I pulled my 28' regal with twin mercruiser outdrives up yesterday and saw my brass drain plug was severely eaten away. When I went to unscrew the plug the whole thing fell off. You can imagine how lucky I was that it didn't fall off whilst in the water, one more month and I think that would...
I have a 28' Regal with 10' beam and 9000lbs weight with twin engines. The old engines are Merc 488's i/o(caught fire last week). I am not sure which way to go with repowering, whatever I do I will have to modify the engine bay and add stringers because the 488's had a wierd front engine...
My voltage regulator on my Mercruiser 488 caught fire so I had to use my fire extinguisher on it. Now I have that white powder all over my engine and engine bay. I have thought to spray it all with degreaser and wash it off with a hose but I am concerned about my startermotor and stuff getting...