I was recently on the water and engine flooded out. Took it to mechanic and he found 2 corroded holes inside the Bell Housing ( I think that is what is called ). Mechanic said he hadn't seen it before, clean bellows,out drive and housing... and there was corrosion. He said it was a big Job and...
I was looking to upgrade my deteriorating coil on my 2001 Mercruiser Marine 4.3 Vortec. I am not sure which or where to buy. Any suggestions would be awesome.
My oil sending unit seems to have rotted off and needs replacing . however I notice a hole on the block sort of above the area of the sending unit . Should that have some sort of plugin it?
Looking to replace the a second distributor due to stripped cap threads. I thought I would save money and buy used old Bosc distributor , but proved to be bad idea. I think this time I will go new and get the whole electronic kit. Does anybody have any recommendations of what and where to buy...
While trying to replace/fix my starter issue my starter relay has seemed to have vanished (too long of time in between working on boat)! Looking up the relay there seems to be 2 or 3 option #'s, 841177 , 872272 and i came up with this relay on amazon, would this relay work...
I am going to return the accu-spark back to england and have them test it or replace it since i dont know if it is working (then i will sell it through here) .In the meantime i purchased the pertronix 2842 unit through advance auto parts( i dont want to wait for accu spark to ship the other unit...
I recently put an electronic ignition into my distributor to the best of my ability and now i have no spark. is there a way to check to see if i blew it with a volt/ohm meter. it has two wires a red and black. I also upgraded the starter and after i hook it up and turn the power on, it cranks...
OK , so the old AQ131a will be fired up in early May once i convert the ignition to the affordable Accuspark set-up as soon as it arrives. The next question which i recently thought of due to a lawn mower having bad/old gas in it, will the old gas inside the boat be any good? The gas i would...
new screws, rubber seals, new used timing belt cover/bracket new used cooling tubes and new used pump... Ricardo.. took your advice and purchased the hose and cut it down... the other one i bought was way too small... everything worked out perfect. thanks a bunch.. next step is to buy the...
Do you see the busted screw? what is the rubber thing that i am holding? Does the corrosion on the timing belt cover matter? could i leave it be or buy a new one?
After examing the motor and parts, all that everybody said makes more sense to me.There was a chrome type tube/pipe that is capped off that leads to the outdrive. This is where the raw water pipe goes and connects to the raw pump? What jerry said is true? the drive went south so the dude went...
I purchased a 1988 Citation boat that has a Volvo Penta AQ131a motor with the 275 outdrive in it.It seems that the raw water inlet tube corroded and snapped off at the pump and the previous owner tried to "Micky Mouse" it back together without success. I am not sure if the set up that is going...