[ColoradoDiablo]

Nice Chris!

[Oregondunes]

Originally Posted by husker_fan

What does that have to do with replacing a cracked block? Am I missing something? Take the engine out, replace the block, put it in and bolt everything back up to it. As an automotive engine machinist, I don't see the mystery here. A person doesn't keep wiring from a car and transfer it to a boat or vice versa. You replace the hard parts, and use the rest over.

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The problems ive seen are bosses for sensors either not there or not drilled and taped. The drilled the taped issue would be no problem to remedy, the missing boss is another.

[husker_fan]

That's funny. Corrosion inhibiting material lol.

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[Oregondunes]

basically BRASS everything.

[husker_fan]

I'm sure glad to have the peace of mind knowing my valve guides won't rust if I sink my boat in the lake.

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[Oregondunes]

Me too

[ColoradoDiablo]

Originally Posted by husker_fan

I'm sure glad to have the peace of mind knowing my valve guides won't rust if I sink my boat in the lake.

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Has to do with moisture , not sinking............but hey...........I ain't no machinist either!

[husker_fan]

I figured the only way you'd get that much moisture in a valve guide is if you either sank the boat, or filled the crankcase with water instead of oil. I always get a kick out of these companies scaring people into spending more money. I wonder if the engines they sell are made of corrosion inhibiting cast iron and aluminum. To each their own.

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[blockp]

A few years ago, I helped swap a cracked 350 with a block from a truck. Only difference we could tell were extra holes in the one from the truck. Plugged the holes, painted it gloss black and never looked back. The boat still runs great.

[Oregondunes]

Originally Posted by blockp

A few years ago, I helped swap a cracked 350 with a block from a truck. Only difference we could tell were extra holes in the one from the truck. Plugged the holes, painted it gloss black and never looked back. The boat still runs great.

like I said, if your engine is one of the basic carb models with no additional electronics, their 99% identical.