78' Skeeter. Went to the local lake to do some fishing with the wife. Backed the boat in the water and it won't start. Pull it out check everything on the motor. Try cranking again, and finally gave up no spark. So we came home. The next day I tell my friend of our episode and he asked if...
I just installed a new Jasper reman. Vortec 4.3L V6, on a 2002 Chaparral 18ft with Mercruiser alpha 1 gen 2. I set the timing (in base timing mode) 10 degrees btdc as listed in the merc manual. Ran fine on the muffs. Took it to the lake and I can only achive 3200 rpm, and the hole shot sucks...
Hopefully I will be installing my new Jasper longblock this weekend. The mechanic at the boat shop told me I need to glue the big O ring where the outdrive slides in, and the small O ring on the water intake. The manual says to glue on one page and another doesn't mention it. Merc manual. So...
02' 4.3L Merc. Pulled motor, rear main was leaking. Took oil pan off to inspect. The cam is bad (pitted lobes on 5 different lobes). Main bearing under oil pump is pure copper. The others aren't to bad. Motor was rebuilt 3 yrs ago due to not winterizing(previous owner). My question is...
I have seen someone here say seloc didnt have a very good picture and description of things any suggestions on what I should buy. I have a 4.3 liter Merc. w/Alpha one drive in a 183ss Chapparal that I purchased this summer.
Im in the process of pulling my 2002 4.3 liter merc because of an engine oil leak I have narrowed down to the rear main seal. I have everything ready to pull the motor, but I unbolted the flywheel housing to do so. After reading posts about changing the engine coupler I was wondering do I...
I have 2002 Chapparal with a 4.3 Merc that I just acquired about month ago. The boat runs great but when I kill it the motor sputters and just doesnt want to stop. I tried letting it cool off a bit first but doesnt help. I have adjusted the timing, and cleaned the distributor cap, rotor looks...
