If I continue to have issues have heard short life of SEI impellers might be worth swapping impeller for oem merc impeller which will hold up very well
seriously? guy asked if non trailer tires work, i expressed my experience they do in multiple examples where someone uses their head and doesnt go crazy with miles and speed , And everybody’s grandma comes out of the wood work.
When have I done the smartest thing ? I guess I shouldn’t tell you about the blizzaks I had on a 22 ft sailboat trailer … off a car I no longer owned but same rim size …
Yeah makes no sense to me but u have to destroy the rotor to get it off . I changed my cap and rotor last season after six years -there was a little green corrosion on the brass contacts in the cap. what should’ve been a 10 minute job took a half an hour and required chisel …stupid
Just did mine last weekend if you don't have the tool you it will be more of a PITA. Mine is a GEN 2- had a note in manual about putting the tool in the end of the bellow to just slip it over the bellhousing , then reposition the tool deeper in bellows (3rd bellows serration) to pull it up and...
By the same he means are you running the same prop on the new engine vs the old engine?
Have you always been at 6000 ft altitude? Did you rejet the carb for that altitude?
Compression is good place to start, and what do the plugs look like when you pull them
And did you get a marine reman...
That is what I mentioned earlier in the thread. I could not get my original rotor off without destroying it with a chisel... no screws it is put on with Loctite.
Earlier in thread achris mentioned cam is the same since 1968..
Heads changed around 1990 ish if I recall my folks had '91 Sea Ray with a 3.0LX - this had DDIS and 135 hp, base engine in boat was a 115 hp 3.0L (no x..) I thought difference was head that the non LX version used the old 2.5 head...
I bet if who ever did changes before never checked the dipstick and added the published amount. I cant get the last 1/2 qt or so out so basically over filling it. Also seen both 4.5 qt and 5.5 qt listed for a 5.0, probably someone just not paying attention
AD has some good thoughts measure the race with calipers, alternatively if you have access to a machine shop have them measure the housing might clean up easily
