I am trying to get the boat ready for the season and am chasing problems that started last season.
A little history on the boat, I bought it as a fix-it project and ended up putting a rebuilt engine into it because
of a cracked block. I got it running last season but not without issues.
With...
I bought a 1996 VIP Valiant 4.3 as a project boat that had not been run in several years. It turned out the block and heads
were cracked so I replaced the engine and reused the old intake and exhaust manifolds. On initial start up both
manifolds got so hot they melted the flapper valves and...
