Hello,
I’m having an issue with my 1988 mercruiser 5.7 260hp thunderbolt IV ign system dieseling while turning the motor off. Usually there’s a sputter or 2 before it finally dies. I read one of the potential causes could be timing. So out on the water today I attempted to adjust timing. While...
Currently I'm running a Solas Rubex 4 Blade Aluminum 14.25" dia. X 19" pitch. My WOT is 4150 as per the gauge, and GPS speed is 49mph. The boat is a 1988 Chaparral 2100sx with a mercruiser 5.7, I believe the boats weight is around 2800lbs from what I saw in a brochure I found online. The motors...
..well, on another thread I have I asked about an oil seal on the vertical drive shaft. This lead to me pulling the outdrive and replacing the gimbal bearing and u-joints. So far things weren't going that great...they just got worse.
Gimbal bearing came out easy, tried the 3"pvc trick, which...
Hello,
I've spent the better part of 2 days searching for more information regarding the oil seals on my alpha one outdrive. It all started as I was replacing my impeller part of my pre-season maintenance. I pulled the lower half off, and looking up into the opening where the vertical...
hey all,
took the boat out for the first time this passed Sunday and 30 minutes in my boat just stalled and would not start back up. I was towed back to the marina, took my boat home, put it on muffs a few hours later and it couldn't have started any easier. the lake I was at is unusually...