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  1. matt167

    1981 Honda 4 Stroke 9.9 Should I? How much?

    You might find impellers for it, you won't find service for it. I'd steer clear. Old Honda's are very hard for parts
  2. matt167

    " Prosessing " a donor boat. Best way?

    I wonder how 'good' the interior from a 16' 4 Winns would fit a Starcraft Offshore. I know at least the seats would work. My dad also has an Offshore V 18 that the interior is wrecked on but he wants to get it back to the water at some point.
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    " Prosessing " a donor boat. Best way?

    I'm pretty sure I've found my donor boat. '86 Four Winns with a 3.0 Alpha. Nicely kept boat with in tact mooring covers and such, but is rotted. Owner states soft floors and we know what that means. Probably Worth fixing if I were a fiberglass guy but my Offshore V 18 is twice the boat and I...
  4. matt167

    Merc overheating…

    This is where a little routine maint would have prevented an issue. Impeller has a 90% chance it quit pumping. Burning smell because the exhaust got HOT from lack of cooling
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    Joined the Starmada. kind of unexpectedly

    Does the 86 alpha one have the same round plug for wiring?
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    Joined the Starmada. kind of unexpectedly

    I was mistaken, the probable donor boat is a '86 Four Winns Freedom 160. They came with the 140hp 3.0L I was originally considering using the Gen II transom assembly that I have from the smoker craft, but I don't have the leg. I do have a nice set of Faria gauges from it though. I'm thinking...
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    Joined the Starmada. kind of unexpectedly

    After looking around, I found a 1986 Wellcraft Eclipse with a 3.0L Mercruiser. Decent boat, someone taken care of it but owner says soft floors. I can get it for $800 and I think it's the best route. The only question is keeping the 2.5L which I know has been gone through by previous owner, or...
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    Mixing Mercruiser 120 ( 1971 ) with Alpha Gen II ( 2000 4.3L )

    Would an 86 boat with 2.5 merc be a good candidate?
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    Joined the Starmada. kind of unexpectedly

    I’m now planning on putting on either a later gen 2 outdrive on it or a more modern gen 1 gimbal assembly. I was going to sell it but I can’t bring myself to do that. It’s too nice.
  10. matt167

    1990 Lforce engine Bayliner Capri-

    You said L Force which I have to assume is an L drive. Parts for the drive are not even available. You would be best dumping money into an outboard boat
  11. matt167

    Size of outboard

    I have a 2021 Suzuki 25hp and a 14’ StarCraft holiday. Powers it decently but wont win a race. I ran it with a big twin 40 and it was just quicker to plane, not really that much faster
  12. matt167

    Mixing Mercruiser 120 ( 1971 ) with Alpha Gen II ( 2000 4.3L )

    That makes sense now
  13. matt167

    Mixing Mercruiser 120 ( 1971 ) with Alpha Gen II ( 2000 4.3L )

    I knew that but didn’t know what the serial or year brake was for it. Or if the driveshaft difference would matter
  14. matt167

    Mixing Mercruiser 120 ( 1971 ) with Alpha Gen II ( 2000 4.3L )

    The one I have uses the pins that are held with pins and nails.! I have new pins and nails but the nails are broke off inside. I’d like to have trim senders too
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    Mixing Mercruiser 120 ( 1971 ) with Alpha Gen II ( 2000 4.3L )

    Is it really worth it to swap to a gen 2 or should I get a newer gen 1 transom plate? Being I have a good gen 1 leg. I’ve got the approval from the other half on this so I might have a decent budget
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    Mixing Mercruiser 120 ( 1971 ) with Alpha Gen II ( 2000 4.3L )

    will the Gen 1 shifter and trim buttons work? It uses an old side mount Mercontrol
  17. matt167

    Mixing Mercruiser 120 ( 1971 ) with Alpha Gen II ( 2000 4.3L )

    I was cleaning up my '71 SC Offshore V18 to sell when I decided not to. I bought it with the gimball all apart and the nails/ pins are gone as well as a couple shift linkage parts and it's kind of corroded. The guy who I bought it from was restoring it when he found an Islander. He did redo the...
  18. matt167

    1980 Gamefisher

    The exhaust is water cooled. They have an impeller. But air cooled motor. Game fishers after 85 were force
  19. matt167

    2018 StarCraft limited 2000 fish (missing mat)

    Great Lakes skipper or even StarCraft as it’s fairly recent. Aside from those 2 places nobody would have specific parts from a manufacturer
  20. matt167

    1980 Gamefisher

    TCw3 may not actually be the correct oil since they are air cooled. It is basically a techumseh 2 stroke lawn mower engine. However lawn boy did spec TCw3 for their push mowers but they were part of OMC. Its an Eska motor
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