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  1. Lou C

    New Boat Purchase - Stuck Manifold drain plug

    What you can do with replacing the manifold is this: When you get the new manifold it should come with new bolts. Take one of them to the hardware store and buy 2 longer bolts of the same thread/pitch. Then cut the heads off and cut a slot in the stub for a screwdriver. Clean out the threads in...
  2. Lou C

    Riser Extension Blocks - Full Closed Cooling ???

    Parts look very good Ted! Looking forward to spring, getting my mooring soon and getting a few jobs done before launch.
  3. Lou C

    Riser Extension Blocks - Full Closed Cooling ???

    Boat parts and the ubiquitous mask!
  4. Lou C

    Stripped bikini fitting screws in windshield frame

    As noted above be careful putting in bigger screws if the hole is next to a glass channel, if the screw hits the glass even just the edge of it that piece tempered glass will pop like someone hit it with a BB gun! now a stripped bikini mount, to me sounds like a wardrobe malfunction ;) I...
  5. Lou C

    Bellows sealant, DPS-A?

    OMC/Evinrude gasket sealer or Merc Perfect Seal or Permatex Aviation is what I'd use. Make sure there is no corrosion on the gimble housing flange.
  6. Lou C

    5.7 Riser - Clean and reuse or replace?

    Another good test after cleaning the old gasket material off is to lay a straight edge across it and try to slide feeler gauges under the straight edge. If a .001” won’t fit that’s really good. I tried this on a new set of Barr exhaust I installed 3 years ago and that’s what I found, less than...
  7. Lou C

    2007 Baja Islander 202

    Those core plugs rarely fail unless either the engine froze or, someone replaced the block and used automotive core plugs which will rot out in a marine application.
  8. Lou C

    5.7 Riser - Clean and reuse or replace?

    From what I can see in the pix they look good, but after you clean off all the old gasket material you want to see nice non-pitted cast iron on the gasket sealing surfaces so that the gasket will seal well against both the manifold and elbow (what you are calling a riser is actually an elbow)...
  9. Lou C

    5.0l mercruiser 2003 670 hrs puffer

    Look up Nicks Garage (Indy Auto) in Laval QC if he can’t do it I’m sure he can refer you to someone who can.
  10. Lou C

    5.0l mercruiser 2003 670 hrs puffer

    If it does not smoke enough to foul spark plugs then you can use it that way but it is possible to replace the valve seals on a Chevrolet small block without removing the cyl heads, there are a few different ways to do that, if you search on you tube you will see. I put a pair of reman cyl...
  11. Lou C

    Cone clutch??

    TRANSOM MOUNT - 1988 OMC Stern Drive 5 504APRGDP | Crowley Marine this is the OE part list and part #. With these the folds are asymmetric the side with more folds goes down, to flex more when the drive is tilted. Also the side that goes on the gimble housing flange has a rib that fits in a...
  12. Lou C

    Cone clutch??

    There were 2 different cone clutch drives branded OMC but a 1988 will be the standard Cobra dog clutch. If you have it use your model number to order parts. cone clutch drives: All OMC Cone Clutch (Daddy King) has impeller in upper gear housing like standard Cobra, used with big block engines...
  13. Lou C

    What are the essential tools to keep on board?

    If you have a Volvo DP you need a special wrench to change those props, but if you have the standard single prop you can swap a prop on the water if the design of the boat allows it. I have been able to do it on my F/W with the OMC Cobra. If I tilt it all the way up and tie the prop wrench onto...
  14. Lou C

    Overhauling my 1988 MerCruiser 4.3 ltr. engine

    Wow that looks great!
  15. Lou C

    Converting 5.0 mpi to closed cooling

    Its things like this that make me keep the old one! Set of points & condenser and a Quadrajet rebuild kit (less than $100 parts) and there you go. The "benefits" of technology are greatly over-rated.
  16. Lou C

    What are the essential tools to keep on board?

    3 bolts and the plastic cover over the impeller comes off, 3 more bolts and the whole thing comes off of the upper gear housing. I have one all ready to install if needed.
  17. Lou C

    What are the essential tools to keep on board?

    The boat sits on a salt water mooring. If you suck up a lot of sand because you went into the shallows (only happened to me once) that can grind up an impeller. The ace in the hole is the OMC Cobra impeller design. If you tilt the drive all the way up & you’re careful you can change it with the...
  18. Lou C

    What are the essential tools to keep on board?

    Tow insurance membership. Only used it once in 20 years. Portable VHF radio to supplement the dash mount.
  19. Lou C

    What are the essential tools to keep on board?

    I have motor oil, P/S fluid (really Dexron auto trans fluid) a spare impeller kit, drive belts, set of spark plugs, spare set of plug wires, distributor cap/rotor, spare fuel filter, full tool kit, wire stripper/crimper, spare wire, spare Ancor crimp on terminals, fuses, a compact digital VOM...
  20. Lou C

    Converting 5.0 mpi to closed cooling

    At least here in Long Island (definitely salt water maybe not as salty as Fla) your block and heads will not rust through in only 10 years, when I had my engine apart in 2017 it had been used in salt more than 15 years (15 just by me, not sure about previous owners but I bought it here so it...
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