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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Thanks @alldodge and @Lou C A few pics of my new alternator including a pic of new and old alternators side by side, the new one looks like the one bottom right in the pic above, seems to fit but I won't know for sure until I start to put it all back together. A couple of pics of...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Thanks. I didn't use a torque wrench but it felt like I tightened the coupler / flywheel nuts to around 45ft/lbs. I haven't had time to do much with the boat since my last post. Around the time of my last post the weather was really changeable, I was getting fed up of starting some work on the...
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    I don't want to take this thread off topic but are marine exhaust manifolds available for LS motors? I'm British and convert vehicles to run on LPG (propane) for a living. A scaffold cradle firm I recently did some work for run a fleet of small flat back trucks. The trucks are only available...
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    Volvo Penta SX-M Trim drifting down.

    @Bondo and @Scott Danforth recently helped answer my questions about my Volvo drive dropping. I may have been lucky because I found a weep where a line connects to the pump, fixed the leak (new Oring), filled with new fluid, bled the system and so far it hasn't fallen again. I haven't tried it...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    I just checked the raw water pump, removed the 3 bolts to check the impellor etc. It seems in good condition and it turned easier with the rear cover removed so it seems the bearings are OK. Put it back together without damaging the gasket.
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Thanks. I can understand the drain but not why it needs a length of pipe/hose attached to it... it would drain into the bilge without the pipe and the pipe needs to run to lower than the bellhousing or the drain won't work, the only place lower than the bellhousing is the bilge.
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    I nearly did decide to remove it, gave it a hard enough tug thinking it would come off but it didn't. I could obviously remove it by tugging harder or cutting it off but when it didn't come off with the tug I thought it's obviously meant to be there. It would be more difficult to access it now...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    I should've taken a picture of it showing where it attaches to the bottom rear of the bell. Very securely fitted, has a 90degree pivot (at least free turning) joint to the bell. Can only presume it's intended as some kind of vent/drain but such vent/drain seems uncessary because the spacer plate...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Got the engine back in today :) Ex police inspector friend came over to help but didn't have much to do after we'd moved the engine from the stand to the crane while I attached the spacer plate, flywheel, coupler, bellhousing and starter motor. I couldn't find what torque to tighten the coupler...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Thanks @ScottinAZ. It's not at the top of my list of priorities regards the boat at the moment but I will be wanting/needing a spare wheel for the trailer and I like to carry a spare wheel bearingfor a boat trailer even if all the bearings seem good. The bearings seem OK (or at least they...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Thanks Scottin, heh that makes sense, I feel daft now for asking. Are they just tapered roller bearings? I bought some of the lithium+calcium grease I linked to above. Also bought this GL5 75/90 gear oil from a marine parts supplier who listed it on Ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373859721624
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Thanks Kenny. What I mean by up/down/side to side is that I can move the input shaft (in the engine bay with the engine removed but drive fitted) in all directions a little. I can understand the shaft needing to move forward/backward a little but didn't know if being able to move it in the...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Thanks for the replies and info since my last visit to the forum. @alldodge Seems somebody intentionally wired in an engine immobiliser... not that it would take anyone who knows how to oldskool hotwire a car long to get around it. @ScottinAZ It could be a good idea to fit a gauge directly to...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Yes it does look like a car style set of dash gauges. Like you, the thought did occur that if I couldn't get them working properly I could replace them all with aftermarket gauges, maybe make a wooden panel to hold them and fit where the factory gauge panel was, a wooden panel would look even...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Ahh I see what you mean, yes I think mine is a similar design. My main reason for wanting the gauges to work properly at the moment is because it's a newly rebuilt engine, want to keep checking oil pressure and engine temp. The ex owner said he didn't understand engines but was good with...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Great info, thanks @ScottinAZ Only going on memory but I seem to remember there is wiring to some sort of solenoid attached to the choke flaps on my carb... Assuming I'm right and they control the choke, should the choke be controlled by some temp switch in the manifold? Also (sigh, sorry...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Thanks @ScottinAZ There are no dust caps on the trailer wheel bearings, is that how the bearing buddies are supposed to be? Is there another grease nipple (that I haven't noticed) besides the bearing buddy nipple? Does packing the bearing buddy also pack the bearing? Would the Evinrude Tripple...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    @ScottinAZ If I remove the pump backplate will I need a new gasket? Can the bearing housing be dismantled/greased? I think we established my setup labelled OMC Cobra is the crossover between OMC Cobra and Volvo SX units... So far everything I've seen points to the drive being a Volvo SX except...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Just a short reply tonight, been out for a.curry with my son and daughter in law for a curry and typing this on my phone.. my fingers are too old and thick for this! Incidentally, small world, my daughter in law is from Louisiana. @ScottinAZ Thanks that's reassuring. How tight is your pulley to...
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