Picking apart a Merc 1971 6 cyl 4.1l 250 i/o

[all yeah boy]

Ok well I am new to I/O boats and did not properly winterize my motor this year. It froze and the block cracked, the crack is visible. The boat has 1971 (165 hp 4.1L 250 6 cyl.)

I recently purchased a new boat with the same motor but it is a 1975 (165 hp 4.1L 250 6 cyl.). I have to get rid of the boat with the cracked block. I want to salvage any usable parts off of it before I get rid of it. Of course I will pull the outdrive, tilt trim pump, alternator, starter but wonder if there are any other parts that i can salvage?

I do not have an engine hoist so it will be a part at a time... What do you guys think?

 

[ziggy]

Re: Picking apart a Merc 1971 6 cyl 4.1l 250 i/o

yeah, take it apart piece by piece. everything on a boat is extra. cleats, snaps, windshields, lighting, seats, gauges, on and on. the boat is hull only.
don't forget the transom assembly, the exhaust pipe, the steering arm which i think is nla, the shift interrupt sw. is nla, i'd grab all of it. specially if ya got another 165 L6... much will be applicable to the new boat.

 

[fishrdan]

Re: Picking apart a Merc 1971 6 cyl 4.1l 250 i/o

Take everything. I stripped my old boat in 1 day. A couple of neighbors (enticed over by free beer) helped remove the engine block... 2- 2x4's bolted on where the head used to be made lifting the engine a piece of cake. The only thing left on my old hull was the bow eye and steering which I didn't want. $40 to the land fill and the hull was history.