Ok guys so I'm needing to find the size of the drain hole in the block to clean it out with a tap. I know these come with an adapter with either the blue plastic plugs or a brass plug. I have the insert with the brass plug on one side, and upon pulling the engine to begin my restoration I come...
Hey guys, in the middle of doing a complete rebuild on my alpha 1 gen 2 transom assembly. Though the rubber bushing on the plastic water tube wasn't in horrible shape I decided to order a replacement just to start fresh. Ordered a replacement from Michigan Motorz which was supposed to fit and...
Hello guys... I am looking for the Merc serial # for the gimbal housing studs that connect the housing to the transom. This is for an Alpha 1 Gen II. (Serial#OF332901) Ive searched old threads and searched for an hour on google with no luck. Bottom four studs are rusted and a little eaten up...
Alright guys.. I'm at that point where I need to remove the cap on my bowrider to get to the rest of the deck for removal. Figured I'd start a new thread for this instead of putting it on my resto thread in hopes of a quicker response. I know how to get it all loose. This is just a shoebox joint...
Hello all.. I am tearing my Marada bowrider to redo the stringers. While trying to remove the gunnel panels I got a look at the wiring for the shift controls. I've got the quicksilver 3000, the classic I believe. It has the lanyard kill switch trim and trailer switch. Has a total of 9 wires...
Hello all... I've searched through threads for days and can't find an answer to this issue. I've got an 18' bowrider with an alpha gen 2 drive that a purchased not long ago that I'm unfortunatly realizing wasn't cared for very well. With the drive partially trimed up I can lift the lower unit...
Re: 1992 Marada 1800MVB.. stringer, transom, deck restore
Got most of the interior taken out today. Going to make getting that motor unhooked a whole lot easier. Ive got a few pics I took as I was working along. Once I was able to remove the floor piece that was covering the gas tank I found...
Hello all... Ive went through hundreds of threads on restores on here and saw how much fun you all were having I decided id join in on it! Yea right. I bought this little 18 foot bowrider off a family friend as my first boat about two years back. Id grown up in a 22' Lowe all aluminum deckboat...
Re: Center stringer question
Re: Center stringer question
I have a picture I took from the ski locker forward to the bow with my phone but I'm having problems attaching it. From the windshield area back it looks solid but from there to the bow it's misshaped.. Looks like the woven mat is...
I have a 1992 Marada 1800MVB that is more than likely going to need a complete teardown. I know the transom has soaked in water and one of the stringers sounds hollow around the ski locker. Deck is about 80% solid. I was doing some searching around in it today got to looking at what I believe to...
I was out at the local bass pro this past weekend and they had a few of the new tahoe bowriders sitting on the parking lot. Being in the depressed mood I was in since earlier in the day I realized that my little 20 year old bowrider was in need of a full transom-stringer restoration... I decided...
Working on a project while its cold out and need some advice. I am replacing the wooden backing for the bow seatback. Coushin started pulling away this past summer enough to realize there was some rot issues. The seatback is or shall i say mostly "was" a frame cut from 3/4 ply made to follow the...
I've got a '92 Marada bowrider that I'm needing to remove some interior pieces. First is the bow seatbacks. Had the left coushin become loose and upon inspection there's not much left of the wood backing. I can't find how these are attached.. After searching posts on this site I found where they...
After searching for hours upon hours through posts with no luck im turning to the wise members here for answers. Boat in question is a 1992 Marada 1800MVB 18' bowrider with 4.3 Mercruiser and alpha drive. I purchased the boat two years back and have had an ongoing issue with over reving. Prop...
