freeisforme
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2009
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- 184
I just picked up a used Starcraft with a 1970 60hp on it with a broken prop shaft. Its snapped off where the splines end.
The last owner said they had issues getting the prop off some time ago and the guy who burned the prop off said that the shaft may have some heat damage. I guess he was right.
Either way, its an electric shift motor, which was in working order till this. I found a dealer with a fully rebuilt 1970 60hp, and exact match for $900 carry out or installed, the power head was fully rebuilt, the lower unit resealed with new wiring and solenoid?, a new water pump, and fresh paint and a new hood seal. It looks brand new and has 148 psi on all three cylinders and runs like a top in the test tank there. To me that sounds a bit light for all the work done but I was told that they got stuck with the motor after the previous owner didn't pay for repairs made.
A buddy keeps telling me to toss the electric shift motor and repower the boat with a new motor, but that's a lot to put into a 40+ year old boat. Besides, I've had electric shift motors in the past and never had any issues.
Were they really all that bad? I've been boating all my life and in the 30+ years I've been running a boat I've never once had an issue with an electric shift motor other than the occasional impeller or prop hub bushing.
Basically my goal would be to get at least three or four years out the rebuilt motor. At that point I suppose this boat will be long gone and I'll have found something else.
The part that has me concerned is how cheap it is considering the price, I've priced reman power heads before and haven't once gotten a price less than $1800. Let alone resealing and making any repairs on the rest of the motor.
They told me the motor they're selling was a low hours motor that sat for a long time and had stuck rings, they supposedly replaced the pistons, rings, gaskets and seals, thermostat, water pump and wiring harness and repainted it all in original colors. The hood is supposedly all original, just cleaned up, but the rest is repainted.
I got the boat cheap, I gave $1200 for the boat with new floors and a new transom panel installed and two new back to back seats. Its also got an aftermarket power tilt/trim unit on it.
I rode in the boat one time last summer, it ran great with the old motor, I basically just want to get it back to how it was that day.
I'd also like to find the parts to fix the original motor but figure a nice fresh rebuilt motor will be both quicker and more reliable for now. I can tinker with the old motor and keep it as a spare down the road.
Is the lower unit from a 1968 55hp the same as the one on the 1970 60hp?
I have a chance to pickup one of those for $350 off CL in unkown condition but with good compression on all three. If I could swap the lower units out, it would fix the original motor.
The last owner said they had issues getting the prop off some time ago and the guy who burned the prop off said that the shaft may have some heat damage. I guess he was right.
Either way, its an electric shift motor, which was in working order till this. I found a dealer with a fully rebuilt 1970 60hp, and exact match for $900 carry out or installed, the power head was fully rebuilt, the lower unit resealed with new wiring and solenoid?, a new water pump, and fresh paint and a new hood seal. It looks brand new and has 148 psi on all three cylinders and runs like a top in the test tank there. To me that sounds a bit light for all the work done but I was told that they got stuck with the motor after the previous owner didn't pay for repairs made.
A buddy keeps telling me to toss the electric shift motor and repower the boat with a new motor, but that's a lot to put into a 40+ year old boat. Besides, I've had electric shift motors in the past and never had any issues.
Were they really all that bad? I've been boating all my life and in the 30+ years I've been running a boat I've never once had an issue with an electric shift motor other than the occasional impeller or prop hub bushing.
Basically my goal would be to get at least three or four years out the rebuilt motor. At that point I suppose this boat will be long gone and I'll have found something else.
The part that has me concerned is how cheap it is considering the price, I've priced reman power heads before and haven't once gotten a price less than $1800. Let alone resealing and making any repairs on the rest of the motor.
They told me the motor they're selling was a low hours motor that sat for a long time and had stuck rings, they supposedly replaced the pistons, rings, gaskets and seals, thermostat, water pump and wiring harness and repainted it all in original colors. The hood is supposedly all original, just cleaned up, but the rest is repainted.
I got the boat cheap, I gave $1200 for the boat with new floors and a new transom panel installed and two new back to back seats. Its also got an aftermarket power tilt/trim unit on it.
I rode in the boat one time last summer, it ran great with the old motor, I basically just want to get it back to how it was that day.
I'd also like to find the parts to fix the original motor but figure a nice fresh rebuilt motor will be both quicker and more reliable for now. I can tinker with the old motor and keep it as a spare down the road.
Is the lower unit from a 1968 55hp the same as the one on the 1970 60hp?
I have a chance to pickup one of those for $350 off CL in unkown condition but with good compression on all three. If I could swap the lower units out, it would fix the original motor.