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  1. Lou C

    Checking out a 24' Four Winns with a 5.7 Volvo Penta motor

    If it’s a 2002 it should be an SX drive which was a good unit. If it’s an EFI or throttle body injected engine keep in mind a lot of those parts are NLA, you’re actually better off with a carbed engine for a boat that age. First thing though is to check for rot in the structure! If a wood cored...
  2. Lou C

    Manifold & Risers no longer available

    So more differences than I thought What’s a guy to do? Convert back to a Holley 4bbl?
  3. Lou C

    1st Boat and owner of a boat (let's be clear here🤣)

    Also problems with the tilt n trim system can be isolated to the wiring inside the remote control, these wire can break because they are moving all the time where they come out of the housing and travel up inside the handle.
  4. Lou C

    1st Boat and owner of a boat (let's be clear here🤣)

    Hope this is legible From my 1988 OMC Cobra shop manual
  5. Lou C

    Manifold & Risers no longer available

    Look up the same engine but with a carbureted engine.
  6. Lou C

    Manifold & Risers no longer available

    Is it possible to make up a different bracket for it so you can use the standard elbows for Volvo exhaust?
  7. Lou C

    1993 OMC 5.8 EFI and drive system conversion to Volvo Penta

    doesn't look too high, when you trigger the interrupt switch, does it drop the RPM in neutral to about 450?
  8. Lou C

    1993 OMC 5.8 EFI and drive system conversion to Volvo Penta

    https://www.marineengine.com/parts/omc-parts/omc-boat-parts.php?year=1993&hp=5.8&model=58FAPRJVN&manufacturer=OMC+stern+drive&section=Shift+Bracket I looked up what you have and it is as you described, you have 2 switches with the lever arm on them vs the one with the lever arm and the other...
  9. Lou C

    1989 Formula 26PC Twin Mercruiser 4.3LX, Alpha I, Gen 1 - Water Leak at/in Transom Assy

    I would not try to lift the engines myself, there's a lot that can go wrong with doing that, and the "wrong" can be really bad with 600 lbs starting to move when you don't want it to. Might look at it this way, how long will you keep this boat? If just a few years, try the repair you described...
  10. Lou C

    About to go insane about my 470!!

    Good point, I had to change that on my boat a long time ago.
  11. Lou C

    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Love the Alabama plate on the Chevrolet. Those trucks were everywhere when I was growing up. In our town in suburban Westchester NY, Ford was on one side of the street and Chevrolet was on the other side. My friend's dad was the Ford shop foreman so I got to check out all the cool cars they...
  12. Lou C

    About to go insane about my 470!!

    Could be I'd try to get a Carter marine pump if you can find it.
  13. Lou C

    Manifold & Risers no longer available

    The elbows for the Ford EFI engines are different, probably has to do with the mounting point for some of the EFI hardware, that is not needed on the carbed engines.
  14. Lou C

    1993 OMC 5.8 EFI and drive system conversion to Volvo Penta

    There is a lot of confusion over what OMC did in certain years, and a lot of the documentation is hard to find because they have been out of business for so long. So what I'd do is post up a pic of what you have, I thought they eliminated the overstroke switch on the later models and used an ESA...
  15. Lou C

    1993 OMC 5.8 EFI and drive system conversion to Volvo Penta

    The interrupt switch is normally open and the overstroke switch is normally closed. This is from my OMC shop manual: for the interrupt: After disconnecting the plug for the ESA behind the shift cable bracket. insert the test probes into the male connector plug (blue leads). Ohmmeter should be...
  16. Lou C

    2002 5,7 Mercruiser exhaust manifold keeps cracking - 5 times this summer

    I installed my Barr exhaust some time back they now have 5 seasons in salt water. Will prob replace end of next season which is normal in salt water….no problems fit well and no leaks…
  17. Lou C

    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    I think so, because there is no vacuum against the ball valve with the engine off.
  18. Lou C

    slight gas in oil 2009 yamaha 4 stroke

    You can have either fuel dilution or water dilution of the motor oil, or even both at the same time, to know which you have to do an oil analysis. Fuel dilution is probably more likely to over-rich fuel issues, such as a carbed engine with a sticking float, choke not coming off when it should...
  19. Lou C

    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    The only time the ball valve opens is when suction from the pump, pulls against the spring pressure. When the pump quits pumping the spring is supposed to close the ball valve to shut off the flow of fuel. Your question of what would happen if the fuel line leaked with the engine running vs with...
  20. Lou C

    Very difficult to shift into Neutral

    If you want your adjustments to be accurate: get the flex tool set it where it will run on land put the boat in the water then adjust the mixture and idle speed, because a marine exhaust system has back pressure that is not present while running the boat on land, and my experience suggests that...
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