could be disconnected or non working at this point, or may not be installed. best to watch gauges frequently.
When you did the impeller did u use a OEM part of aftermarket? There is some real junk being sold out there by some folks. Imellers are a good place to stick with oem
You have a Webber carb ?
The float bowl will dry out I have same issue with my edlebrock when it sits you have to crank it for fuel pump to refill bowl
hot restarts the Webber edlebrock carbs are known to dribble fuel down to manifold creating a flooded engine opening throttle more to clear...
I thought pertronix needed full 12 v to work
Might test spark with spark gap tester
Look at fuel filter in bottom of fuel
Bowl on pump
What do spark plugs look like
Sandblast , epoxy primer single stage Delfleet or similar more industrial like paint
I did that to 65 pontiac years ago almost no buble back in 30 years
19 -21 ft with a 5.0 or better yet 5.7 even a stern drive will do very good skiing. Not competition type passes but for a bunch of avid lake lovers its good.
I have a 5.0 upgraded with a 4 bbl edlebrock and 4 blade prop for a azz heavy boat it pops up pretty good.
I have thought of the same as well. My college age kids are getting good at slaloming and I want to support it.
We have a 21 ft sea ray 200 sport that is great bulls like a bull but the wake is huge so often we use my friends Glastron 185 / 4.3 VP as the wake is smooth for skiing.
Ideally I...
Thee is very little diff between a truck engine and marine. No you dont need forged pistons as stock is not forged.
if you have a low milage core if compression is good swap head gaskets, core plugs, cam, and circ pump and drop it in
Yeah that is a gen 2 replacement drive
They have a 3 year no fault warranty that might still be in effect
Not all gen 2 drives have a lube bottle but I don’t think 1.75 qts fits on drive alone so look in engine compartment for a lube bottle
it is super old you would be better off starting your own thread as the mods will close this one shortly.
If a delco est fits your engine that is best way to go
here is a link to all the various parts diagrams that engine (there is a search by serial number that would be more accurate)
https://www.marineengine.com/parts/mercruiser-sterndrive-parts/165-2-bbl-mercury-224-il4-1987/0b434941-thru-0b774251
If it has been sitting any amount of time clean and set dwell on the points.
I would do the points service see what that gets you then go into the carb if there are still issues. This assumes you set the idle mixture and idle speed or at least roughed them in.
Have you done a compression test
