GOOD NEWS. . . . The PICTURE UPLOAD FUNCTION IS WORKING !!! The tech folks at the parent company have been able to remedy the issue. You can upload pictures once again. Thank you for your patience.
All, thanks for the troubleshooting help with this. I confirmed the fuel pressure was ~9psi and ordered a regulator. It is arriving today, and I'll get it swapped on tonight.
In other news... one comment and two observations after running this weekend...
* I put in some seafoam carb cleaner...
This morning I completed the following:
* checked anti-siphon -> it appears clean
* checked inlet to carburetor -> it appears to be clean
* installed a fuel pressure gauge -> fuel pressure is ~8-9psig through RPM range
* hooked up a vacuum gauge to the manifold ->vacuum is ~17-18 inHG
All, I am having an issue with the Mercruiser 5.7 in my 1993 Regal 233 with the alpha 1 gen 2 sterndrive. I picked up the boat end of last season and didn't get much run time on it, but I had some issues with hard starts, low power, stumbling, and stalling. I checked the timing (8deg BTDC)...