Yeah I’m guessing it’ll fall into the bilge in about 6 months. While I was searching for it, my magnet found the castle nut that goes with it deep in the transom assembly.
Awesome, thanks for the part #.
I fished around with a magnet on a stick today for about an hour. I’ve borescope’d the entire area. I’m convinced that aliens teleported the bolt into outer space shortly after I dropped it.
I found a replacement bolt for $12.
HELP!!
I’m working on an old TRS drive. While hanging upside down In the bilge, I dropped the bolt that connects the steering Ram to the tiller arm. (See pic below) It fell into the transom assembly, below the driveshaft. I borescope’d the entire area, and it doesn’t appear to be near any...
Current owner told me the transom and stringers were redone about 6 years ago. Since then, it’s lived on a trailer, and never really been in the water more that 6 hours at a time.
I can vouch this is correct. Owner is my neighbor and good friend, so I saw the boat every day. I’ve summarized &...
Huge thanks to everyone for providing info. The boat runs & drives right now, but the lights and gauges don’t work.
I’ve also found some good videos on YouTube about re-wiring
Huge thanks to everyone. Great info. I think I’m gonna pull the trigger.
If I scag a drive on a sandbar, it looks like there are 1 or two places that offer re-man’s or used drives. They seem to pop up on eBay every couple weeks.
Oh yeah I’ve definitely been stalking google searches. Seems as though there are very few options. I suppose I could call the listed vendors & see if they still service TRS drives…..
I’ve been offered a decent deal on a 1980s vintage scarab II. It’s safe and it runs, but could use a little work. I’m all about tackling a project, but don’t wanna get in over my head.
The wiring in the boat is mess. There are stray un-used wires. The bare essentials function; trim, k-planes...
I have been offered a decent deal on a 1980s vintage scarab II. It’s safe and it runs, but it could use some work. It has 2 TRS Sterndrives on it. Owner says they were rebuilt around 20 hours ago.
Where do you find parts and manuals for these? All the threads I find on various forums are 20+...
Small potential that my job might move me to Corpus Christi TX. How’s the boating scene there?
I’m currently on the NC coast, and I really like taking my boat to the outer banks and enjoying empty, rural beaches. I also like waterfront bars and restaurants I can dock at for cocktails after a...
Scott, good gouge. Thanks.
Do you really think iron vortec cylinder heads are good enough? I was thinking some super cool Edelbrock performer aluminum heads or something like that.
I’m in salt water. I’d upgrade to closed cooling for sure.
Can I run aluminum cyl heads with closed cooling?
I fried the piston rings in my original motor. I ran a poker run last year at 5000rpm for about 5 hours straight. It burned my piston rings and the motor had a ton of smoke and blow by...
I recently dropped a 383 in place of my tired 6.2L merc MPI motor. It’s running great, but I have an entire 6.2L short block in my garage. I’d like to rebuild it for fun.
I’d like it to have 400-450hp, spin at 4500 RPM all day long, and be on a budget.
can you guys recommend some good reading...
