1987 26 ft LS Scarab....$?
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04-16-2010, 08:55 PM
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I have the engine out of it now, have the K plane and trim motors working good. I found out what knocked the ends off the plugs in #7 and #8. A piece of the #7 intake valve cracked off and went into #8 and #5. Nothing that a new set of pistons and a valve job wont cure.
All of the vinyl cleaned up surprisingly good. Magic Eraser works better than anything I have ever seen. Try it.
Drained about a gallon of water out of the fuel tank and re-sealed the sending unit.
Bearing in the rear of the tail housing was bad. Replaced that too.
In the interest of saving a few bucks in the short run, I'm switching all the Mercruiser stuff over to a running 454 that I have in the garage. I'll rebuild the 420 later. The engine I'm putting in is no slouch, so it should be fun.
I hope to have it back on the water in a few weeks.
All of the vinyl cleaned up surprisingly good. Magic Eraser works better than anything I have ever seen. Try it.
Drained about a gallon of water out of the fuel tank and re-sealed the sending unit.
Bearing in the rear of the tail housing was bad. Replaced that too.
In the interest of saving a few bucks in the short run, I'm switching all the Mercruiser stuff over to a running 454 that I have in the garage. I'll rebuild the 420 later. The engine I'm putting in is no slouch, so it should be fun.
I hope to have it back on the water in a few weeks.
Last edited by Hondo Jet; 04-16-2010 at 09:15 PM.
04-18-2010, 03:02 AM
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