A friend of mine has a boat he's giving away for free. The engine seems like it needs a little help due to the fact that it was not winterized. I was told the engine only has 20 hours on it. It also has a full tank of 2 year old gas that will need to be pumped out. The included trailer is in decent shape. So I said what can go wrong?? (famous last words, right?)
Anyway, The boat is a 1985 -87 (not sure) Sea Ray Seville with a MerCruiser 140 Engine (I was told the engine was replaced 5 years ago but almost never run, taken with grain of salt) and the outdrive appears to be an Alpha One, first generation. Not sure if the drive was replaced with the engine.
I have been reading about changing gear oil in the drive unit and how it's a good idea to replace the water pump while working with it. So I built a stand for it and drained the oil into a pan. The oil smelled awful. I decided while I was waiting for the oil to drain that I would look under the top cap. I found little rust spots on the gears and bearings. I assume this is throughout the drive unit but I have not cracked it in half yet. Can someone take a look at the pictures and tell me if this is a major problem, or can I just run it the way it is without having to rebuild the drive unit? If I put new high performance oil in it will I at least be able to get a few seasons out of it?
Some other things I am doing:
transom service kit (gimbal bearing, grease seal, water tubes, bellows and gaskets)
greasing u-joints (also pretty rusty but feel nice and smooth)
I can scale those images down if they're too big...
Anyway, The boat is a 1985 -87 (not sure) Sea Ray Seville with a MerCruiser 140 Engine (I was told the engine was replaced 5 years ago but almost never run, taken with grain of salt) and the outdrive appears to be an Alpha One, first generation. Not sure if the drive was replaced with the engine.
I have been reading about changing gear oil in the drive unit and how it's a good idea to replace the water pump while working with it. So I built a stand for it and drained the oil into a pan. The oil smelled awful. I decided while I was waiting for the oil to drain that I would look under the top cap. I found little rust spots on the gears and bearings. I assume this is throughout the drive unit but I have not cracked it in half yet. Can someone take a look at the pictures and tell me if this is a major problem, or can I just run it the way it is without having to rebuild the drive unit? If I put new high performance oil in it will I at least be able to get a few seasons out of it?
Some other things I am doing:
transom service kit (gimbal bearing, grease seal, water tubes, bellows and gaskets)
greasing u-joints (also pretty rusty but feel nice and smooth)
I can scale those images down if they're too big...
