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The present battery system in my 1992 Seaswirl 250 SWL is a typical Rube Goldberg slice and splice nightmare. I intend to replace the battery charger and switch and to install busbars to eliminate the rat nests presently found at the battery terminals.
The switch replacement that I have in mind...
Boy, do I have a wild one for you to think about. To tantalize you, about 15 months ago I had to replace the cam and lifters in my OMC/Ford King Cobra 5.8L engine. (It's in a '92 Sea Swirl 25-5. The engine had 985 hrs on it.) A year later, I was going the long block route and getting the same...
Background: '92 Seaswirl w/5.8l/351 Ford and OMC sterndrive.
Symtom:
Boat runs for 10-15 minutes @1000 rpm through no-wake zone. Within 5 minutes after hitting 2500 rpm, engine begins to run rough until rpms drop to 750 - then she stalls out. Temp gage says 120. Problem appears to be...
