Ok, Been thowing money at this boat for past 2 years. great boat. so long as it stays on the trailer. LOL.<br />1979 Rinker Deep-V<br />3.0 L <br />Merc out drive<br /> Had shop winterrise it. Found cracks in the end plate on ex-manifolds and block. oil is ok and cyl pressure ok. talked to lawyer. he said good case. just need retainer of 5000.00 to start. he said if we win I probly still not get paid. so I dropped that idea.<br /> I started looking around for new block. Mine is made of cast. seems all the others are made of gold.. Any way, found a 350 marine motor with omc out drive. I would like to swape 3.0 for the 350. <br />Problems<br />OMC drive comptly differnt. <br /> I need all new cables and have to cut a big hole in transom. <br /> Also need the cupling between the flywheel and trans.<br /> is swaping Merc to Omc Good or bad Idea<br />Next idea is to keep the merc drive.<br /> I need to swap out gears in drive. Where do I buy Parts or used drive.<br /> will 350 manifolds hook up to 3.0 merc drive<br /> Where to buy Parts used or new fine with me<br /> will 3.0 flywheel and trans cupling swap to 350.<br /> 3.0 L and 350 Swap out??? trans same on the two?<br /> Should I count My losses and let the thing burn '''
