https://dmv.vermont.gov/faq/do-i-have-to-be-a-vermont-resident-to-register-a-vehicle-in-vermont
google vermont loophole https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=vermont+loophole
Follow the troubleshooting guide that @Scott06 posted
If your trigger sensor in the distributor has only 2 wires, it may have gone south. The new design of ignition triggers have 3 wires
The boats that would have had wood stringers wrapped in fiberglass and woot transom wrapped in fiberglass
That wood rots long before the floor rots
Failure to fixing the rot, the boat will sink
You need to get the boat registered in your name before you even think of fixing it up
You need to call your local registration office and talk to them
Welcome aboard
Free boats are the most expensive
If the floor is rotten, the stringers and transom long ago rotted
If you didn't use a factory Mercruiser head gasket, that could also be an issue
just backflush from the raw water pump backwards. simply undo the hose at the raw water pump, shove the end of the garden hose in there and tighten the clamp. no adapter needed.
Manuals for boats do not exist
You have an OMC stringer 400
Wiring diagram for motor/controls/gauges will be in the OMC factory manual only available new from outboardbooks.com. Used factory manuals available on eBay/Craigslist
Remainder of boat wiring (nav lights and horn) are simple and...
Try eBay, craigslist and boat salvage yards. Only other place may be www sterndrive.info
Any stringer 400 from 1978-1984) interchange. 1985 is a crossover year to the cobra drive. Your motor/drive is a 1984
I would not use the sierra unless Carter fuel systems went out of business
The Chinese knockoff brand you posted from Amazon is PURE GARBAGE
Hey a carter
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/crt-m61073
Most likely need more than deck as that is the last thing to rot after the transom and stringers
Go to the stickies at the top of the forum, 4th one down, read links 14,15, and 18
