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  1. moparron

    Stupid alignment question.....

    Putting new motor in the boat (4.3 v6 with gen 1 alpha 1). Cant seem to get it aligned. Motor mounts are bottomed out. new rear mounts and hardware. As i was messing with it this morning - neighbor kid came over and was in the cockpit - he put his foot on the front of the motor - and BAM -...
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    Pic of the progress....

    Okay... figured I would post a pic of my progress so far. I am finally finishing up with the assembling the motor phase of the 'rebuild'. Yes, I painted the motor Chevy Orange - if I ever have another oil leak, I want to be able to see it before it ends up in the bilge. Yes I painted the intake...
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    motor mount bolts loose.... options?

    So.. I pulled my motor to replace with a new one (that doesn't spray oil all over). I went to clean the crude out of the bilge the other day... BTW scrubbing bubbles works wonders! While cleaning the bilge, i found out that my port motor mount bolts were just flopping around in the holes. So...
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    Just got my new engine.. and gasket kit was automotive :-(

    So my new (4.3 V6 - pre vortec) motor arrived this morning. I got home to give it a good once or twice over and noticed on the gasket kit they sent it's automotive. Now I am sad.. I am assuming that now I have ot tear down my new motor and replace the friggin head gaskets! I looked and they are...
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    Just ordered new 4.3 longblock.... now what?

    Just ordered a new longblock today. 1) I need to figure out if I can user my engine hoist to do the job. I know I need to pull the outdrive for re-alignment, so I figure I'll pull the swim platform and HOPEFULLY be able to use my lift in the driveway (versus a tree somewhere, or paying the...
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    1989 4.3 - Looses oil pressure, oil smoke in valve covers and clacking above 2K rpm

    Still chasing demons in this boat... whoever 'rebuilt' the motor deserves to be throat punched. Got all my leaks chased down and repaired. along with about 100 other little demons. Fresh oil change, new plugs, new wires, cap, rotor and gas. Compression still 140-160 all cylinders. took it out...
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    Hot hose going into water pump.... 4.3

    Okay... so I fixed the oil leak, fixed the choke stove.. .now I notice that when running the motor on muffs that the hose going into the water pump is hot? That should be cool water from the impeller.... goes in water pump and out thermostat? So why is that hose getting hot? Or am I now over...
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    89 4.3. V6.... cracked head(s)???

    I'm back! Got my oil leaks all taken care of, now on to the new problem. When replacing the intake gasket for the second time I took the mechanical choke tube out, and left it out (it met a bad fate - on accident. So I left it off to either fix it or modify it and reinstall it. I had a few...
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    1989 4.3 mystery oil leak :-(

    Howdy.. I recently purchased an 89 Regal sebring 195XL CC. Boat is not perfect... Hell it's an older boat. I expected that. What does get me.. is a friggin mystery oil leak. The first time we took it out - as a shake down to make sure things worked and such. everything seemed fine until we got...
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