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I am trying to drain the water out of my Volvo Penta GL 4.3L V6 intake manifold. It has a square pipe plug and I can't find any thing to fit it in my socket set. I can't get a cresent wrench in there. Please see the illustration photo to see what plug I am talking about. Thanks
So I been winterizing 3.0L 4cylinder merc boats for the last 6 years with no problems. This year I got myself into a 1998 Volvo Penta 4.3L GL V6 with power steering. Since I am new to 4.3L block I figure I should shut the season down early and get a head start. I been watching YouTube and...
Hey guys, Just wondering what you guys thought about a 1999 Four Winns Horizon Boat as listed in the link below. I had a look at it while its sitting at the boat shop to get winterized. The bottom looked in excellent shape and also has a Keel guard going all the way to the bottom of the boat. I...
Hey Folks I currently have a 1993 Maxuum 1700SR boat with a 3.0L Mercruiser/Alpha one leg. Havent had any issues with it and I am really happy with it. I am looking into getting a bigger boat. I seen this 1996 Four Winns boat with a Volvo 4.3L engine in it. What are your thoughts about Volvo...
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Was boating out yesterday and got into some shallow water. I felt the boat hit the bottom but seemed like a minor scrap type of hit and didnt seemed that bad. Took the boat out of water and found that I caused more damage then expected. I posted some pics for you guys to see. I hope...
I have a 1993 Maxum 1700Sr with a quick silver shifter. Inboard 3.0L mercruiser with alpha one leg. Had it for two years and havent had any issues. Took it out yesterday for the first time this year. We were tubing for a couple hours and then i put the boat in neutral then I noticed the engine...
So this is my first full year having a 1993 Maxum 1700SR boat with a 3.0L mercruiser Alpha one leg. Bought it in Oct last year, took it for one run and winterized it. Took it out this year and got about 8 runs on it and now getting ready to winterize it again :( What I didnt noticed last year...
Its that time again, getting ready to winterize the boat again :( From what I have been reading online, people are saying to change the engine oil and leg oil once a year during winterization. I live in Canada and our Boating season is short (3 months). Ofcourse the weather is always perfect...
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Its a long weekend here in Canada and all the marine shops are closed. I took the boat out yesterday and noticed today that the end cap & E clip on the trim cyclinder is missing. Just the washer hanging loose which I am suprised it never fell off on the way home hitting highway...
Need some advice/tips on getting a new prop for my boat. I got a 1993 Maxum (1700SR) 17 foot boat with a 3.0L Mercruiser. Just bought the boat in the October and had a couple runs. It currently has a Quicksilver Power 2 SS Varible pitch prop (like having a two speed transmission, pics below)...
It was freezing a few nights before. I had drain all the water out of the exhaust manifold and the block a month ago. The weather got really nice out so I decided to winterize my boat. She started right up. I had the muffs on it. Ran solid with no issues for the first ten minutes and temperature...
Ok so took my boat out 3 weeks ago for the last cruise for the season. Loaded the boat back onto the trailer. Since I knew it was the last run of the season I removed the brass drain plug on the block and the exhaust manifold. (The water still hot/warm from the engine) Towed it home and had it...
I know its not recomended to run a 3.0L mercruser engine at 5000Rpm but I just recently purchased this boat and its equiped with a quick silver Power 2 varible pitch prop. The pitch wont shift until I rev till at least 5000 rpm for about 5 seconds.
Looking to get more info about a 1993 Searay 170. I tried searching online and couldnt find to much info, review & Specs. The link below is the one I was thinking of purchasing. Owner says that he does all the work himself but this summer he had to take it in to get the motor aligned and replace...
