looking into a ''ready to run'' distributor set up. no reason in particular and reason doesnt matter really lol but i have the thunderbolt IV on my 1987 mercruiser 260. the ignition module is the 24S i guess meaning it has a 24 degree timing advance on top of the base timing of 8 degrees giving...
this is my worklog for my 1987 Four Winns Sundowner 225 cuddy cabin powered by a mercruiser 260 V8 and an alpha 1 gen 1 drive.
purchased september of 2015 from someone who maintained it very very well, stored indoors. had gotten a marine survey so i felt comfortable getting a good boat.
no...
curious to know how long head gaskets on a mercruiser 260 open cooling can/should last? i am not experiencing any problems but unlike in a car where coolant has anti corrosion/rust inhibitors, FRESH lake water does not... does lake water (freshwater) tend to rust the head and deck surface over...
so a growling noise has started happening halfway through a boat trip. i get a growling rotational related noise during a hard turn left and right and when i am trimmed down all the way or up too high. if i have it trimmed just perfectly when the driveline is straight the noise is gone. gets...
Replacing shift cable on my alpha 1 gen 1 outdrive. SEI cable kit same kit i used last year and had no issues and replacing again this year as i just rebuikt the entire gimbal. I got the cable tube in and threaded into the bellhousing and tried inserting the core into it but the core gets stuck...
not really a restoration as you can see even for a 30 year old boat it is in mint shape. the previous owner took extremely good care of it!! i am in the middle of ripping the carpeting out of it and am going to have the inside of the boat bedlined by a shop here locally. the engine is out due to...
so..... my engine is a 1987 mercruiser 260hp 350CID, i have my manifolds and riser elbows off, and i noticed that the elbow gaskets have the 2 larger holes and 2 small holes in them. i ordered by mistake this past winter the gaskets with the 4 larger holes, without the 2 small holes..... do i...
im having a hard time finding floor vinyl that is wider than 6 feet... a place an hour from me sells nautolex for a very very good price but only has 6 foot wide rolls. my boats floor is probably about 7 feet wide. is there a way to seam the floor vinyl together and have it waterproof at the...
the other year i had gotten one of those ebay special u-joint spanner wrench tools for my alpha gen 1 outdrive. since it is a shorter version than the OEM mercruiser tool it had come with a new torque value table, that has since been lost long ago lol. does anyone have that torque table they can...
does someone know of any good way of cleaning the trim rams and plates on my boat? i have dipped my prop in a solution of vinegar and water (i hope i didnt damage the rubber hub)... the vinegar worked GREAT made the prop look like brand new, but i do not want to just dip my rams in vinegar as i...
i am not sure if this is the right section to post this in.
anyway i have bennett trim tabs that came with the purchase of my boat bennett V351.
it is leaking fluid at the little compression fitting nuts (nut/ferrule) my boat is at the marina all shrinkwrapped and stored so i cannot size the...
i have been searching and trying to find the answer. can one convert from a splined steering pin to a square steering pin/lever? what all is needed?? hopefully just the upper bushing, pin and lever at the minimum. do i need the whole gimbal housing?? i have an alpha 1 gen 1, boat is an 87' and...
are there MSD wires that work with the merc 260? thunderbolt ignition. they make wires for the 350cid car engine but those go over the manifolds while marine application go under so im not sure if the length difference will matter. anyone have problems running a low resistance wire? i realize...
does anyone know what the compression is supposed to be for a mercruiser 260hp 350 chevy engine??? boat year is 1987.
what is the minimum allowable and the 'new' condition compression set out by mercruiser??
i am in the mids of doing work on my boat, the stringers are solid and good and like most boats the fiberglass from factory only stems 2/3 of the way up the stringers. well the fiberglass has delaminated from the fiberglass and want to fix it. i just want to know what the best glue is to re bond...
