Recent content by 6cyclone6

coastal, as much as i would love to have some of your manifolds they are out of my price range right now. i will keep them in mind for the future. thanks for all the help.

another update. i pulled the lower manifold off today with the hose attached. i filled the water side through the hose to the top with water i dyed with koolaid and let it sit. i found a crack that was highlighted by the koolaid stain where the casting part line is on the inside. now that i have...

an update on my situation. i had water getting into cyl #1,3,5 all the port side. i pulled the manifold and found it and the ports full of water. i cheaped out and installed a used set of 2 peice manifolds, still getting water in the port cylinders. the engine is a fresh longblock compression is...

is that for the pair or each? it is a mercruiser

is there an advantage to the 2 peice other than parts availability? i got a set of 2 peice manifolds already and i am in the process of installing them. is this a common problem? the one peice manifolds were $690.00 each! i got the two peice manifolds for free with the elbows by calling in a...

I think my exhaust manifolds are cracked, my 4.3 has the one peice manifolds, and all the replacements i can find are two peice center risers. I have also found conversion kits, can anyone tell me what the deal is? I keep getting water into the cylinders. I replaced the longblock and it only has...

I have already learned a lot from here. thanks to all!

just dropping in to say hi, i am new to csr, and boats, bought a 185 about a year ago just getting to the water with it!