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  1. nola mike

    In dash GPS speedo?

    Edit misunderstood
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    ‘83 Glastron Sx-190 looking for other owners

    Looks a lot like mine, except the nicer version. That thing must fly with a 5.7. jealous!
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    In dash GPS speedo?

    My pitot speedo was accurate to within 1-2 mph @ upper 40's. Replaced with a GPS unit to eliminate potential water entry points in the transom. Biggest issue is that it takes a while to get a fix ... But it's super cheap, so...
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    2004 4.3L Merc Alpha Starts But Stalls Out

    All the water will be at the bottom. Just keep taking samples from the bottom until you're only getting gas
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    Knock Sensor Faulty?

    Especially from an over exuberant knock sensor
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    4.3 motor swap with truck engine

    No, just the heads. They're about $50 for a pair at my local yards
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    4.3 motor swap with truck engine

    Unless you go with vortec heads As Scott said, the newer blocks use an unholy combination of metric and imperial fasteners. Your starter won't swap over because of this either. You need to decide if you were going to use vortec heads and a four barrel carb or not. The swap will be a good bit...
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    4.3 motor swap with truck engine

    This confused TF out of me when I started stripping out the holes using nearly identical to M10 ⅜ bolts. Ridiculous.
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    1987 4.3l 205 high oil pressure

    The relief valve should limit that though
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    1987 4.3l 205 high oil pressure

    The pressure wouldn't be higher though, right?
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    Stalls on acceleration under load

    It's glued on. Either smoosh it with some pliers or someone on here recently cut it off with a solder gun or something which seemed like a good idea.
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    starter

    Have you pulled the plugs and tried?
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    slipping coupler?

    As far as changing the coupler, it requires an engine pull. Other causes are internal to the drive--sheared driveshaft, grenaded gears. If it's a drive issue, the input shaft will spin, but the prop won't in gear. If it's the coupler, nothing will turn when you bump the engine. The fact that it...
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    Boat only idles after running fine for 20 minutes

    First try unscrewing your gas cap when it happens. If you hear a hiss then your vent is plugged. Next start chasing fuel problems. Check/replace your fuel filters. Then check fuel pressure, rebuild the carb...
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    Taking boat into salt / brackish water

    Did it come with the new boat?
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    Trying to decide between 3 older boats!

    Looks like a picture of bigfoot
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    A1G2 decisions. Rebuild or replace?

    That's the conclusion I reached on mine. Could never get the alignment quite right, and the issue persisted on the new engine. Presumably it's been like that for 36 years, and at least 13.
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    Slave solenoid

    The slave also supplies a full 12v to the coil while starting. Not as big a deal if you have an electronic ignition conversion but probably makes a difference with points.
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    Trying to decide between 3 older boats!

    No one's gonna believe this without pics
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    Boat swamped, let's see if we can get it running...

    Oh wow, that never crossed my mind. I think I have a couple of those kicking around. Bulbs and kids both.
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