I spent the last hour searching the archives and that is a TON of awesome stuff on here. I'm really excited to finish my boat project. I've recently glassed in a new transom in my 1972 winner viscount and now I need to cut the keyhole and drill the outdrive mounting holes. I have some pieces...
I have a Winner Viscount with a Mercruiser 888 Pre alpha stern drive with a 302 ford motor. I have been working on overhauling this cool boat, and a bad water leak caused me to haul out the motor. Once I hauled out the motor, I found that my Y pipe was cracked and my transom plate was snapped...
I have a Winner Viscount with a Mercruiser 888 Pre alpha stern drive with a 302 ford motor. I have been working on overhauling this cool boat, and a bad water leak caused me to haul out the motor. Once I hauled out the motor, I found that my Y pipe was cracked and my transom plate was snapped...
My 74 Mercruiser 888, pre- alpha unit has the manual steering setup. While trouble shooting a leak, I found that my transom plate was cracked in half.
I have been looking all over for an identical transom plate and haven't been able to locate one. I have however found a ton of transom plates...
I posted a few weeks ago on this forum about how to find a transom leak. I pulled the engine and found that the Y pipe was wasted.
After pulling the Y pipe I saw alot of oxide on the inner transom plate. There was some serious build up on the plate and one of the lower bolts was missing...
I'm trying to diagnose a water leak on my 1974 Mercruiser 888 with a 302 Ford motor. My first thoughts after searching the Iboats forum was that the leak was in the bellows. I'm now positive the leak is not the bellows.<br />After my last test float, I drained and flushed the motor and then...
