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Hey MacGyver, what's your best on-the-water/at the lake fix?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ranchero50" data-source="post: 160304" data-attributes="member: 1523"><p>I'll play, bought a '89 Sunbird bowrider (glass boat) with a 2.3l Ford and an OMC Cobra drive that the PO left freeze solid. </p><p></p><p>1. First trip in the new boat had it missing, ended up running ok once I took the oil fill cap off so the steam could escape. Swapped in a junkyard engine.</p><p></p><p>2. Outdrive always swapped oil and water, the input drive shaft spun the top bearing. Note, water boiling off outdrive is not a good thing... Reset the gear lash with plastic shim stock</p><p></p><p>3. 2.3l Fords have a timing belt, moisture causes the sprockets to rust, that eats belts. Note, a screwdriver and adjustable wrench can be used to reset the timing when the belt loses it's teeth, (over and over again). It took three hours to go five miles downriver.</p><p></p><p>4. OMC had a recall for the shifter and throttle cables failing. Note, screaming left, left, no, the other left at the top of your lungs to an 10yo who's driving while you try to hook the throttle back up is not fun. </p><p></p><p>I bought that boat for $3k, put a junk yard engine in and a CL outdrive, and sold it for $2500 four years later. Nosmoke is your friend. The new owners love it</p><p></p><p>One of the guys on Riversmallies.com had to shove handfulls of Zoom plastic worms into a hole after ripping the transom free going over a ridge</p><p></p><p>Jamie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranchero50, post: 160304, member: 1523"] I'll play, bought a '89 Sunbird bowrider (glass boat) with a 2.3l Ford and an OMC Cobra drive that the PO left freeze solid. 1. First trip in the new boat had it missing, ended up running ok once I took the oil fill cap off so the steam could escape. Swapped in a junkyard engine. 2. Outdrive always swapped oil and water, the input drive shaft spun the top bearing. Note, water boiling off outdrive is not a good thing... Reset the gear lash with plastic shim stock 3. 2.3l Fords have a timing belt, moisture causes the sprockets to rust, that eats belts. Note, a screwdriver and adjustable wrench can be used to reset the timing when the belt loses it's teeth, (over and over again). It took three hours to go five miles downriver. 4. OMC had a recall for the shifter and throttle cables failing. Note, screaming left, left, no, the other left at the top of your lungs to an 10yo who's driving while you try to hook the throttle back up is not fun. I bought that boat for $3k, put a junk yard engine in and a CL outdrive, and sold it for $2500 four years later. Nosmoke is your friend. The new owners love it One of the guys on Riversmallies.com had to shove handfulls of Zoom plastic worms into a hole after ripping the transom free going over a ridge Jamie [/QUOTE]
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