1972 Century Mark II 360 Project-Looking for Advice

[CarolinaPanther]

I am beginnning a restore on a boat that has been in my family since purchased in 1972.

I am pulling the motor to upgrade to electronic distributor. I plan on taking the head off to see condition. At the least I will replace gaskets, etc...Not sure if I should rebuild since I have it out or not.

I am curious what I should do with the water jackets while I have them out.

It has a paragon V-drive. I had to replace the main gear in the gear reducer but I have never touched the actual drive. Should I go ahead and replace the clutch pack. I never had any trouble but I believe I was losing the snap on deep water pulls. Does a bad clutch pack gradually begin to slip?

I would also like to make sure I get someone to rebuild the paragon drive that is experienced.

I have already completely rebuilt and ran a dyno for the carburator.

My question in general is are their some "must do's" for a boat this age and what areas should be top prioirities. I don't have a blank check, but I don't want to have to pull the engine again for some time.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[oops!]

Re: 1972 Century Mark II 360 Project-Looking for Advice

hi welcome to i boats

im going to ask the mods to move this to the motor forums.

but the people there will need much more information....

like what motor is it?...
and why are you pulling the motor to replace a dist?

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: 1972 Century Mark II 360 Project-Looking for Advice

Here is a bail out on my part..... I will move this to the I/O forum but the best place I have seen for the Paragon drive is here http://www.marinegears.com/catalog/cat.html

 

[zbnutcase]

Re: 1972 Century Mark II 360 Project-Looking for Advice

What engine do you have? Can you post pics of engine/boat? Need more info please.

 

[CarolinaPanther]

Re: 1972 Century Mark II 360 Project-Looking for Advice

The motor is a Chrysler 360. There is not enough pull distance for the distributor. The distributor is shot. Since I have to shift the motor I want to pull it and replace a nagging leak around the oil pan. The motor is all orginal and untouched. I feel like I have been on borrowed time!