1989 3.0 Cobra Transom Assembly Question

davekal

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Long story short I did a dumb a** manoeuvre and decided to water test a boat I picked up cheap instead of pulling the vertical drive off and seeing what that knocking noise was. I blew the gimbal bearing causing the u-joints blow through the transom assembly. The good news is the trailer was still in the water so I didn't sink. The bad news is I need to replace the outer transom assembly.

Does anybody out there that would know what transom assemblies are compatible with that engine? Can I use a V6, V8 one? Does the year matter? I have a lead on an 89 that came out of a V8. I don't have the old assembly out to match it up as its in a fairly remote area. I'd like to 'try' to get it right and do an in and out on it without having to remove the old one and revisit the job another day. I apologize, I do not have the serial or model humber of the damaged assembly. The boat is an 89 Bayliner Capri 2152.

Thank You!

Dave
 

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Long story short I did a dumb a** manoeuvre and decided to water test a boat I picked up cheap instead of pulling the vertical drive off and seeing what that knocking noise was. I blew the gimbal bearing causing the u-joints blow through the transom assembly. The good news is the trailer was still in the water so I didn't sink. The bad news is I need to replace the outer transom assembly.

Does anybody out there that would know what transom assemblies are compatible with that engine? Can I use a V6, V8 one? Does the year matter? I have a lead on an 89 that came out of a V8. I don't have the old assembly out to match it up as its in a fairly remote area. I'd like to 'try' to get it right and do an in and out on it without having to remove the old one and revisit the job another day. I apologize, I do not have the serial or model humber of the damaged assembly. The boat is an 89 Bayliner Capri 2152.

Thank You!

Dave

Hi Dave,

Welcome aboard!

You can go to http://epc.brp.com/ and look up your model and compare transom part numbers to the other years and models.

It is my understanding that the GIMBAL housing was the same for many models and years.

And for 1989 model year , the 0985963 GIMBAL HOUSING ASSY for a 3.0L is identical to the 89 5.7L gimbal. Even the (89) 7.5L package used the same gimbal housing.

Your boat being an 89 model year could also have an 88 model year engine and drive.....,and that would mean it's a 0985400 GIMBAL HOUSING ASSY

I cannot tell you what the differences are, ....... they didn't change those parts much.over all the dog-clutch Cobras.

The 87 also has a different part number from the above but I think the gimbal mounts are interchangeable across the dog-clutch drives.

Bottom line, if yours is an 89, any 89 housing for a dog-clutch drive will work.

Regards,

Rick
 
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