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  1. mr300z87

    mercruiser 7.4L engine replacement project

    As I posted a few weeks ago see thread below, http://forums.iboats.com/mercruiser-i-o-inboard-engines-outdrives/mercruiser-7-4l-intake-manifold-620145.html#post4321024 I am working on a 1990 Sea Ray Sundancer 250DA that was a victim of Super Storm Sandy which includes a 7.4L engine...
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    Mercruiser 7.4L Intake Manifold

    Hi All, its been a while since I have posted as my boat is running great. So my wife and I have acquired a 2nd boat/project, a Hurricane Sandy Victim which is a 1990 Sea Ray 250 DA Sundancer. Over all the boat's condition is great, she she took on some water during the Hurricane last fall and...
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    Convert 1988 5.7 Bravo to Dry Joint Exhaust

    After reading all the engine disasters regarding exhaust manifolds, I have been looking into the cost of replacing manifolds and elbows when needed. I have line on a set of used dry joint manifold from a closed cooling engine and was wondering if this is an easy upgrade. I understand that dry...
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    Friscoboater's 1986 Glastron Carlson CVX-18 Complete restoration thread

    Re: Friscoboater's 1986 Glastron Carlson CVX-18 Complete restoration thread Been following along cool boat, It is going to fly with that engine. My 20 ft Invader Cuddy with the same engine does almost 50MPH. I love old Glastrons had a 1970 v156 growing up back in the 80s. On the gauges I...
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    Power steering hose adapters.

    I am looking to upgrade my worn out old style steering ram with the newer style one I just bought, after getting it home I noticed the openings where the hoses screw into are different than the ones on my older style. My hoses and fitting on the hoses are in great condition and I would like to...
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    Bravo compatibility

    Hi All, I while back I posted a thread regarding a shifting issue with my Bravo 2 drive. Now that the season is over I figured its time to try to get a plan together for next year. I have a line on a Bravo upper with the correct gear set for a reasonable price, the only issue is that it is a...
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    Merc 5.7 will not get to normal opererating temp

    Yesterday i took my boat out for what may be the last time of the season, despite my Bravo shifting issue (see my other Thread). Engine ran great all day at normal operating temp around 150 degrees on the gauge as it had all summer. The thermostat was replaced back in July with a Merc 140...
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    Bravo drive shifting delay issues advice needed

    Yesterday I started a thread in the non repair io forum regarding the serial no. on a Bravo 1 drive that I had purchased and now I think it has become a repair issue. My boat is a 1989 invader with a 5.7 Bravo 2 with 240 hours on it I bought it from the second owner of 18 years. The engine runs...
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    Bravo 1 Serial #

    Let me first say that I have been enjoying my 1989 Invader V210 this summer and thanks to the help from this site my bravo 2 equipped 5.7L has been running great. The only issue I have been experiencing is 10 to 15 sec delayed shifting into forward when the drive is cold but almost none when...
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    First time out on new to me boat RPMs a little low

    Yesterday my friend and I took my new to me 1989 invader V210 cuddy cabin out for the first time. The boat is in like new condition equipped with a 5.7L 260HP Bravo 2 2:1 ratio (not sure why) and a a custom cupped 25P prop. It has been tuned and runs perfect, The boat jumps up on plane...
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    Correct Spark Plug Wires for 5.7L

    I have been collecting parts to do a complete tune up of what I believe to be 1988 5.7L serial # 0C386372 which is connected to a Bravo 2 drive, I have everything but the plug wires. On all the web sites there are 2 part #s listed for plug wires 816761Q4 and 816761Q17 how do I know which...
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    Bravo 2 oil monitor system

    In preparation for boating season, today I removed my outdrive for basic bellows/gimble bearing check and shift cable bellows replacement on my Bravo 2 drive serial # 0C505291. All went well shift bellows is on and cable re installed and adjusted. This leads me to my question. When the drive...
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    Hydraulic drum brake issues

    Since the weather in NJ has been so nice I have started my pre boating season maintenance including checking a re packing the trailer bearings. All was going well until I got to the right side brake axle where I found a leaking wheel cylinder. I figured no big deal went to my local part dealer...
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    Help identify merc bravo drive

    Hello all, I am having trouble decoding the serial #s on my engine drive combo. The boat is an 1989 Invader V210 cuddy cabin with a 5.7L 260 Bravo 2 drive which is all original equipment to the boat as I have some the original purchase documentaion. The documents I have show fall 1988...
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    Lucas oil stabilizer in mercruiser engine

    I was wondering if anybody runs Lucas oil stabilizer in their engines? I started using it in my last car at about a 120k miles in both my engine and manual transmission and continued to drive the car for another 120k miles before selling it as running car with 240k. When I started to use the...
  16. mr300z87

    Bonding/Grounding Aluminum Fuel Tank

    I was in the process of cleaning up some wiring on my V210 Invader cuddy cabin and I notice a green wiring running from the neg battery terminal to the fuel filler. On closer inspection I found that it went in to the fuel tank compartment where the wire was spliced with a grounding lug but not...
  17. mr300z87

    5.7 Bravo 2 raw water pump.

    I have decided to replace the impeller in the raw water pump since I already had the intake tube off (what a bear that was)for winterizing. Today I removed the pump whch is the multi piece unit (older style) that has 2 wear plates and 3 gaskets. I would pefer to use Merc parts when at all...
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    5.7 L 260 Bravo 2 Exhaust Manifold temp

    Today I started to winterize my Mercruiser 5.7 L 260 Bravo 2 and while running on the hose I noticed the port side manifold and riser were way hotter that the starboard side. I also noticed the water coming out the port side of the transom housing was also hotter than starboard. I ran the...
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    New Prop For 21 ft cuddy with Bravo 1 Drive

    I have just purchased a 1989 Invader v210 cuddy cabin powered by a Mercuiser 5.7 L 260,and a (Unusual for this type of boat) Bravo 2 Drive. The current B2 drive is 2.0 to 1 ratio and has a HUGE 17" x 25 pitch prop on it and apparently hits close to 50 MPH I do not know what WOT RPMs are. My...
  20. mr300z87

    First time boat owner here

    Re: First time boat owner here I to just bought an Invader v210 mine is a 5.7L Bravo II (going to be a rocket) see previous post. I would agree not a lot of information on these boats has made it to the web. Most of the pics I have found have been in Europe. With my boat I got a 1990 Invader...
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