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  1. Lou C

    How many very new 4 stroke engines will be running trouble free at age 50 to 75 years old ?

    What I see with 4 stroke outboards is that the OEMs are the only source of parts. That keeps prices very high.
  2. Lou C

    How many very new 4 stroke engines will be running trouble free at age 50 to 75 years old ?

    this is the one real advantage of older I/O boats with simple GM marine engines, you can buy a decent junkyard engine and with some help from a good machine shop and aftermarket parts, go boating. or even a complete reman from any number of online retailers
  3. Lou C

    How many very new 4 stroke engines will be running trouble free at age 50 to 75 years old ?

    The availability of countless aftermarket parts for the small block Chevrolet make repairs and rebuilds easy and practical. Not so for high tech modern outboards.
  4. Lou C

    How many very new 4 stroke engines will be running trouble free at age 50 to 75 years old ?

    In the distant future someone somewhere will be rebuilding the best 4 stroke engine ever built, the small block Chevrolet.
  5. Lou C

    Shift cable resistance, best lube point to possibly help?

    North Shore Huntington/Northport is the same thing Charlie!
  6. Lou C

    Shift cable resistance, best lube point to possibly help?

    They grow all over everything on the drive unless you paint it with 2 coats of Trilux!
  7. Lou C

    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Look at one for an Etec
  8. Lou C

    OEM Exhaust Manifolds Looking for some other info

    I was thinking the same thing! They shouid be tested with Acetone then you’ll know for sure they don’t leak…
  9. Lou C

    Shift cable resistance, best lube point to possibly help?

    Best to use silicone grease for this because it doesn’t degrade the rubber. I’m in the same environment as you Charlie, moored in Long Island salt water May to Nov. I usually spray my bellows with Trilux anti fouling but it peels off. Still I get at least 10 years out of a set of bellows. I...
  10. Lou C

    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Evinrude dealer
  11. Lou C

    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    remember if they say it's a Cobra plug, the 86-93 models are the originals, but the 94-98 are the Joint Venture OMC/Volvo. And yes the 94-98 OMC Cobras are the same thing as the Volvo SX, just painted a different color (OMC = charcoal grey, Volvo = silver). So it all depends what year Cobra...
  12. Lou C

    Trailer bleeding brakes. Part 2

    Yes drum brakes have a self energizing effect and they can provide more braking force with lower actuator pressures than disc brakes on a surge system. The other difference is that drum brakes have very strong return springs to release the brake, vs disc brakes have the square seal in the...
  13. Lou C

    Trailer bleeding brakes. Part 2

    getting back to brake bleeding, the way we did it in the old days was to start with a clean clear bottle, and tape a plastic hose to the neck, with the end almost at the bottom of the bottle, and then fill the bottle till the bottom of the hose was covered in brake fluid. Then pump the master...
  14. Lou C

    Trailer bleeding brakes. Part 2

    lol a play on words… I will say that the surge drum brakes on my trailer (12” free backing) stop it really well.
  15. Lou C

    Do I replace the core plugs when engine is out?

    My mooring spot is usually 5’ deep at low tide & 12’ deep at high tide tide. Those are the kind of #s I like….
  16. Lou C

    Do I replace the core plugs when engine is out?

    If you have trouble getting it to drain then yes it makes sense to pull the core plugs & clean out the block. I try to stay out of shallow water just for that reason.
  17. Lou C

    Do I replace the core plugs when engine is out?

    Agreed as long as it was set up as a marine motor. Now on the other hand I’d very carefully inspect the oil pan and treat any rust spots with rust converter and then put a couple of coats of Rustolium on it… And what else? Check leak sources on your transom mount, exhaust Y pipe etc.
  18. Lou C

    Trailer bleeding brakes. Part 2

    Yep the ‘70 with manual drums took 2 feet to stop and the ‘71 with power front discs just took the weight of your foot!
  19. Lou C

    88 Capri Restoration (Splashed 08/2022)

    And I know what most will say, just pull out the OMC stuff sell it off and repower with Merc. I am not set up to be able to pull the engine myself and was able to rehab this engine with a top end overhaul in 2017. So until I need a new or reman engine keeping the OMC Cobra makes sense for now...
  20. Lou C

    Trailer bleeding brakes. Part 2

    that last point is what I was wondering about, I never had trouble bleeding the brakes on my trailer and the actuator is over 20 years old now, but I guess that can happen.
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