starcraftlegasea
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- Jun 19, 2007
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Hello all,
A few days ago I created a thread about a 1998 70hp that was for sale and I was planning on going to look at. Anyway, I went to go see it yesterday and eveything seemed to check out until I pulled off the hood to do a compression test. The thing is is that the engine had the "big red plug" design for the engine harness which was the the way in which things were set up pre 96'. At that point, I figured that the man problably was mistaken when he said that it was a 98, and I went to check the transom bracket for the model number plate. Interestingly enough, the engine model was E70TLECB or in other words a black 1998 engine. I confronted the guy selling it about the issue and he said that he had the engine converted over to that style to fit the old controls on his boat. This seemed a bit strange to me because I would think that you would change the harness coming from the controls before you switched out the harness within the engine ..... however I might be wrong. Anyway, I did a little more investigating with the guy about the engine and found out that he replaced the T/T stepup, complete with the bracket, last year. So, I was wondering if it were possible that he purchased a newer bracket, with a model number plate on it from a 98 engine, and then put it on his older engine trying to pawn off the entire setup as a 98. Any thoughts?
One thing to note is that I couldnt locate a model number on the engine block itself, however the engine had a T/T button on the side of it which I think may be a feature of the newer engines. Sorry for the long post, I'm just trying to prevent getting ripped off. Good Boating!!
A few days ago I created a thread about a 1998 70hp that was for sale and I was planning on going to look at. Anyway, I went to go see it yesterday and eveything seemed to check out until I pulled off the hood to do a compression test. The thing is is that the engine had the "big red plug" design for the engine harness which was the the way in which things were set up pre 96'. At that point, I figured that the man problably was mistaken when he said that it was a 98, and I went to check the transom bracket for the model number plate. Interestingly enough, the engine model was E70TLECB or in other words a black 1998 engine. I confronted the guy selling it about the issue and he said that he had the engine converted over to that style to fit the old controls on his boat. This seemed a bit strange to me because I would think that you would change the harness coming from the controls before you switched out the harness within the engine ..... however I might be wrong. Anyway, I did a little more investigating with the guy about the engine and found out that he replaced the T/T stepup, complete with the bracket, last year. So, I was wondering if it were possible that he purchased a newer bracket, with a model number plate on it from a 98 engine, and then put it on his older engine trying to pawn off the entire setup as a 98. Any thoughts?
One thing to note is that I couldnt locate a model number on the engine block itself, however the engine had a T/T button on the side of it which I think may be a feature of the newer engines. Sorry for the long post, I'm just trying to prevent getting ripped off. Good Boating!!
