Recent content by bwingler

  1. B

    Need Advice On My 1979 Tom-Boy Boat

    Hi all, I bought this old 1979 Tom-Boy fishing boat. As you can see its pretty bad. I paid $275.00 for the boat, trailer, johnson foot control trolling motor, 2 minn kota 35 trolling motors, eagle fish finder, 4 fold down seats and anchor. I wanted an open boat with a tiller steer outboard. All...
  2. B

    How to use the alignment tool

    Ok all, got the boat engine in, all wired up and running. My alignment tool arrived but there is no instructions for doing an alignment. Anybody know how this is done?
  3. B

    3.0 Engine Swap Went Well

    Just to let everyone know i replaced my 1985 3.0 liter with a 1977 3.0 liter engine, My cherry picker was able to go high enough on both boats to remove the engines without having to remove top rails or the trailer tires. What i had to use from the 1985 engine was the bellhousing, the two piece...
  4. B

    Swap outdrive question

    can i put a merc mc in place of an mr stern drive?
  5. B

    Cracked Block?

    I have a 3.0 mercrusier and i hooked up a water hose to the motor and watched water pouring out my dip stick tube. Would that be a cracked block? I have not pulled the head off yet. Barry
  6. B

    Engine Swap Question

    I have a 1977 mercruiser 140 engine in my old boat that has been rebuilt and runs fine. My New to me boat is an 1985 Mercrusier 140 that is bad. Would my older one work in the newer boat? The only difference i see is the exhaust riser, old one is 1 piece 90 and the newer one is a two piece. They...
  7. B

    New Project Boat ebay special

    I scored this locally off of ebay. It is a reinell 180 with a 140 mercruiser and a hp 120/140 out drive. Nice stainless prop also. Got most of the floor out and started cleaning it up. The person i got if from showed me the parts where he rebuilt the motor, says its got 10 hours on it, it does...
  8. B

    Boat Floor Replacment In PDF

    I found a nice how to replace a boat floor from start to finish in the form of an ebook pdf. "http://nature-powered.com/floor/howtoboatflo.pdf" i found a great site called "http://www.totalvid.com/" boat repair, fishing etc... pm me if you want to know how to save the videos for longer then 7...
  9. B

    AQ130C Overheating Help Please

    I need some help, i don't have a manual yet. I just removed the thermostat now i have water flow. Before i did not. I am not running on ear muffs, i connected the garden hose straight to the water pump on the engine. The temp gauge goes up slowly and gets up to 160 then it bounces around down to...
  10. B

    impeller replacement question

    My stern drive is a volvo 270, how does one go about replacing the impeller? I am sure you have to drain the oil from the drive, what type goes back in it. I have never done this before. Thanks
  11. B

    I Got Screwed - "I Think"

    I wish i knew what to look at when i boat my boat. First boat, Its a 1973 Thunderhawk and can't find anything about it. I rebuilt both carbs, replaced hoses and got it running. Last night i was working on it and found the transom has a soft spot on the inside, go the the outside of the transom...
  12. B

    AQ130C Manual PDF Version

    Hi, Does anybody have the service manual on pdf that they want to sell? It is a AQ130C with a 270 stern drive, year 1973. Thanks, Barry
  13. B

    Volvo AQ130C Question

    I am new to boating, I bought a 1973 Thunderhawk 18 foot runabout with an AQ130C engine and a 270 stern drive. My question is looking at the motor there is no motor mounts or front mount anywhere on the engine or floor, nothing is rotted or broke off. The engine is only mounted to the transom...
See more
Top