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  1. Scott06

    Mercruiser 5.0 Oil Pan Replacement Tips

    yes
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    Bowriders that handle waves well?

    Agreed- by buddy has a early 2000's Glastron 185 or 195/4.3L - has very little deadrise and hence small wake for when we are skiing. When the lake is choppy we take out our 21 ft Searay throws a bigger wake due to deadrise and hull weight but has a much better ride, just sucks to ski behind...
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    Mercruiser 5.0 Oil Pan Replacement Tips

    Common problem with salt boats is corroding pan. Can paint it with Rustoleum or some folks use bedl iner material over a good primer. These are who I get most of my stuff from will have gaskets too. https://www.michiganmotorz.com/5-0l-5-7l-6-2l-oil-pan recommend fel pro gaskets. Yes lift the...
  4. Scott06

    2.3 timing belt

    You may have better luck asking the mods to move this to the OMC forum. I don't believe the 2.3 Ford is an interference engine so no damage would result if it breaks unless it can suck water up the exhaust if the belt breaks.. Given the unknown age of it I would go ahead and replace the...
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    Engine swap, OMC to mercruiser

    Unless you swap the entire drive, transom housing etc with the engine you will have to do some mix and match of parts. If your existing OMC is a cobra the keyhole in the transom is the same size as merc and volvo sx. Best bet is get pulleys to prop engine, transom housing, drive tear out I...
  6. Scott06

    Water Pump rebuild kit

    merc has redesigned the gaskets a couple times it will work for a gen two kit . There should be instructions with the kit to show the gasket orientation.
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    Pressure test 1990 Alph1 Gen1

    Spray soapy water or gas leak detector (from hardware store) on the seal areas including shifter etc Was it leaking oil out the input shaft before the work? Might double check the quad ring between the two halves and the fill and drain plugs are holding
  8. Scott06

    New Engine Replacement - Engine Died and Hydro locked after 5 hrs!?

    The one I forgot to include the link to
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    New Engine Replacement - Engine Died and Hydro locked after 5 hrs!?

    Not the best video but might help, bascially you have to block the water inlet and outlet hoses with pipe plugs/fittings and rig up a way to supply compressed air, see if it holds 15 psi. You have to either remove the elbows of the exhaust manifolds and block off the manifold opening with a...
  10. Scott06

    Raw water flow

    I think that was a casing drain used on some MC-1's but not sure @Bondo may know
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    2002 volvo penta 5.7 Liter idles but stalls when throttling up

    Run it on a separate tank with new gas , but if he half azzed the rebuild then nothing was accomplished rebuilding it. Does he know how to rebuild a carb properly set float and needle and seat? If no gas is getting into bowl due to float needle seat issues then it would die.. especially if you...
  12. Scott06

    Raw water flow

    About this much this is an MC1, this guy has a lot of water pressure to the muffs so if you are on a well may be a bit less
  13. Scott06

    5.7 LX starter

    Sorry misread your post … as Chris said get starter checked out
  14. Scott06

    5.7 LX starter

    If you have a newer permanant magnet starter and didn’t use the correct bolts for starter it may not be tight, old bolts will bottom out but starter wont be tight. Hopefully new bolts came with starter ?
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    Help with vibration from 1400-3500 RPM

    You have no points , but cap and rotor if not changed may have corrosion. I would do a cylinder drop test, pull plug wires off one at a time and see if idle quality changes. verify timing. Would suspect ignition item got corroded over winter maybe a plugwire is dis connected also being a 95 may...
  16. Scott06

    How to drain tilt-trim system

    You can take it apart to flush, another option is to suck the oil out of reservoir with Turkey baster, refill with fresh fluid. Work drive in and out 5-6 times. Suck reservoir dry again and refill, repeat until it is clean. I did this 3 times and oil was completely flushed out without opening...
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    Help with vibration from 1400-3500 RPM

    First thought pul drive recheck ujoints and gimbal bearing. run it with drive off and see if vibration is still there , jam a house in bellousing water passage to supply cooling water
  18. Scott06

    Bell Housing - Merc 250 vs 292

    part number one https://www.marineengine.com/parts/mercruiser-sterndrive-parts/165-gm-250-il6-19701978/2770032-thru-5178958/flywheel-housing-and-engine-support
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    Bell Housing - Merc 250 vs 292

    Not 100% sure on this but I think you need a 153 tooth 12.75" Diameter flywheel like this https://www.summitracing.com/parts/MCL-450300 in that listing gives stock GM part number it replaces. I assume the 252 flywheel was smaller as I thought GM didn't use bigger wheels until later? Somewhere...
  20. Scott06

    Mercruiser 4.3…Milky oil coming from timing cover.

    Block off the water inlet hose from the drive (pipe fittings with an compressed air connection) and water dump into exhaust manifolds/elbows. Pressurize with 15 psi should hold air indefinitely. Do this before you start tearing into it. Depending on exactly what serial number and cooling...
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