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  1. CW2cJ

    Bad 1970 Mercruiser Engine, Please tell me there is still hope.

    Scott, you are a blessing. You make this all sound so easy. Since I cannot see the stringers, am I correct in that I need to pull up the deck, or at least part of the deck? We are going to redo the interior anyway. I stated pulling up the vinyl cover that was over the deck and it is just a...
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    Bad 1970 Mercruiser Engine, Please tell me there is still hope.

    That would mean that I tear the old wood deck out and use a small hole saw to drill test holes in the stringers? Then, if no rot is found, fill the holes (as mentioned above) and replace the deck then go about engine repair? For the most serious question: I do feel that I am skilled and do a lot...
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    Bad 1970 Mercruiser Engine, Please tell me there is still hope.

    I just wanted to post an update here. After attending the Ft Lauderdale Boat Show, we were told to convert to an outboard and rebuild the whole boat. I started reading and decided this may be out of my league, right now, as I did not grow up around boats and would be trying to do something major...
  4. CW2cJ

    Bad 1970 Mercruiser Engine, Please tell me there is still hope.

    So you are saying that I can restore this old boat and save the memory of my mom and dad, THANK YOU! Everyone needs a hobby. I thought diving was expensive enough. Let's add rebuilding a little boat (it is only 17') to that so I can stay bankrupt forever. LOL
  5. CW2cJ

    Bad 1970 Mercruiser Engine, Please tell me there is still hope.

    Well, I looked through other forums here and found the stringers are the cross pieces that go in the hull under the deck, correct? It also seems that it is difficult to determine their integrity on my own. One thing that may be bad is the the engine mount came right out of the deck without...
  6. CW2cJ

    Bad 1970 Mercruiser Engine, Please tell me there is still hope.

    Transom seems to be fine. Stringers? I am new to this boat thing so I have to say I do not know what those are. Can I use about any inline 6 or do I need to be more exact?
  7. CW2cJ

    Bad 1970 Mercruiser Engine, Please tell me there is still hope.

    So I just read on another forum in here that converting to an outboard is not a good idea. I found a running GM 250 I6 engine on eBay that I can maybe take the block from and put on the head and exhaust manifold from the original on?
  8. CW2cJ

    Bad 1970 Mercruiser Engine, Please tell me there is still hope.

    When my parents died last year, my wife and I decided we would bring their boat from Colorado to Florida. I finally decided to see how the engine was and found that it would not turn at all. I removed the cylinder head to find the number three cylinder is cracked. The boat is a 1970 Newman...
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