Well I just got the boat this year and replaced the motor (originally 5.0 to a 5.7 with a 1979 omc 800) and a bunch of other stuff to make it river worthy. The reverse did not work probably due to a gear problem as I checked everything else. I was planning on replacing the forward and reverse...
Hey guys,
My Omc 800/350 will not go into reverse. On land with muffs it seems to work but I have to have the cable way extended. The pointer on the shift converter has to go way off the scale like an inch to even get the reverse to work on land. When I put it in the water it seemed like it...
Hey guys, I have a 18' 78 Sunrunner bowrider OMC 800 which I swapped the 305 for a 350 and gained quite a few ponies:). The prop says 15x17 on it and its 3 blade alum. I took it out for the first time today and I'm proud to say it ran great but I didn't want to give it more than half throttle...
I just put a new crate motor in my 78 sunrunner. I started it for the first time yesterday and everything worked great and the temp stayed right at 160 the whole time.
Today I fired it up again and it started to get hot so i shut it down. I disconnected the hose from the outdrive and with...
Hey guys. I am buying my first boat tommorow and am very excited. However, I can't find any information on it anywhere. I looked up the engine code all I could find was it was a onc outdrive which was used in 1979 for a 200hp motor. It looks to be a chevy v8 with 200 on the valve covers with a...