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to hire it out, use 15 hours and $150 an hour for a budget. then take the cost of all the materials, and add about 30% to them. as a DIY, your looking at about $150-400 in carpet (quality range) , $100 in adhesive/hardware/tools, about $100 in incidentals, plus your hatches. so all in plus...

if you want a captains call exhaust or similar switching exhaust. break out your wallet. OEM pricing is about $2500 for the diverters, actuators, mufflers, tips, etc. aftermarket pricing is about $5k. here is one of the more prominent manufacturers...

the water path on the old VP drive is from the side inlets and the bottom port in the casting, water travels up the pivot shaft. there are potential leaks at the o-ring on the bottom of the hollow pin, or the raw water casting at top of the H-frame. from there, there is a molded hose that runs...

the motor or at least the exhaust has been replaced with one from Commander, which is now under the PCM umbrella. the commander motors were originally inboards used in early ski boats the blue paint and the stainless exhaust manifolds with "commander" is the old Commander trademark

BTW, the casting number 10172756 is a 1987 ish block 10472756 doesnt exist.

Use the box. Plastic cracks

The staple length depends on what you are going through and what you are shooting into. I use 3/8" and 1/2" staples I would run the stapler close to 100-120 psi

here you go https://forums.iboats.com/threads/complete-history-of-the-4-3-liter-with-casting-numbers.693935/

Inspect the bellows every year when you pull the drive for the annual maintenance (check alignment, bellows, gimbal, and u-joints) Does your 470 have the upgraded heat exchanger?

Or buy new grinding wheels

if its Grady White, then reach out to them directly. they may be using FMT or Moeller

not sure who made the tanks for GW. you you refering to Grady White or GW invaders?

I had two old merc's that had sentimental value as they were my fathers as well, a Mark 7 and a Mark 20 that both were running, but needed help (ignition, carb, water pump, etc.). sold both for $225 to a canadian snowbird that restores them. look around on AOMCI and see if someone else has...

the 1987 Glassport 165 would be an I/O. most of the pictures out there have a mercruiser on them. not sure what the heck a newport standard is.

the 8.1 came with stainless elbows. so you dont have to worry about the elbows BARR probably made the castings for Mercruiser as they are one of the OEM casting houses for Merc, Volvo, PCM, Indmar, and Ilmor.

Any fuel that was in the tank will now be a brown sludge on the bottom that will need to be cleaned out

This was skin cancer that metastasized. I do not wish that on anyone

Bittersweet..... Lost my good friend Jeff to cancer a few weeks ago. His widow offered some boat stuff. Two ditch bags, wet suit, air horns, Bennett repair kits, dock lines, ski ropes, dock step, spare anchor, small fuel tank

most of todays bass boats have 250hp+/- on back with top speeds in the high double-digits, low triple digits. the holeshot is near instantaneous.

there is no magic mechanic in a can that works on fuel systems that have been sitting. you will have to go thru the carbs and do a link-n-sync