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Thanks Guye926 and Andy K for your insight; I’m sold. :grin: I’ll give them a call after the holidays and see what happens. I’m hoping they are willing to come to Connecticut. I might have a friend of mind interested in a cover for his boat as well. They might make the trip for 2...

Hey There: Are you saying that you paid $600 for a "custom" fit cover? Did these guys come to your boat and take measurements? Or was that a universal fit type cover that fit your 270? For $600 I'm thinking I'm calling them for next year. :grin: I’m also wondering how many seasons I...

Hey guys… sorry….. I’ve been working like a dawg… and have had little time to nudge the mechanic and/or even got out on the water…. Hmm… IAC muffler…. Eric hasn’t mentioned that at all.. I’ll have to ask…that is interesting it hasn’t come up as of yet… as I recall…. the mention at the time...

Hey. So sorry … My last logon was 6/24….wow… I’ve been working like crazy…. I do Oracle database work and we just did an upgrade from 9i to 11g… it was nasty….. Club Sea Ray is blocked by my company…. anyway… Yes, the red hose did come in two parts, I had bought a new transom assembly as...

Hey Team: Anyone have any insight regarding issues with the IAC (Idle Air Controller) on a Mercruiser 496? I've just repowered and the "whistling" is telling the mechanic that the IAC is bad. It’s under warranty... but …REALLY?.. a brand new engine with bad IAC? C’MON!!! Is this a common...

KEWL… Congrats! Good price as well…:grin: Did it come in?.. Is it in the hole? Don’t rush it…. I found out.. doing a re-power… you want to make sure everything is done right…. I had 5 different launch dates…. ( I have to sign up on a schedule.. whatever is available..) 1st one was May 9th I...

Wow, this is interesting timing... My guy is Eric Klockers; my boat is in Groton, near UCONN Avery Point. Eric was working with me (I’m re-powering) on Wednesday June 9th when my friend Dave stopped by (2001 Sea Ray 310) and asked Eric about removing his shafts, because his seals were bad...

Hey there Cage Rattler: Good ole Mercruiser .... with their part numbers .... real PITA... The Y pipe I took off had part number 861229-c on it... No, I didn’t have to change my y pipe. I did… I replaced it with exact model….well… my friend Jon give me a "barely used" new Y pipe...

Yes, it is a tight fit…Moving around the engine is definitely different… I pulled the trigger and did it.. ordered it ...($13,000) it arrived within a week.... ... and we put it in the hole... did a new gimbal as well.. that was $1700 (should have bought a package... for 21,000 and worked a deal...

Okay... Thx. Spoke to mechanic again..... I must have misheard him the first time... he said the impeller "is" worse to change because it's further back ....closer to the mounting bolts.... I might have been laughing at the comment about "….should be just as difficult as it was before….” to...

Hey No Name: That 1-1/2" to spare vs 4" before...under the floor. That is scaring me now.... Is that the clearance above the engine itself.... or about the exhaust? Any pictures of that you might be able to share? THX :grin: Do you have risers? THX Mark

The mechanic is saying that if I'm going to go the the Merc 496, then there should not be an issue... The 496 has been used to replace the 454 for a while and the placement of the water pump should be just as difficult as it was before....but not worse... (nice wording huh?) other engines...

Wow… GREAT responses …..THANKS VERY MUCH…. Hey Northern: I have heard 4 really bad stories about the 454s (besides my own), the most recent story was a guy at Defender (defender.com it’s in Waterford close to where my boat is… I’m there far too much…) he has a 1997 37’ Sea Ray with twin 454s...

Hey Team: I'm biting the bullet and re-powering my '98 454 to a Merc 496. (I'll just say water in the manifolds and move on....) Has any one done this? Any gotchas I should be aware of? I'm thinking something just isn't going to line up right.... Any "heads up" is greatly...

That would be a whole lota giddie up... ;-) Got a call back for 1 merc reseller... he mentioned there were 2 HO engines left... and that there were at least 3 of the 375HP left trying to push me into something..... great.. Saw a fresh water cooled merc 454 for sale..... for like...

Good Day Team: I'm considering re-powering my 1998 Mercruiser 454 MPI Gen VI to a Mercruiser 496 375 HP. Need some pointers... I'm not interested in the new 8.2, just the 8.1. I just learned within the last week... (Defender sale) ...about a guy who did a rebuild on his two 454s last...