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  1. nola mike

    Winterizing 4.3 VP Gxi

    My friend keeps on trying to crack her block and sell me a great boat (2014? Chaparral 21 footish) for cheap, and I keep trying to prevent it I guess. It really would be the perfect upgrade for me (esp if i dropped a 383 in there, but I digress). So it's still on the lift and we've got a stretch...
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    Simple winterization process / draining 4.3gl

    I still don't think that one is going to break anything. Lots of room in there, and I took it off maybe 5 times with 0 water drainage.
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    Can I use this Y pipe

    When I did my 4.3 swap the y-pipe didn't mate correctly to the transom plate, 1 hole missing. The vee engines apparently used a different plate. I don't remember the specifics (I think I posted about it during my swap thread somewhere). Someone else had used the pipe and transom plate without...
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    Winterizing a Merc A1-G1 Block Question Antifreeze

    I mean you're always looking for corrosion inhibition right? Nothing better than running it the next season with a thin coat of oil going through the cooling passages.
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    Best slip on shoes?

    Not ready to give up the '87 Vette?
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    Automotive Diagnostic Tool

    If you want to play around with an incredibly powerful scan program for bmw/mini, check out deep obd to use with a bt dongle. Unfortunately it's very un user friendly. And it's kinda in German. BUT it's free and has all the bmw specific codes (that parts not hard to figure out).
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    Pre engine pull, winterization

    Plenty of room for a stroker SBC though.
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    Pre engine pull, winterization

    Ah ok, that makes sense. Could that just get in after shutdown through the exhaust or do I have an issue? Manifolds are coming off to pull the motor, so will have a look at them then
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    Pre engine pull, winterization

    Nope no corrosion, was wondering about the metallic stuff on the electrodes. Otherwise they look a bit rich but not terrible.
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    Pre engine pull, winterization

    Agreed on that (although with the engine off it reads 14.7). Whaddya think about the close up pics?
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    Pre engine pull, winterization

    So unfortunately have had personal issues that have kept me from the boat over the last month, and I won't likely have a ton of time before next season to devote to fun stuff... That said, I had planned to pull the engine to fix an oil leak, replace the steering cable, clean the engine/bilge...
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    Mercruiser 4.3L won't start

    I didn't even see you holding that plug at the bottom lol. That spark looks weak as well. Next step I'd do is to put a tester or plug on the coil wire and see if the spark is better/faster
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    Mercruiser 4.3L won't start

    Are we seeing evidence of spark in the video? Didn't look like it's trying to start at all.
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    going to buy a used mercruiser

    Nice catch. Although I'll go to my grave singing the praises of a 3.7.
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    Alpha Gen 2 Sterndrive Issue

    Throw a magnet on them
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    Mercruiser 4.3L won't start

    Def a TB distributor... Op, I assume you verified no spark? I didn't see it mentioned. Also would check all of your connections, that engine looks even rustier than mine.
  17. nola mike

    1990 Rinker 18.6

    So what does the troubleshooting guide lead to for a diagnosis? Still haven't posted that, which is really the only info needed to diagnose this. Nobody is going to know what a scope reading on that should be, since that's not how anybody including merc techs perform the diagnostics. I would...
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    1990 Rinker 18.6

    That unhelpful "advice" isn't really worth posting in a DIY forum, especially since this is a pretty minor problem. Not sure which channels are which there, but I believe you should be getting a sine wave off of the distributor and a stepped signal off the module to the coil neg (either way it...
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    Replacement Exhaust Manifolds for Merc 496

    Are you Are you Chesapeake or upper Potomac? Very different salinity. Chesapeake Bay is salt, Potomac by DC pretty much fresh water.
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    1992 mercruiser 3.0 idle issues

    Did you service the points and check dwell?
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