I work on them every day so I ‘get’ them. The electronics are what I don’t like. A radio update has the potential to create a no start on a GM vehicle for instance
With as popular as StarCraft is, you can probably get one from UDP plastics. They make them custom and then keep the pattern on file after that. Expensive though. Some glass shops can do them as well if they work with plastic
Earlier MC1 has the hook. Eliminated later year’s because it wasn’t really needed. It was used for lifting the outdrive off for service. It’s not a trailer support. If you need to hold your drive up, run a ratchet strap from one transom eye to the other under the outdrive and tighten it up...
The chances are they probably work. You might not find the perfect prop but probably fit and work fine. China is pretty good at making exact copies of stuff.
I put a chinese mercury remote on my 18’ StarCraft and other than no logo, you’ll never know. It also has Vevor steering which works...
Nobody’s going to want a conversion either, especially with what you would need to charge for it.
My advice is to donate the boat and claim it on your taxes. If you need to get rid of it
Sell 175, buy 170. The boats are basically the same except largely different where it counts. Your wanting to convert from I/O to outboard. Generally that is done with a pod and on such a small boat will change your handling greatly. The transom you’ll find is vastly different. Cutting it...
I think 2014 will have the stretch belt. You’ll need a new install tool if you don’t have one, and a 24mm w/ breaker bar to rotate the engine.
If you haven’t done a water pump lately I’d recommend it while you’re in there.
Way out of the realm but a good example. 20x10x8 Carslile Turfmaster made in USA vs China will be roughly 1/2” in diameter different. You won’t be able to mow with one of each. Tire size is meaningless across lines and even country of origin
Back in the 90s Honda was THE 4 stroke brand. They are great but the older ones are getting harder to get parts for. The Yam will have everything available you need and a tech willing to work on it should you need it
I used the same exact same boat for parts. It was rotted completely to the forward bulkheads. That’s where I got into solid wood when I chopped it up. It was the same kind of story. They just had it out on the lake, but it was obviously dangerously rotted.
If you know it’s rotted don’t put it...
Longer tongue to a point. You slide the winch Stand to put the boat where you want it on the trailer and then move the axle or axles to adjust your tongue weight
Well sure, I could have fixed it and gotten just a little bit more out of it. But if I did that, why would I have bothered to repower my boat.. I fully disclosed it had water intrusion in the lower unit in my ad. After half a dozen guys basically offering to take it for free, I had a younger man...
I sold a solid running Super Seahorse 40hp that needed re sealing on the lower unit for $250 with restored controls included, and I had trouble at that price.
Most People don’t want tinker toys. They want to go boating. Nobody works on the old stuff anymore even though most stuff is all...
I may take the peddle boat to the tiny local lake. If I do I gotta put the new crank seals in. But I’m not taking a motorized boat anywhere near a launch. Too much hassle launching ontop of a crowded lake
