I wouldn't spend any money on it until you get it registered in your name. Right now it belongs to your late grandfather.
DO NOT USE PRESSURE TREATED LUMBER ON ALUMINUM
the chemicals in pressure treated lumber will dissolve the aluminum.
Fiberglassics may have a sears listing for the...
go to an OMC dealer. most I paid was $0.50 per O-ring in the middle of nowhere. I bought 6 and there are still 4 of them on a nail in my buddys garage.
Go to NAPA for welsh plugs. they probably have O-rings as well.
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no, the flywheel wont swap back and forth from a 2-piece RMS block to a 1-piece RMS block
if the block is cracked, the heads are most likely cracked.
cant take pistons and swap, that takes re-machining the bores, and most likely they are no longer round.
Yes, it can be restored
No, it will not be cheap
Yes, it will take a lot of work
The "orange" crumbly stuff is the foam core. That is shot
No, I wouldn't take it out on any body of water bigger than a 40 acre pond
