Recent content by YeOldeStonecat

Searched pretty far back in this forum and YouTube, I see lots of info on raw water cooled engines, with I/O's....but not so much on the half closed systems like I believe mine is. This winter I'm tackling it myself, always had the yard do it in prior years, but they doubled in cost this...

Curious if you took pics you could post? How far apart where your holes for it? How did you handle the "cosmetics" afterwards? We have a small area (approx 2'x3') that I'm guessing got wet from the grab rail down the center of the foredeck (sides of where the sun pad would be). When we got...

So no luck finding a device that looked like the above picture. Below is a pic of the solenoid that I do hear click....and the 2x blade fuses on it are good. Second pic is what I'll call a breaker box...behind storage pocket along starboard side of aft lounge seats. The red button for the...

Good timing, going to Montauk Oct 7th for a few days..a group of us from our marina in Deep River CT. Jotted down above rec's for food.

Quite the right of passage....did mine early this summer. Had a weird issue with bellows, redid them again....and yet a 3rd time when it still wasn't perfect. Yeah by the 3rd time I wasn't even wearing gloves.

I've searched various threads here at CSR, and HT, and around Google..and cannot find the answer. This season our windlass does not raise or lower. No sounds from foot switches at the bow. When I hit the windlass power switch at the helm, I hear a clicking sound behind me. Looked around and...

Replaced Friday, didn't take a chance, new Mercruiser one...MSRP $570....just what I needed after all the money last month on the reman long block replacement. 5 years ago when we bought this boat I had the yard put in new raw water pumps in both engines, and every other year, replaced the...

Probably an impossible question to answer. Pump itself 4 years old (both engines). New impellors this spring by the yard. Replaced engine with a long block over the summer. During my 20 hour "break in" runs, noticed on the first day, bilge has water. Doesn't get deep, maybe 1/4 inch, since...

Found out my water leak is from the seawater pump....ugh. Not a horrible thing, but don't feel like that kinda $ right now, want to start paying off the engine replacement stuff.

3100 doing ~24 knots for sure your props have more pitch than mine...pretty sure mine are stock diam/pitch. At ~3100 I'm 'tween 20-21 knots.

Yes....can put in idle or even put on a few hundge RPM and watch. This weekend will idle and just put the rev's up and look.

The blue drain plugs at the bottom of each exhaust manifold? I wondered about that...but then, I figured they'd be pouring out "right away"....even at idle. I don't see a thing at idle. Or...do they only get pressure behind them and would shoot out water if engines are say, spinning above 3k...

Wow that's nice, and extra 40hp x 2.... Different props? New dripless shaft seals about 2 years ago...but worth checking again....

Yes...they pulled the tranny/motor out combined...separated them in the shop. The "boom lift" for our marina was out of commision all summer, thus they had to haul my boat and bring it into the big boat shed workshop so the overhead left could pull 'em. I see in your details...300hp MPI...

Been a very long summer. Supply of "long blocks" was scarce...so I stuck with Michigan Motorz...and eventually one was delivered. I'm very thankful that our marina was tolerant of "end user/owner" wanting to do much of the work. I had removed most of the parts of my old engine...wiring...