Good ta hear you got her back right. Buy yourself a Clymer Mercruiser stern drive shop manual, look on ebay. If your handy you can do most repairs yourself and save a ton of money! Keep that Mercruiser 4banger strong!!
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Note to self...don't move into neighborhood w/a HOA...LOL!!...:laugh:

Thanks boys, I have a Seloc manual and it does help me understand the systems and what the engine is supposed to be doing , but those 1970 smudgy black white pics don't really show you what's really going on in the motor although I now understand that, " if the motor is run without cooling water for 5 seconds ...." and as for living in my complex under HOA rules well the costs of a regular house here makes my mechanics bill small change, and I got a pool! But still sucks.

Good news I scored a hardtop off a "radoncraft 18" for 300 bucks. Need a little stainless reconfigured and it will be sweet addition. I'll figure out pics and post them up when I get everything together.