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  1. Lou C

    KIA Telluride for towing?

    Agreed As I said my 20’ weighed way more that what I would have thought. Towing at the limit is stressful on you & the equipment Towing a 20’ is easy with my V8 Grand Cherokee it’s got 375 ft lbs of torque & a 3.73:1 final drive ratio, rated at 7200 lbs. That’s about 100 ft lbs more than any of...
  2. Lou C

    1989 Four Winns Carrara Mercruiser Alpha 1 Bellows/Gimble Replacment

    You need some special tools like an outdrive rack and the gimble bearing remover/installer & alignment tool. I did my Cobra a few years ago and it was pretty easy; the OE bellows lasts approx 10 years on these. I change the bellows when they show small cracks starting, the rubber gets hard &...
  3. Lou C

    KIA Telluride for towing?

    I’ve towed with both the old 98 Grand & 07 Grands both are considered unibodies but they are heavier & stronger than a unibody in a car application. No problems with either one for towing 5,000 lbs. I’d have no hesitancy towing with either a later model Grand Cherokee or Durango A V6 Durango or...
  4. Lou C

    5.0 OSi-JF overheating at speed

    how many seasons are the exhaust system on the boat? Fresh or salt water?
  5. Lou C

    . . . and I Thought Hi-tech Boat Engines Were Bad . . .

    I’m a simple man…4.3 4bbl Vortec, Turbo 350 auto & NV 242 full time t case…
  6. Lou C

    Can’t get on plane

    Ahh good ole WD!
  7. Lou C

    . . . and I Thought Hi-tech Boat Engines Were Bad . . .

    I’ve been thinking of getting a newer Jeep and after looking at many I think…I’ve about had it with EPA, CANBUS, electronic everything, plastic engine parts, etc. My urge seems to be to take a trip OUT WEST…and find a resorted CJ8…..& ride off into the Sunset….with my old tech…,just how I like it….
  8. Lou C

    1987 Bayliner Capri 1950 OMC Cobra bowrider starter bolt broke off.

    What’s strange is that starter has the front brace. So why did the bolt break? Left too loose?
  9. Lou C

    Can’t get on plane

    Do tell Scott!
  10. Lou C

    . . . and I Thought Hi-tech Boat Engines Were Bad . . .

    There are soft codes that don’t set a check engine light but I guess it’s a matter of how the ECM “defines” a “problem”. As for me I’ll take simple DC wiring and a points distributer with a Quadrajet, Edelbrock or Holley. When there’s a problem with one of those you’ll know it lol!
  11. Lou C

    Trailer needs new axle. Need ideas.

    The axles I got from Champion might be priced a bit higher but they are fully welded 1/4” thick steel. When I took off the one I had made in 2004 (3500 lb) to replace with the HD one I had made in 2021 (6000 lb), I sold the old one for almost what I paid for it, because it looked like new! The...
  12. Lou C

    1987 Bayliner Capri 1950 OMC Cobra bowrider starter bolt broke off.

    can't see doing that even with a right angle drill. motor's coming out
  13. Lou C

    Can’t get on plane

    Do check both compression and fuel pressure Contrary to what some say rebuilding a Quadrajet is no harder than any other carb. The accel linkage and choke linkage is a little tricky to get off, that's all. The rest, is easy. Not like on a Holley where the bowl gaskets literally glue themselves...
  14. Lou C

    Can’t get on plane

    OK the problem with Quadrajets it that all the cores are very old now. I was able to get mine working right because it was an original un-modified carb, with all the correct parts and jets as built by GM. So all I had to do, was really and I mean REALLY clean it, especially the idle air tubes...
  15. Lou C

    Towing a Chaparral 23 H2o Sport boat with a 4Runner that has a 5,000 pound tow rating

    I think you'll be over, boats always weigh more than the "dry" weight. My little 20' Four Winns that was supposed to weigh just under 3,000 lbs with a trailer that weighs 850, turned out to weigh 5050 lbs on the trailer. So that boat is around 4200 lbs. I used to tow it with my old '98 Grand...
  16. Lou C

    Mercruiser 5.0L two barrel Carb Leak?

    That’s known as nozzle drip; I think a carb cleaning is needed to clear that up.
  17. Lou C

    Trailer needs new axle. Need ideas.

    Champion Trailers can make a galvanized axle exactly to your specs. They made 2 for me over the years & both fit perfectly. Latest one is a 6,000 capacity drop axle with a lowered center saddle. With 12” brakes & 5 leaf springs this works great on my single axle trailer.
  18. Lou C

    . . . and I Thought Hi-tech Boat Engines Were Bad . . .

    “Why make it simple when it could be complicated?” Seems to be their design philosophy
  19. Lou C

    . . . and I Thought Hi-tech Boat Engines Were Bad . . .

    Bring More Washingtons
  20. Lou C

    . . . and I Thought Hi-tech Boat Engines Were Bad . . .

    That’s what scares me about buying a newer late model vehicle! I have a nice Autel scanner that works well with all our vehicles. Sometimes you get a flurry of spurious error codes from a defective battery, might try disconnecting & recharging the battery & reconnecting
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