One). Thanks.
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