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Re: What ya think?
Kelly, That piece is called the bell housing. To get it off you'll have to remove the motor and unbolt it from the back side. I have a complete thru hull setup for this motor and outdrive here including an untested tilt pump and the rams. Realize you'd still be on the hook for various and assundry boots, impellars, whitzits and gidgets that are gonna cost some money to get this thing up and running. But it would all bolt together for someone with little experience. A much easier job than a total re-power with updated controls and wiring, possibly a new hole in the transom to match the new setup. Does your rig need a new transom? This would be something else you need to think about. Knowing what I know after the work we've done on the LL, I'd take this stuff and very slowly take everything apart and swap out everything that's broken and run it. JMHO
Also you'd prob be looking at around 200 for shipping maybe more. Powering large boats ain't cheap.
Now let's talk about that insane idea of hangin a bracket off the back. I say let one of the guys that are dyin for someone to do it foot the bill. We all want to see one but I think we're all just hopin someone else will do it to see if it works. There are several threads about the theoretical pros and the cons of this approach over on the resto forums. Personally, I think there is way too much that can go wrong in a backyard build environment for me to want to try it. Starcraft had plenty of R & D money at their disposal when they decided to hang them on the Islanders. Way too much risk for me. What if it ends up 2" too high or 2" too low? I don't know enough about all that center of gravity crap to be messin with that crap!
If you're gonna use this boat in dangerous, coastal waters then you're gonna have to be danged sure you have everything working top notch in it. steering, power, guages, etc. It's a little different for me. I just get a tow at the lake if I have problems, but big water would be a whole nother ball game. I guess the point is any way you go about this thing, you're gonna have to put some money in it. It's a 22 foot boat and they don't come cheap.
Kelly, That piece is called the bell housing. To get it off you'll have to remove the motor and unbolt it from the back side. I have a complete thru hull setup for this motor and outdrive here including an untested tilt pump and the rams. Realize you'd still be on the hook for various and assundry boots, impellars, whitzits and gidgets that are gonna cost some money to get this thing up and running. But it would all bolt together for someone with little experience. A much easier job than a total re-power with updated controls and wiring, possibly a new hole in the transom to match the new setup. Does your rig need a new transom? This would be something else you need to think about. Knowing what I know after the work we've done on the LL, I'd take this stuff and very slowly take everything apart and swap out everything that's broken and run it. JMHO
Also you'd prob be looking at around 200 for shipping maybe more. Powering large boats ain't cheap.
Now let's talk about that insane idea of hangin a bracket off the back. I say let one of the guys that are dyin for someone to do it foot the bill. We all want to see one but I think we're all just hopin someone else will do it to see if it works. There are several threads about the theoretical pros and the cons of this approach over on the resto forums. Personally, I think there is way too much that can go wrong in a backyard build environment for me to want to try it. Starcraft had plenty of R & D money at their disposal when they decided to hang them on the Islanders. Way too much risk for me. What if it ends up 2" too high or 2" too low? I don't know enough about all that center of gravity crap to be messin with that crap!
If you're gonna use this boat in dangerous, coastal waters then you're gonna have to be danged sure you have everything working top notch in it. steering, power, guages, etc. It's a little different for me. I just get a tow at the lake if I have problems, but big water would be a whole nother ball game. I guess the point is any way you go about this thing, you're gonna have to put some money in it. It's a 22 foot boat and they don't come cheap.
