Hello everyone,
What i'm looking for is a service manual for my boat (engine) and if possible the owners manual. I have a 19 ft larson with a mercrusier inboard. I believe my boat is an All-American 5500, but i'm not positive. (when i bought it from a private party he wasn't sure and the paperwork he had didn't state.)
The transom plate reads LARC 40491178-IX. The engine has a plate on the right valve cover that reads Mercruiser 898, Model # MCM898, 305 CID, HP 198 and various other info (WOT, Timing, plug type, rotation, firing order.)
On the left side is a plate that has the Stern Drive serial # 5243298. I believe the stern drive is a Pre-Alpha or "R" drive. So what I'm looking for is some direction in locating a service manual and owners manual.
Second question: Eventually I want to look at replacing the points and condensor with a electronic ignition. So i am also wondering, why you can't replace the ignition with a HEI system out of an auto, with the same size engine. I've been told you can't, but never recieve a reason. Just wondering, as I plan on buying a marine conversion for my ignition.
Thank you in advance and sorry if I'm beating a horse that has been rode many times before.
Matt
What i'm looking for is a service manual for my boat (engine) and if possible the owners manual. I have a 19 ft larson with a mercrusier inboard. I believe my boat is an All-American 5500, but i'm not positive. (when i bought it from a private party he wasn't sure and the paperwork he had didn't state.)
The transom plate reads LARC 40491178-IX. The engine has a plate on the right valve cover that reads Mercruiser 898, Model # MCM898, 305 CID, HP 198 and various other info (WOT, Timing, plug type, rotation, firing order.)
On the left side is a plate that has the Stern Drive serial # 5243298. I believe the stern drive is a Pre-Alpha or "R" drive. So what I'm looking for is some direction in locating a service manual and owners manual.
Second question: Eventually I want to look at replacing the points and condensor with a electronic ignition. So i am also wondering, why you can't replace the ignition with a HEI system out of an auto, with the same size engine. I've been told you can't, but never recieve a reason. Just wondering, as I plan on buying a marine conversion for my ignition.
Thank you in advance and sorry if I'm beating a horse that has been rode many times before.
Matt
I have kind of the same question as larson79, was wondering where to get a service manual for a boat I just bought. It is an '87 ski centurion and I can't find a service manual for it anywhere. Even the local dealer said they don't sell one for that boat, they suggested just getting some kind of generic boat manual. But from the sounds of it, I may need to buy a one for the engine, trans. Not one for the boat itself.