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    Bravo 3 seacore - U joint replacement?

    Thank you. I was thinking of doing it myself because it seemed like it would be hard to find anyone here willing to do the job. Well, a very respected guy around these parts surprised me and took on the job, he works on big diesel boats, but also does jobs on stern drives.. phew. Dropped it off...
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    Bravo 3 seacore - U joint replacement?

    Mechanic last sping installed the main bellow incorrectly, long story short, water made it in and ruined the gimbal bearing and put the ujoint got rusty. Had to hire a new mechanic to pull the drive off, replace the gimbal bearing and bellow correctly and put it back on. He cleaned up the...
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    383 FWC - Strong gas smell while idling, lower compression in one cyl. Any thoughts?

    Going to start by saying I know I should have addressed this when it was first put in, 5 years ago I didn't realize what was going on. The story is, bought a boat, the motor in it went south the 2nd weekend of ownership. Instead of rebuilding I decided to go with a reman directly from...
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    Ghost Lube Drive Oil Low alarm...

    Go figure. Now I can't get the alarm to go off. <bangs head on wall> Thank you!
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    Ghost Lube Drive Oil Low alarm...

    Hi all, I've been chasing a res. drive oil low alarm around the block a few times... So after cleaning, checking connections, etc etc.. I finally just bought a new bottle, with a new sensors and of course it came all put together. The conclusion I'm at now is that the computer is telling me...
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    Reman 383 Stroker - Low compression in rear Stbd cylinder

    Thank you for all your help here.. I'm trying to take this on as my own now because it seems like everyone is right, no one will take care of this as well as you do. However I will have someone else be doing the actual work. The bummer is this motor has been out two additional times since...
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    Reman 383 Stroker - Low compression in rear Stbd cylinder

    Ok, will do. Thank you for that. Any thoughts on how this possibly could of occurred at the factory level? Or could this be a case of the marina not installing manifolds correctly etc?? As I said, it's been like this from day 1 as far as the unburned fuel smell.
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    Reman 383 Stroker - Low compression in rear Stbd cylinder

    While we're on the trip down memory lane, here is the picture of me trying to remove the oil 1 or 2 days into ownership.
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    Reman 383 Stroker - Low compression in rear Stbd cylinder

    here is a picture of the original engine before pulling it out. This was during the sea trial. All of the additional storage and items down there were removed the first weekend I owned it. Nice idea and nice looking, but I'm not a fan of packing an engine room full of junk.
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    Reman 383 Stroker - Low compression in rear Stbd cylinder

    From the invoice "383 MPI FWC BV-RM" 383 MAG MPI Stroker FWC Engine Only 350-hp (Plus-Series) for Bravo Sterndrive . Fresh Water Cooled (Close Cooling System). Due to it’s size and power this is the ideal replacement engine for 350 MAG, 7.4L, and 7.4L MPI engines that power cruisers, small...
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    Reman 383 Stroker - Low compression in rear Stbd cylinder

    Hi all, I have searched and have turned up some older info, just wondering for a little refresh on the data if there is any. I bought a boat, in which the motor immediately imploded/died on the first weekend of ownership, even though it passed the survey and did great on the 1 hour trip to the...
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