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eric lavine 
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 Topic: 460???Posted: May-13-2009 at 10:02am |
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any leads on a mid 80's blue boy? cant see any cracks but filled to the rim with water. never cracked into one,
they fired the boat in March and never re-winterized they say, but i dont think it got cold enough to crack the block....thin manifold ? anything else to look for? many blue themed nightmares lately |
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86BFN
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Posted: May-13-2009 at 2:38pm |
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Eric, are ready to come back to the other side now? LOL
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Posted: May-13-2009 at 2:42pm |
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Eric, I'm probably not telling you anything, but I have seen a couple of 351 intakes that were cracked at the bottom of the thermostat housing.
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eric lavine
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Posted: May-13-2009 at 5:26pm |
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me too, the gt-40 that chesslovesmammarys is getting was cracked about a half inch,i wouldve hated to be the poor Bsterd that paid that bill, real thin under the thermostat housing and thats what i suspect.
BTW Steve, when a paying customer rolls in with a BBF, my reply is no better engine out there lol, i have been itching lately and its not from glass, alergic reaction? |
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Posted: May-13-2009 at 11:57pm |
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Eric, would you happen to have the manual with the crankshaft specs on the Mercruiser 470 engine???
That's another itching engine out there! |
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eric lavine
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Posted: May-14-2009 at 10:13am |
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im not familier with the 470, what exactly is it? I have close to 1000 manuals, those specs are in there somewhere.
Greg, I popped the thermostat housing and it still had water in it from when they fired the boat, the block is filled halfway with mix oil/water any cracks would allow the thermostat housing to be empty, hopefully the engine will be out by the time i get to work and I'll pop off the intake, it didnt get cold enough to crack...this one is screwy. |
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Posted: May-14-2009 at 10:27am |
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It'll be interesting to see what you find. I found the crack right where the front rails mate. I only found it because I was chasing a weep of oil down the front. Since I have seen the same oil leak on a couple of others.
I would only get a tiny bit of water in the oil, so maybe intake water ports? |
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eric lavine
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Posted: May-14-2009 at 10:32am |
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it has to be going in through the valley, but why is the intake still full of clean water? unless it is a slight crack and pisses under pressure
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Posted: May-14-2009 at 10:49am |
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Maybe someone topped off the radiator?
Ya never know...a friend of mine pumped 200 gallons of gas into a rod holder 1 time... |
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Posted: May-20-2009 at 5:49pm |
Now that's too funny!!!! |
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eric lavine
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Posted: May-21-2009 at 8:51am |
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problem pretty much solved, while the engine hung on the gantry, over a three day period clean water constantly dripped out of the bell housing onto the floor....guess why
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Posted: May-21-2009 at 2:13pm |
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it doesnt have the cooling plug in?
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eric lavine
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Posted: May-23-2009 at 10:06am |
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The boat filled with water and now im in a battle with the owner and the seller, the new owner doesnt know who to believe so i set him straight yesterday. the boat was brought to me this way. I popped off the bellhousing and can see a nice rust line about 2" above the crank centerline,
I told the new owner, what exactly do I have to gain here? its here because your friend reffered you...sometimes id just like to smack guy's like this upside the head, he just doesnt get it |
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