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My boat is a 1999 larson 186 glx with a 4.3L that I am in the process of putting a rebuilt motor in. The block is an 090m and it has vortec heads on it. I have a guy that wants to sell me a mercruiser fresh water cooling kit for very good deal and its the same era engine that its for. I need to...
So I bought a 99 larson 186 glx that came with a cracked block which is a 4.3l gl. I recently bought another block to replace the cracked one. My plan is to take most all of the internals out of the bad motor and put them into the other block which I should add is a 4.3 out of a truck that had...
Let me start by saying i know the the intake manifold is cracked, what i dont know is if the block is as well. How do i check the block to tell if its cracked. I have a bunch of water in the oil but im sure that some of it and hopefully all of its frome the intake. Any help would be awesome. Oh...
