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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
1974 Mirrocraft 16' Deep V Restore/Mod
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<blockquote data-quote="parratt1" data-source="post: 375646" data-attributes="member: 16532"><p>Hey everyone,</p><p>I am Jeremy, a new guy here, with a new to me 1974 Mirrocraft 16' Deep V that my dad just gave to me. I am planning on doing some work on it and getting her water ready in a month or so hopefully. </p><p>So far, I took off the motor, a 1972 Johnson 25hp, and went through it. It was a rope start motor that had electric start added after manufacture. I dropped the lower unit and put in a new impeller and water pump housing. It wouldn't shift into reverse before but after putting the lower back on, it went into F and Rev easily. Under the hood, a mouse had moved in and chewed up some wires to make it more liveable. I had to remove the flywheel and the magneto and replace both of the high tension leads (spark plug wires). I also had to install a new start and stop switch as the wires on them were corroded to almost nothing. While I had it apart, I also removed the carb and cleaned it all up and installed new spark plugs. Did all of that over a couple of months this winter and fired her up yesterday. After tinkering with the idle a bit, she was purring away. Not bad for a guy that never worked on a motor before and for a motor that hasn't ran in well over 15 years.</p><p>So I took off the motor and backed the boat into the garage so I could start pulling it all apart. I am hoping to get this done in about a month or so.</p><p>Here are the before pics as it sat, and yes, I took a lot on plan on taking a bunch as I go!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="parratt1, post: 375646, member: 16532"] Hey everyone, I am Jeremy, a new guy here, with a new to me 1974 Mirrocraft 16' Deep V that my dad just gave to me. I am planning on doing some work on it and getting her water ready in a month or so hopefully. So far, I took off the motor, a 1972 Johnson 25hp, and went through it. It was a rope start motor that had electric start added after manufacture. I dropped the lower unit and put in a new impeller and water pump housing. It wouldn't shift into reverse before but after putting the lower back on, it went into F and Rev easily. Under the hood, a mouse had moved in and chewed up some wires to make it more liveable. I had to remove the flywheel and the magneto and replace both of the high tension leads (spark plug wires). I also had to install a new start and stop switch as the wires on them were corroded to almost nothing. While I had it apart, I also removed the carb and cleaned it all up and installed new spark plugs. Did all of that over a couple of months this winter and fired her up yesterday. After tinkering with the idle a bit, she was purring away. Not bad for a guy that never worked on a motor before and for a motor that hasn't ran in well over 15 years. So I took off the motor and backed the boat into the garage so I could start pulling it all apart. I am hoping to get this done in about a month or so. Here are the before pics as it sat, and yes, I took a lot on plan on taking a bunch as I go! [/QUOTE]
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