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"Just picked up a 1983 SeaRay

"Just picked up a 1983 SeaRay 207 w/ a 260/5.7L Mercruiser. The engine/boat has aprox. 200hrs, but has been in dry storage for 13 years w/ no attention. Feel free to add to my checklist of things you would do:

carb kit
fuel lines
water pump
spark plugs
clean gas tank
ect...........

Thank for your assistance"
 
Before doing any of that I wou

Before doing any of that I would:
-pull the plugs and squirt an once or so of oil into each cylinder
-put a socket on the crank pulley nut and see if the engine will turn over (Cw from the front)
-if it turns you should turn it thru 2 or 3 revolutions by hand.
-then I would pull the distributor wire and crank it over on the starter with the plugs out and see if you get oil pressure on the gauge. This will pre-lube the engine with fresh oil before you try to start it.
-then I would syphon out all the old gas and fill with fresh.
-change fuel filters
-change pump water impeller in drive leg
-reassemble and give it a try

Rod
 
"To go one step further pull t

"To go one step further pull the valve cover off to make sure the valves are moving freely, Just went thru a similiar situation and had a buncha frozen valves, bent my push rods, ended up pulling the head and having it reworked."
 
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