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    Mercruiser 4.3MPI 2005 SmartCraft Connector location?

    Yeah. Tough one to prop, those 4.3 mpi. Need all the help you can get. I’ve propped a few of them now. If you’re at all interested, I found that you need to prop them for the very top of the rpms. Or even just kissing or below the limiter perhaps. They can be quiet lazy low down. So if you prop...
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    Advice for first-time inboard owner?

    Better out than I did, Perhaps. Well said. Although I like these boats..the old classic stars mastercraft in particular, I’ve always thought that you’d need to be right into waterskiing or towing to justify one. Especially the newer ones and their cost. About the draft and depth issues. I know...
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    Advice for first-time inboard owner?

    They are actually fairly shallow draft, to be fair. If you’re worried about it when launching, it might not be such a worry. Most of them come with trailers that shouldn’t allow that to happen. Unless it’s shallower behind the trailer where you are reversing towards for some reason. Main thing...
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    Mercruiser 4.3MPI 2005 SmartCraft Connector location?

    Excellent. It’s amazingly useful. The range and live consumption figures are so useful for getting most efficient cruise speed. On my v8 mpi I never look at the dash gauges anymore. Excellent for propping the boat well too. Noticeable difference between actual rpm and dash rpm.
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    496mag no start issue.

    Think that crap is out the cool fuel module inners ?
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    496mag no start issue.

    Ok. In that case…I’d be swapping over the pump relay from the other engine to try. If you haven’t already.
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    496mag no start issue.

    So my thinking is that it can start with fluid but not by injecting fuel, may mean that you are losing a defined or steady supply to injectors. Can’t remember if you said or not, have you tested injectors manually with a voltage to them ? You’d imagine that something I’d maybe not allowing them...
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    Mercruiser 4.3MPI 2005 SmartCraft Connector location?

    Hi. Those are normal inherit faults. You just block them. Sensors that you don’t have. Did you not need a yellow terminator cap ?
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    2003 ox66 200 intermittent shut down

    I’d be suspecting a battery issue, from what you’ve said. Or at least a charging issue. Typical symptoms of the engine being able to start and run, until the battery (without being sustainably charged by a stator or alternator) is no longer to sustain the demand of running the various...
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    Hose popped off - Alpha 1 Gen 2

    It will do no harm with it off, but will be noisier than it was with it on… But…my main concern and thoughts when I see this happen, is around two things… 1 it shouldn’t happen really and often a sign of being installed wrongly. If it’s not done right and the visual inspection shows it’s still...
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    Water leak at the transom

    I’d take a guess at the most common place for a VP drive to leak (of the usual models historically), would be at the steering pin. Not always obvious, but certainly a culprit and first assumption for me.
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    Mercruiser 4.3MPI 2005 SmartCraft Connector location?

    Hi. 100% you have the plug there on the engine. It’s often hidden down behind or under the distributor and usually nearer the port side of the engine. I’ve fitted these to about 6 or 7 mpi engines on 4.3 to 5.7 versions. Not initially obvious to find, but definitely there. Only thing I’d say is...
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    Installing lanyard kill switch on 1971 Merc 7.5 HP with thunderbolt phase maker ignition

    As above…but historically I’ve always wondered about fitting one to some of my old 2 strokes and never did. Until recently a pal got an old DT16 Suzuki and put it on a 3 metre rib. He insisted on having one fitted just because he had to make a mile long crossing over sometimes rough water to get...
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    Can someone please help me to identify what year this is there in no tag with the ser # and it has a reman power head so there's no # on the block of

    I likely would, if we were closer 😂. Definitely sticking with the used to be red at the top and used to be green at bottom… Edit…all that was until I saw the other parts of the engine. I’d have lost money @Scott Danforth 😂
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    Can someone please help me to identify what year this is there in no tag with the ser # and it has a reman power head so there's no # on the block of

    Not sure Scott. The brown stripe models have the brown stripe at the bottom. Not the top.
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    Can someone please help me to identify what year this is there in no tag with the ser # and it has a reman power head so there's no # on the block of

    About 92/93/94 give or take.
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    Can someone please help me to identify what year this is there in no tag with the ser # and it has a reman power head so there's no # on the block of

    That’s not a brown stripe Scott. It’s a red and green stripe that’s faded. Also the brown stripe had the brown stripe on the lower of the stripes too. Apologies for the geekery 😂
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    Installing lanyard kill switch on 1971 Merc 7.5 HP with thunderbolt phase maker ignition

    Yeah. Will work. Just put it across the existing stop switch circuit
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    496mag no start issue.

    Hi. I remember having similar issues working on a 350 mpi. Went through a load of things. Eventually got it running after messing with a few things. One or a combination of them got it going. Not entirely sure which. I messed with the distributor position (even though you should t have to if...
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    4.3 vortec engine ( water in oil )

    Did you try turning it over with the plugs out ? If that’s been tried and ruled out manifold or riser issues. You’d think it’s got to be inlet manifold, heads or perhaps more likely, frost damage. Was there water in it when you got her ? Or has she been drained ? Was the oil milky before getting...
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