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    1995 Chaparral 2550 SX Refit and Restoration

    Keys Continued: Sombrero Reef Light Con't.: Acropora Palmata aka Elkhorn Coral (my favorite coral...always a thrill to see it in the wild these days): Bermuda Chub: Lots of Moon Jellies: Alligator Reef: Cheeca Rocks...
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    1995 Chaparral 2550 SX Refit and Restoration

    Hey guys, still here and kicking! I have continued to enjoy, use, and upgrade this boat. 1. The coupler ended up being fine. I think it was simply slinging extra grease around. 2. I replaced the gimbal bearing last year. The old one was mostly fine, but I figured why not do it as part of my...
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    1995 Chaparral 2550 SX Refit and Restoration

    Beginning in March of 2021, I started to get the boat ready for this season by changing the gear lube, which was dark blue with brown streaks again. I believe this to be ground up copper shavings from the cone clutch caused by the idle being too high when we bought the boat. I do not think it is...
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    1995 Chaparral 2550 SX Refit and Restoration

    Well, it is once again time to update this post. The end of last season went smoothly as the wife and I enjoyed the fruits of our labor for the until mid-November, when it was time to winterize the boat. We made lots of long day trips on the Chesapeake and one overnight to a town named...
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    1995 Chaparral 2550 SX Refit and Restoration

    Time for an update...after a number of successful boating trips, we began to have fuel problems in subsequent trips (hard starting and stalling out while on plane). Our last time out ~two weeks ago, ended in a tow back to the dock: our first on-water breakdown ever. Since the tank level had...
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    Dean's List gets another motor

    Coil voltage? Distributor sensor?
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    Water in oil

    Pretty sure the water entered his engine from the bottom up. 12-14" of water in the bilge is a lot of water.
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    2016 Mercruiser 6.2L ECT DTS Axius Cooling System Issue

    Alright Ted, time to get the Formula with big blocks back 🤣
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    2016 Mercruiser 6.2L ECT DTS Axius Cooling System Issue

    Temps verified at the exhaust with an IR gun? Has a past impeller blown up in the cooling system before? On my 454, I found a lot of pieces at the oil cooler when I first got the boat. You may vary, but I would check the PS/Oil cooler if you have one.
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    Can't shift after bellows/lower shift cable change with Bravo 3.

    It should be so easy to shift that you can do it by hand. *With the engine running at idle.
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    Can't shift after bellows/lower shift cable change with Bravo 3.

    You can only install the drive in neutral. For installation, take the cable off the bracket.
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    Can't shift after bellows/lower shift cable change with Bravo 3.

    Please tell me you have the engine running...
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    Marine Engine Depot

    Doing top end jobs on raw-water cooled cast iron blocks and heads that ran in fresh water has me convinced that we should be using aluminum blocks and heads with full closed cooling, hence why I'm starting to figure out eventual re-power options. The amount of flaking I've seen and rust that...
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    Marine Engine Depot

    Yes, the system can fail. That's why I always fill it with antifreeze after until it comes out as well. Engines should really be closed cooled.
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    What part is leaking water on Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI 5.7 L

    These plugs are such a pain in the butt...they're basically single or double use.
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    Marine Engine Depot

    We have marinized auto engines in our boats...it's just 25 year old tech typically at this point. The new engines are so much easier to winterize and service the basic points as well, with features like single point drains. You can marinize an LS/LT with a marine cam almost as easily a SBC/BBC...
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    Marine Engine Depot

    I have a scanner :D, but I think you're right. I just don't get why we still run ancient engines with modern electronics bolted to them. For me, I'd rather have mostly old-school with a carb or something fully modern that can take advantage of all of the progress made in the automotive world...
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    Marine Engine Depot

    Anybody have any experience with these guys? Would love one of their LS/LT engines in my boat some day! https://marineenginedepot.com/62l-di-enpac?gclid=Cj0KCQjwwISlBhD6ARIsAESAmp6rlJAIcY7gEz8lBt65yji9G8bZaa5SeLfOtw21UpFu_DIOxa4crgoaAqG7EALw_wcB
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    8.7 Volts at the Coil

    This has a non-OEM dash-mounted kill switch that I installed last year. The wire connections are all heat shrunk and the kill switch only has .01 ohms of resistance. I have also had it bypassed for a long while with a jumper wire to rule it out for testing. It seems the actual wires themselves...
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    8.7 Volts at the Coil

    I know this, but this is helpful information nonetheless. I'm tracing the purple wires coming out of the I terminal on the switch and have found that the voltage steadily drops out. At the tach it is around 10 volts. Back at the coil, 8.7. All of the connections are clean and secure, but the...
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