I hear ya. I know it can be fixed, but at what price. I’m in minnesota so I’m sure shipping alone would be $300 plus machine work and sleeves if needed. Now I’m well over $1,000 in just the block. I’m already upside down on this damn project. I’m almost ready just to sell it.
Well there’s some pretty good scratches in #5. I know I need the pistons first before it can be bored. My thinking was if I order the rebuild kit and it needs more then .040 now I have to return the kit. I’d buy a used block but I can’t find anything decent for $600 plus shipping. I don’t want...
Anyone know of a piston available for a 1995 Mercury 2.5L 150 XRI serial OG25xxxx looking for a .060 over piston. Actually 6 but I’m having a hard time finding a .060 size.
So the optimax will not fit?
They smoked the impeller, had someone replace it but they didn’t replace the impeller housing. Engine was ran hot, took out the oil pump drive gear.
So I bought a boat with a bad 1995ish Merc 2.5L 150 XRI. All holes need to be bored so I might as well look for a block. What years/models block will interchange with mine?
Hey all, Need a favor here. I'm rebuilding a neighbor kids power head he was passed down from his late Father. Looking for some torque specs. 1997 Evinrude 25 HP twin cyl 2-stroke. I know i can buy the manual but i'm doing the labor for him at no charge. I spent 3 hours looking for the correct...
We installed a Edlebrock carb and the motor ran great. All of the sudden, it developed a wide open bog. If i let off the throttle it comes back to good power. Leaning towards a bad Holley fuel pressure regulator. No matter how i adjust the screw on the regulator i can't get above 4lbs or fp on...
Helping a new neighbor with his boat. 1999 Bayliner 17ft. The tach is stuck at 800 rpm's. and the volt gauge dont work either. I was only able to test the gauges with the key on, but he said the tach dont work. The boat also has a bog from holeshot going to wideopen. But thats another issue i...
2001 Crestliner 16.5 Angler with a 2001 Johnson 40hp. The steering wheel is no longer centered. The boat runs straight, but the steering wheel is just not centered. How do you center the wheel? I have done this on the rack and pinion, but this is a different cable steering system then the...
1989 Alpha 1. I just finished installing new bellows. They looked good, but i put them on anyways being i had to order them.
Every time i remove the outdrive, the large O-ring between the outdrive and the inner housing is bad. Whats the correct way to install this large O-ring? The last one i...
Trying to set the ignition timing after an intake replacement. It's a 89 mercruiser 5.0LX. The amplifier box is the v8-22s which says to set the timing at 30 degrees BTDC. The timing pointer only reads from 8 degrees BTDC to 8 degrees ATDC. How do i properly set the timing? This has the...
I'm installing an Edelbrock 1409 carb and a 2104 Intake on my 1989 305 mercruiser. Rather then mess with rebending the steel fuel line and buying adapters, can i use a small part of rubber fuel line? The old Q-jet had the fuel inlet in the front of the carb and the Edelbrock has the fuel inlet...
Just replaced the outdrive gearset on a 89 Bayliner with the Alpha 1 outdrive. On the 1st trip out, the gasket started leaking. Noticed it was spit out around the drive. Maybe i overtorgued it? Whats the torque specs on the outdrive 6 nuts and the lower unit nuts as well? Take a look at the...
Noticed a slight fuel odor when the boat was beached last time i was out. Luckily we were beached close enough to the landing to walk the boat back and load it up. Thats not very fun to do in 30MPH winds BTW. Poked around and found that fuel will leak out of the sending unit gasket when the boat...
