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  1. Lou C

    Ram down....uggh

    I still think if you’d consider used it’s hard to go wrong with the last few years of a Toyota Tundra 5.7. Right now I’m debating getting a used 4Runner vs a Grand Cherokee or Wrangler…. Or, find the last of the Ram 1500s with the Hemi but no Etorque.
  2. Lou C

    setting the timing on 1989 4.3 OMC

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  3. Lou C

    Water Intrusion Puzzle

    The manifolds & elbows can be new but the manifold to elbow gasket can still leak water. I’m not sure why yours hold air pressure but may be leaking water. Did you check for flatness with a mechanics straight edge & feeler gauges before installing? Some need to be dressed with a mill bastard...
  4. Lou C

    Water Intrusion Puzzle

    You need to get to the bottom of this right away, you aren't getting water from the intake, you're getting water in the oil even if its not showing on the dipstick yet, that's what the mayo like coating is under your valve covers and that's what's showing up in the breather hoses. Pull the...
  5. Lou C

    VP 4.3 GL-B - Spark issue

    Another thing you need to look at if it was used in the ocean are the condition of the exhaust system & intake manifold. Boats such as these used in ocean salt water need to have the exhaust system inspected at regular intervals (usually being replaced @ 6-8 years) and the intake can rot out...
  6. Lou C

    Ram down....uggh

    True the AFM damn near ruined the GM V8 we all knew and loved, and the VVT on the Hemi seemed to cause plenty of problems itself, prior to the introduction of VVT the Hemis didn't really have lifter/cam problems. In fact that's one reason why I kept my old Pre-Eagle 2007 Jeep Hemi, no VVT, no...
  7. Lou C

    Ram down....uggh

    Stellantis really put off their traditional customers who want Hemis in Rams and Chargers/Challengers I predict a big drop in sales, for the traditional motor head customers If I were buying now I'd look at Ford for a pickup or muscle car, at least you can still get a V8. I am not convinced that...
  8. Lou C

    Electric boat maker shutters plant in WV

    With a stroke of the pen the inboard & I/o market was just about killed because certain regulators demanded over priced heat generators in your engine compartment that cost $5,000–$7,000 to replace so no one buys gas inboards or I/os here any more. I was at a Chapparal dealer on the south shore...
  9. Lou C

    Electric boat maker shutters plant in WV

    Yes That’s in anticipation of ever more strict regs. Don’t think they aren’t coming So in the EU for decades they have had diesel sterndrive both Merc & Volvo Given current tech it makes sense if you want some kind of decent range… Mid sized boats
  10. Lou C

    Electric boat maker shutters plant in WV

    That’s a damn sight better than what the greens will let you have in a few years. Ever wonder why so many people put up with sterndrives in the Med Sea salt water? They are all diesels! Because their fuel is so highly taxed!
  11. Lou C

    Electric boat maker shutters plant in WV

    Diesel wouldn't have to run continuously, think of how regular gas/electric hybrids work. Diesel is more efficient in terms of fuel use than gas engines by a lot.
  12. Lou C

    Electric boat maker shutters plant in WV

    The most sensible but not cheapest “green” marine propulsion would be diesel electric which is well proven but too expensive for mass market pleasure boats
  13. Lou C

    2004 3.0 Exhaust flapper question

    Yep that high idle is not good for a dog shift outdrive; I set my Cobra at 600 rpm in gear in the water & it goes in, and out of gear with 2 fingers
  14. Lou C

    VP 4.3 GL-B - Spark issue

    If you’re losing power in the I terminal of the switch the gauges should not be working because they are powered off of that terminal
  15. Lou C

    VP 4.3 GL-B - Spark issue

    I’d check the ignition switch positions to see if you are losing voltage…. B terminal, red wire, gets batt volts when batt switch is on I terminal, purple wire, gets batt voltage when you turn the ignition to on S terminal, yellow/red wire, gets battery voltage when you turn to start Sounds...
  16. Lou C

    Loud tapping noise when accelarating under load 3k rpm

    Time to pull the outdrive for a driveline inspection; actually in the vid I don’t think the drive is trimmed up high enough to make the ujoints noisy.
  17. Lou C

    Volvo Penta Cobra Gasket

    BTW Coat the mating surfaces between the drive and the pivot housing with marine grease like triple guard grease. It will keep the drive from corroding onto the pivot housing. This sometimes happens on these 94 & up units. I would also coat the inner & outer lip of the bellows & the bearing...
  18. Lou C

    Volvo Penta Cobra Gasket

    Normal. The OMC Cobra drives from 86-93 use that gasket, the Volvo design ones from 1994 & up do not, only that irregular shaped oring for the water passage.
  19. Lou C

    setting the timing on 1989 4.3 OMC

    I’d also check the propeller for damage & prop shaft for run out. That early 4.3 has an even fire crankshaft but that didn’t totally eliminate the vibs inherent in a 90* V6; these will have a vib you can feel at about 1500-1700 rpm that you can feel even in neutral. However this also depends on...
  20. Lou C

    Merc 260 fit in Winns 190 Horizon bay?

    Basically from what I can see with the marine units they have a gasket under the distributor cap & a steel screen in the vent on the bottom of the distributor body.
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