I bought a kit from Breezeworks. It was a long afternoon installing it - the parts all seemed fine and they fit OK. The instructions were fair - not real detailed and they told me to skip two steps (since I don't have power steering) and it should have only been one step but it was pretty obvious. Spare was right about checking that there's enough room. I had to cut about 5/8" out of the edge of the deck inside the engine well but it was all on the horizontal - didn't look like it weakened anything significantly.
Fired it up and it charged fine. I have one fishing trip on it (probably 5 miles) and no problems. It's a good project for anyone who's a little bit handy and has a few tools. I'm glad I had my Harbor Freight oscillating multi tool to make the cut in the deck, it wasn't easy to access but an old fashioned coping saw and some patience would have done it.
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 Scott, Portland, OR '85 V-20 I/O, Merc 170
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