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you sure the transom is good - you've done a couple of exploratory holes? in my experiance if the floor and stringers are bad -so is everything else.

good luck with the restore Mut: 1 - i would probably redo the stringers in wood, fully encapsulate with glass, probably easier and likely cheaper than laying in a bunch of glass. - i'd use 3/4 ply for the stingers. 2 - remove the foam, it is for flotation, and should be replaced, however...

this should liven things up a bit :poke:

actually, dan just finished grad school - lol! i might have to see what i have kicking around with the other kids in it.

ok, this is very interesting....no winterizing, no oil changes and tune ups. methinks electric power could prove to be very reliable.

i was hoping to get down there this year, but timing just didn't allow it - hopefully next year.

evenings are always quietest - monday, tuesday nights - a night with a good snowstorm is even better :)

depends what series of omc drive it is - the old 400-800 series are not great products and parts are very scarce. the cobra drives weren't much better, but at least they share the same cut out as merc, so if it is a cobra drive a conversion to a merc would make sense. you can fill the hole...

i sure hope the leafs do better, they only have one way to go, but i am highly doubtful they will make the playoffs, and if they do, they'll be gone in the first round.

i was in the industry at the time those engines were introduced - they had problems, and had one blow up after 500 hours, which from what i heard was normal. don't know if they have improved or not, but most consumers wouldn' see 500 hours in 10 years, long after the warranty expired, so i'm...

what kind of boat would have a single 4.3 that you would even consider putting twin 250's on? going from 205 to 500 hp? parts for these engines/drives are readily available.

2 to 3 pumps on a carb motor is completely normal. i have a 3.0l and it fires on the second pump, but will not start ever without a shot of throttle. every engine behaves differantly. i can't explain why it behaves the way it does on land, the only logical explanation i can offer is that you...

not to mention, often oem will set the engine up with a push throttle or a pull, but you could be fairly certain that merc and omc will do the opposite (one will be a push throttle, the other a pull).

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that is the wrong engine for that boat, a 20 footer with a 120hp engine in it? in my experiance, that is a rotten boat motor, it's connecte to an omc drive which will be hard to get parts for. my suggestion would be to yank it out and put in 4.3, 5.0, or 5.7 mercruiser. at least you can get...

never heard of that, methinks it would just as expensive as new.

interesting, i've been to that plant several times, don't think it's worth 6.6, but i don't know anything about tennessee real estate. the plant isn't that big though. at one point that facility built 120 boats a week, mostly 18 footers and was the only facility with a robot that did all the...

Hey Chris - put your memory hat on - those gamefishers used to be sold out of the sears catolog - back when sears sold tin boats.

interesting, it's usually something simple. good to hear you found the problem.

when i was in the biz, extended warranties had a 50% margin to the dealer. yamaha is a good product, keep your money. if you were putting 200 hours a year, i'd have a different opinion, but you'll be lucky to have 200 hours on it before the warranty expires. use a high quality oil and you should...