Storage costs if you have an off season.
About 15 years ago we had a friend who kept his boat (23’) at a really nice local marina. He must have been thinking this is too expensive so he asked my how much I spent to keep the boat on the mooring. I said “do you really want to know?”… he said yes...
Keeping a boat in a marina is the most convenient but probably the most expensive. I would not DYI bottom paint it is a nasty job with hazardous materials. Some require you to use their people for everything driving up the cost. The costs all depend on location; length of boat, length of season...
Agreed. I guess I’m a bit over the top with regular maintenance. Sometimes I felt like I was wasting money taking 6 year old exhaust manifolds to the recycling place. But never had that failure!
Your alternator should put out approx 14.2 volts, so I'd check all the connections first including battery, starter, etc to make sure all are clean and not corroded.
I’ll get you pix but even then you can’t know if those boats, old as they look were repowered like you can with outboards. A common sight here is a 40 year old Whaler with a shiny new Merc/Yam/Zuk/Honda on the transom. Outboards seem to go 15-20 years before corrosion becomes a problem...
If you're in freshwater where are you getting your info about how long raw water cooled engines last in salt?
As far as excessive maintenance/repair in salt water here's what I can tell you that I learned from 3 very good salt water mechanics and my own experience:
With an I/O you have to do...
Are you in salt water or fresh?
Before 4 stroke outboards became popular about 1/2 the boats in local harbors here were raw water cooled I/Os. So just so you understand it’s not just my experience just about all the boaters I know all had them, none were new, most 10-15 years old. As long as...
Ahhh well don’t tell my old 4.3 that. Salt water 20+ years. If you wanna flush it & it won’t run, I might consider how the water flows thru the system normally. Water enters the thermostat housing and then gets sucked into the block by the circulating pump. It passes thru the block, then the...
Well I bought the exact carb that Holley designed for the 4.3 V6 and it was a total waste of money. This carb is unlike other Holley carbs in that it doesn't have a power valve but the main jets were made bigger to compensate...
PS take a pic of the bolt hole for the bolt that's too close to the flywheel, does it look like that area was repaired? Busted off bolt, retapped hole?
We had that issue with an Olds 5.7 many years ago, never had that problem with the boat though, I have changed starters several times and all worked fine with no shim.
I agree the closeness of the bolt to the flywheel does not look right to me. I wonder if it is possible that the area was...
I have found the Holley carb I tried on my engine far more prone to rich running than the Quadrajet that came on my engine, I tried a brand new 4160 on mine and had no end of rich running troubles, gave the Quadrajet a good cleaning and rebuild and it's been fine.
yep was able to see that, might work if the jaws aren't too sharp, don't want to cut hose by mistake!
here's what you should use instead.
https://www.amazon.com/SEACHOICE-45411-Emergency-Wood-Plugs/dp/B005NI2WSW
I bet you can source locally in Sweden
That’s normal; that’s why there is a bracket to hold it more or less still. I’d do this, get some large wood plugs from a marine store, when you disconnect the long hose that goes from the transom mount to the impeller housing hold it up in the bilge & plug it. That hose is below the static...
Agreed If you have the patience to pull off all the OMC stuff & sell it off & then pick up a Merc B-3 package or Volvo SX-DP package OK but paying $2500 for a hull that could also need rot repair? No way.
make sure you use the correct length bolts, a lot of these aftermarket starters use slightly different size housings and if the bolts bottom out in the block, the starter will twist under torque and break the bolts, putting you in a world of hurt!
This is an ARCO PMGR starter that I replaced...
