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  1. kd4pbs

    2003 Four Winns Vista 268 No power to accessories, cabin accessories, etc. Gauges have power and engine.

    I don’t know… I guess as long as that knucklehead worked at the plant in Michigan. Glad yours was caught early!
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    You’re welcome -all the people who subsidize your installation but don’t benefit from it.
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    5.0 GXi-F Injector Plugs on Wring Injector

    After building this '03 Gi, I can't see how this could be miswired. The harness pretty much allows for only one way to be connected.
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    2003 Four Winns Vista 268 No power to accessories, cabin accessories, etc. Gauges have power and engine.

    Sounds to me that when you switched your charger breaker on (not off as you wrote) then everything went out? That's rather odd. I think on my 2001 Vista 268 the charger AC input was fed from the same breaker as the refrigerator, which was also an AC/DC auto-switching model. As you wrote, all...
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    Scupper below water line?¿

    Yes - like a girlfriend I once had for way too long... way too heavy in the stern and smells of dead fish.
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    Dielectric grease--everywhere?

    It is like Frank’s red hot sauce. I use that s**t on everything. Big green tube of 3M dielectric grease one of our tower crewmen gave me 15 years ago and it is barely half gone.
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    MPI Starting

    My Volvo Penta 5.7 MPI also (MEFI 4?) requires some throttle when starting otherwise it’s sputters and dies when first starting cold. Warm starts give no problems at all. I think I figured out if I leave the key on for a little bit, it gives the IAC stepper motor time to move from the hot...
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    yamaha 3.0 l4 blew head gasket help!

    If you just can’t find anything, paper, gaskets are easy to make.
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    1987 Merc 180 (“470” 3.7 litre) won’t idle

    The only way to know that it is flooding is to physically look down in the carb's throat when it messes up. Tell us what you see when it does this. As a fellow Merc 3.7 owner, my sympathies go out to you.
  10. kd4pbs

    If you're wondering if your anti siphon valve is stuck, or clogged, here's a test....

    Sounds like the rats were busy on this one. And they were nice enough to leave you with their turds from the year prior when they charged that much to do a simple winterization.
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    Does my GL-5 75W90 need to be official?

    Never have been a fan of Amsoil anything after a friend put Amsoil gear lube in the rear end of a truck I sold him and it puked a pinion bearing after a few hundred miles. I used Mobil 1 in it for it's whole life up to that point (180K miles). I did find the old post I remembered reading a...
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    How would a compromised bellows sink the boat?

    That explains that... the VPs don't have any kind of vent hole or such. I guess perhaps this is the reason I never thought about it on any of the Mercs I was this deep into. I guess this is a score in favor of the VP in the VP vs. Mercruiser argument. I guess the OMC Cobra/King Cobra is...
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    yamaha 3.0 l4 blew head gasket help!

    Sorry - I was reading that on a little screen without my reading spectacles and thought you were referring to the engine circulating pump. If the age of the impeller is unknown, replacement is wise. As far as the thermostat goes, search for these: Mercruiser 59078 Mercruiser 18-3650 Mercruiser...
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    salt water in single cylinder

    If you go with a bulk rebuilder, search deep for reviews. None of these places will create bad reviews, but they are notorious for inflating their own ability with fake positive reviews. If you read a bad review, you can trust it. Outside of a crate engine from GM, find a local shop who...
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    I should add a 2nd battery...

    The best solution would be to use a battery isolator for the charge circuitry. No moving parts, no relays, no voltage sensing circuitry which might not actually switch in case of a heavy load. Can be used for any number of batteries.
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    Does my GL-5 75W90 need to be official?

    Well, not necessarily "official" since I have no idea what "unofficial" gear lube would be, but now that it has been run in the water, I discovered I need to replace the prop seals on this summer project. I'd really like to refrain from paying the exorbitant price VP asks for their oil, so I am...
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    yamaha 3.0 l4 blew head gasket help!

    Glad to read it's on the road to recovery. I wouldn't replace the circulating pump unless I had cause to suspect it was leaking or the impeller had eroded from running in salt water for decades.
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    If you're wondering if your anti siphon valve is stuck, or clogged, here's a test....

    And sometimes, you just gotta go with your gut. Had a Chap Signature that unfortunately had a Yamaha I/O. Not that this is related to this particular issue, but I thought I'd mention that to possibly garner some sympathy.... I could cruise along just fine for several minutes, then it would bog...
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    Mercruiser 3.0 won't "lock in"

    I see them on eBay and Amazon. I imagine every marine supplier worth their weight sells them. Call a supplier with your engine info and they'll sell you the exact one you need if you can't find a part number on the old one or don't trust parts lists. You'll need to remove the drive, then the...
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    Caffeine good for sleepy old guy ?

    Yep. I drink a cups of coffee every morning. Black. I like it to taste like coffee.
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