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Impeller Chris I haven't checked the impeller in the out drive. It is a Mercruiser 165. I have changed them out on outboard motors before. No Biggie. I just did not know if the I/O motors had them sense the engine itself had a water pump like a car. I wish I had the repair manual to this. It...

Thanks for enmbedding it for me Chris. The guy I got it off of said he changed the water pump. I am new to this type of boat motor. Does it also have an impeller in the out drive unit?

finally I finally got to take the boat out last weekend It ran really good for a while then it got hot. We got back to the boat dock and it shut down and would not start back. I had to paddle it arount the conrer to the ramp to get it loaded up.LOL When I got it home I found the problem I...

Well I tried to start the engine on thursday morning and did not have any luck. The previous owner said that he had some problems getting it started when it was cold and that he thought the choke was not working. I took a quick look at it and I discovered that the fuel line had a hole in it, so...

I moved my pictures around on photo bucket so I am addint the links to the pictures here. I hope this works. LOL http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab3/kd4jqo/boat/PICT0442.jpg http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab3/kd4jqo/boat/PICT0449.jpg...

thanks for the compliments guys. I appreciate it. it will take a little work but I will get it done. LOL

At the moment it says that I may not post attachments LOL I tried.

Chris Thanks for the welcome. I found your brochure earlier. the modles in it were for earier years than I have. But it was very helpful. Bigredinohio thanks for the research that you have done. I found that also on iboats.com. The boat that I have is in very good shape. The motor runs...

I have just aquired a 1972 Steury v518. I am wanting to restore it to as close to original as possible as I can. The problem is is that I can not find anything about the boat anywhere. I was wondering if anyone here would happen to have anything on it. Thank you in advance. Roy