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  1. Lou C

    383 FWC - Strong gas smell while idling, lower compression in one cyl. Any thoughts?

    Might want to check static water line height if you find rusted exhaust valves on any of the cyls. Should be at least 13”.
  2. Lou C

    383 FWC - Strong gas smell while idling, lower compression in one cyl. Any thoughts?

    I’d be looking for either a plug not firing or a fuel injector leaking…this is an EFI motor?
  3. Lou C

    looks like a new crop of freeze busted I/Os being grown

    The main thing to learn is simply drain & poke!
  4. Lou C

    1988 Bayliner Capri 2.3 ford engine

    Agreed now THATS the way to do a project boat! Engine & drive work is expensive but actually in some ways easier. I did a partial deck & stringer repair back in 2007 and then a top end overhaul on the old 4.3 V6 in 2017 and the engine work was faster easier and cheaper. Structural renovation on...
  5. Lou C

    1988 Bayliner Capri 2.3 ford engine

    Yep, if you have good Cobra and Ford parts there, parting it out could yield you a fair amount of money, and then take the hull to the dump, start saving for a boat you can use and not have to spend months working on. Might consider an aluminum boat with an outboard, that's about as low...
  6. Lou C

    1988 Bayliner Capri 2.3 ford engine

    It can but you are most likely looking at replacing all the structural wood in the boat, it is a huge time consuming job and in this case probably not worth it. Take a look at the restoration forum here that will show you what people have done, personally I did one resto about 15 years ago and...
  7. Lou C

    1988 Bayliner Capri 2.3 ford engine

    That's a Ford Pinto 2.3 liter 4 cyl, it almost looks like the engine mounts and/or transom rotted and allowed the engine to shift sideways. Can't say yet where the oil came from but maybe if the engine shifted it caused the oil pan to leak? Boat looks like it has extensive rot. Might not be...
  8. Lou C

    89 OMC 5.0 over heating

    There are actually 2 grommets for the water tube that seal it to the upper & lower gear case housings. To change them you have to split the upper & lower gear housings. If you have a real bad overheat these grommets can get softened and may not seal. A way to tell is to remove the impeller...
  9. Lou C

    89 OMC 5.0 over heating

    If the impeller was shot did you look to see if there were bits of the old impeller in the P/S cooler on the back of the engine (it's in line with the raw water intake hose that goes up to the thermostat housing) and the thermostat housing itself? The other thing that can happen is that the...
  10. Lou C

    four winns 195 sundowner 1992 fuel tank problem

    Here's where it is on the I/O boats....never saw an outboard FW but I'd think it was similar....this is from back when we were replacing the deck, about 2006/2007
  11. Lou C

    four winns 195 sundowner 1992 fuel tank problem

    I have a 1988 Horizon which has a built in tank under a hatch in the deck. All that was redone when the deck was replaced 17 years ago….still have the OE tank
  12. Lou C

    Rocker torque on aq205a

    Another tip if you’re doing this for the first time mark the rocker arms as either I for intake or E for exhaust so you don’t get mixed up…
  13. Lou C

    Rocker torque on aq205a

    notice my addition for the V6....
  14. Lou C

    Rocker torque on aq205a

    Yep your Volvo A205A is actually a garden variety Chevy 4.3 V6, pre-Vortec.... no balance shaft, but roller cam and hydraulic lash adjusters same as mine.... When I replaced the cyl heads on mine I followed the procedure from my OMC manual, there are different ways of doing this and different...
  15. Lou C

    Rocker torque on aq205a

    You need to get each cyl that you are adjusting on TDC for the compression stroke, that ensures that both the intake and exhaust for that cyl are closed, then you go past zero lash by 3/4-1 turn depending on whose manual you are reading. In my OMC factory shop manual it said 1 turn. Later...
  16. Lou C

    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Some pix from our reinacting Sad thing Notice the name of the B-17
  17. Lou C

    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    I bet this woke up the sleepy town of East Farmingdale one morning....
  18. Lou C

    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Another blast from the Long Island aviation past. Tommy Dorsey's band came to entertain the Rosie Riveters that were putting together P-47 Thunderbolts in East Farmingdale Long Island. They built 9,500 of them at the main plant at the corner of Conklin St and Broadhollow Rd. My uncle worked...
  19. Lou C

    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    In the garden are many memorials for air crews lost and every Memorial Day 26,000 flags are put out for those who were lost….
  20. Lou C

    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    The guy in the hut presenting is Lucky Luckadoo who completed 25 missions and in that pic was 101 years old. An amazing veteran.
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