Forum: Engines
05-26-2020, 04:50 PM
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Forum: Engines
05-21-2020, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,360
Change out the plug wires just because you've...
Change out the plug wires just because you've done the rest of the tune up stuff. Also the fuel filter.
The electric choke should engage when the engine is cold, but not when the engine is...
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Forum: Maxum Owners General Discussions
12-02-2019, 02:58 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,928
Tell me about it. I woke Rip Van Winkle in...
Tell me about it. I woke Rip Van Winkle in Spring 2019, an '05 1800 SR3 with a cracked block on 30 hours since, new. Showroom condition, but 15 years old. Still no name.
Thinking.... I got...
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Forum: Engines
12-02-2019, 02:44 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 5,906
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Forum: Engines
11-14-2019, 03:39 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 5,906
Jose,
In that video, I had not yet rotated...
Jose,
In that video, I had not yet rotated the distributor base so I could put the cap on where the rotor would be at or just a smidge clockwise of the #1 contact inside the cap. That's the...
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Forum: Engines
11-12-2019, 07:04 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 5,906
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Forum: Maxum Owners General Discussions
09-09-2019, 05:29 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,757
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Forum: Engines
09-07-2019, 06:54 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,378
Born in the Bronx, lived in Queens worked in...
Born in the Bronx, lived in Queens worked in Manhattan..for 40 odd years, and have been spinning wrenches soon after standing upright. 10 years in Norcal, I just finished a 4.3 swap, by myself, with...
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Forum: Welcome Mat | New Member Introductions
08-30-2019, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 777
Since the entire boat - including the gimbal...
Since the entire boat - including the gimbal bearing - only had 30 hours on it, I left the original bearing where it was. I had enough to do with the repower that the rest of the "nice-to-do"...
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Forum: Welcome Mat | New Member Introductions
08-25-2019, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 777
Before I removed the engine, I pulled the Alpha...
Before I removed the engine, I pulled the Alpha II outdrive and used an alignment tool to check the current state of alignment. It took a good deal more force than the youtube mariners I saw online....
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Forum: Engines
08-25-2019, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 5,906
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Forum: Welcome Mat | New Member Introductions
08-25-2019, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 777
Hiya. New to me 2004 1800SR3
I picked up a mechanic's special about 6 weeks ago. This one owner boat with 30 total hours had been put to bed wet - literally - and the water in the engine cracked the block & both exhaust...
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