i want to get my boat back to my marina this weekend. its about 20 miles away and i lost either the #1 or #2 rod. i dont want oil getting into the bilge so what do i patch the pan with before my trip. any suggestions?
there is a yellow color tygon hose comming off my mechanical fuel pump on my 1988 chris craft with a mercruiser 454. the hose routes up to a full time vaccumm port on my quadrajet. i understand this is a USCG regulation incase the fuel pump were to leak the carb would suck fuel into the...
The poly "H" channel between the panes of glass in my windshield have gotten brittle and are cracking. I want to replace them with another set of poly ones or perhaps some rubber ones. The glass is 1/4" thick. I have been able to find a few companies on-line that make "H" channels but they...
I currently have a 454 with a 2 piece rear main in my 1988 chris craft 245 with bravo 1
I have a 454 out of a truck but it has a 1 piece rear main. Correct me if I were to build the truck motor into a 496 and do a swap this winter the only 2 parts I would need to buy to perform the swap is the...
I put new rockers on my 1988 chris craft with a 454. Now the stock valve covers wont sit down on the head. I kind of thought this may happen. I look online and i see two heights listed for BBC valve covers. Standard height and tall. I (think) standard height is 2-5/8" i (think) tall is 4"...
I have a bad rocker on my 454 so I am going to order a new set. The current set is the stock 1.7 ratio. I see 1.8 ratio rockers available. What sort of gains can I expect to see with 1.8's.
I am assuming I have a stock cam.
1989 Chris Craft 245 with a 454 and thru hull. I put new exhaust manifolds and risers on it not more than a month ago along with a new thermostat housing and hoses. Both risers are equally cool to the touch after running for extended times. Temp gauge (if accurate) reads about 170 with a 160...
The bolt that holds in the retainer for the trim sender on a bravo 1. It looks tough to access with the drive on. To avoid removing the drive what tools do you use to remove the bolt? 11mm swivel on an extension is what i am assuming. Im going to buy a 11mm swivel this week unless someone...
My first boat had thru prop and I liked it. I stumbled on a great deal for a 1988 chris craft 245 limited with a 454 and thru hull. I took it out yesterday for the first time. I like the thru hull, but off plane, trolling around, it was difficult to maintain a conversation with my passengers...
I got the engine together in the boat i was given but the starter doesnr spin fast enough to get it to fire. Figures i found this out after i put the exhaust manifolds on but whatever. I have a mini starter and a regular starter from my old chevelle. Do guys run minis in boats? Im thinking...
I bought a boat that was sitting for 4 years with no intake or heads on the motor. When I pull the dipstick the oil looks clean and new, but when I changed it, it looked milky. I would expect it to after sitting for so long, but even after I changed it, it still looks milky. How long does it...
my last boat had a chevy 350 in it and i would change the oil at the end of every boating season. I bought the mercury hand pump. I would screw it on and pump until my arm got tired and usualy drip a bit into the bilge.
The boat i recently picked up has a 454 and when i went to pump the oil...
I just picked up a 1989 chris craft 245 with a 454 and a Bravo 1 "performance" drive, whatever the heck that is. I never saw the word "performance" on a bravo 1 before but what do I know? Anyway. I got the boat because I couldn't beat the price, but I took a gamble because only the short block...
I had a 22' wellcraft for a couple of years. I wanted to hang onto it but I lost my storage so I sold it last year. I was on a waitlist at my local lake marine for a spot to open up and I got the call last week so I took the spot without owning a boat. I should have hung onto my wellcraft, that...
