Transom feels very solid, but good point that I may as well check that. What is the best way to tell if there's rot? I see a lot of posts about drilling in, but not seeing anything explaining what to actually look for once you drill. Thanks!
Ah ok, thank you. I should have mentioned, this is an old starcraft aluminum, which I guess should make mounting easier.
But good point on the extra stuff... water pump, intake, etc. My worry with getting a donor boat is that I don't know how to assess whether or not a used motor is in good...
Ah okay thanks. So basically any 1996+ 4.3L (vortec) will work? And will that mount right onto my old mount (GM inline 6)? Any other parts I need, or is it basically just pulling the old motor and dropping the new one in and hooking up gas/electrical? I mean, I know it's more complicated...
I have a very dumb question about this conversion. After thinking about what @matt167 mentioned about just switching to a gen II, I'm seriously considering it. I'm calling a few salvage yards and I'm realizing that I'm just not sure what I need to be buying. Will literally any 4.3L mercruiser...
hm. Okay, well, this wasn't on my radar before, but I'll consider it as an option (thanks for pointing this out as a possibility). I'm still a little nervous about buying a salvage/damaged boat... anyone have any advice? What's the process? Do I just, like... buy some piece of garbage off...
Thanks. I think my gimbal housing is pretty much done for... it cracked trying to get the bearing out; bearing was corroded in there pretty good.
I worry a little about buying a new engine, because I know the one I have now is decent, but I just wouldn't trust myself to know how to inspect...
Hello all,
I have been having some major issues with my MC-1 and I got some good advice here. I think that the best "middle ground" solution for me that is not insanely expensive but also not just putting a band-aid on things is to upgrade my drive to something newer than an MC-1. My engine is...
hm. So just to give me a super ballpark idea of what's in store... what might I be looking at as far as cost for something like a full transplant at a shop? I don't have the gear to pull and engine (don't have a hoist or anything) and don't trust myself to do it right.
Thanks!!
hm.. okay.. thanks for all that input. So then, another question. If I have to pull the engine basically no matter what, what's my best option given that I'll have a MC-1 shaped hole in my transom? It feels like that opens the door for basically any option... I could replace with any outdrive...
I'm sorry, yes, I wasn't thinking. It's the gimbal housing end... the bearing was so rusted/corroded in there that it took some chunks out on the way out. I just figured I could bolt on a new gimbal housing pretty easily, I didn't know that I would need to pull the engine to replace that...
Oh... I didn't realize that I would have to pull the engine even just to replace the bell housing with the same bell housing I have now. Don't you need pretty specialized equipment to pull the engine? How much might I be looking at to get something like that done (money-wise)?
Thanks
thanks for the input everyone! To answer a common question, that gimbal bearing is the one that is corroded, and my bell housing isn't in great shape because of it.
Can I ask a clarifying question? Seems like there's some disagreement about whether or not an alpha gen 1 will bolt on. Am I...
Hello, all!
New user here to iBoats (sorta new... had an account a long time ago but forgot it so here I am again). And I have a repair options question.
I have an old outdrive that is corroded beyond repair; I tried to pull the bearing and a chunk cracked off, if that gives you any idea of...
