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I bought my V this month. It has a 1984 Evinrude 185HP on it. It started up at the time of sale. I haven't yet attempted to run it since, as I'd like to clean the fuel system first.
The tilt/trim assembly is missing completely. This is available new for $1000. Any ideas on where to get a used one and whether or not I should replace expensive parts without having any real knowledge of how well the engine runs? I think by this weekend, I'll get a pony gas tank and try to run the engine on the hose a little. Maybe run some Seafoam through it. Any advice on how to know if the engine is any good? |
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Welcome to the site, Post pictures of the engine, please don't spend that kind of money on a T&T, post pictures of the mid section, is it 25" or 20"? I can sell you a complete T&T I loaded with parts and needs to sell off a few....
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you can find a good used tilt/trim section for V6 on ebay for $99 to $150. you need a V6 one though due to pin size without extra work to redo the bushings to V6 sizes. you will have to remove the motor from boat and take one of the sides of the transom mount off to replace unit.
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Thanks, Aaron |
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Just one piece of friendly advice.. when you run your engine on the earmuffs, DO NOT rev it to a high speed.. You can overrev it and do permenant damage to the engine.. keep it at idle or a little above.
and post pics... we love boat porn here...
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God) ![]() Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless. |
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Here's the engine with the cowling on.
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on the reving of the motor on muffs never had an issue from it. you have to listen to the motor and know it's rpm by the noise. you see marina's rev them on muffs when tuning and testing fuel pump and carb issues. now as for the tilt trim while you are replacing it do yourself a favor and replace that rusty tilt tube / steering tube.
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some where in these slides you'll see a 225 having the tilt trim replaced due to leak.
http://www.wellcraftv20.com/communit...ead.php?t=9144 it may be in this link http://www.wellcraftv20.com/communit...ead.php?t=5461 here's a link to see one apart http://www.wellcraftv20.com/communit...ead.php?t=7625
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here's a link to the motor apart in my photobucket stuff
http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a46...2021/?start=60 http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/Skools_Out/Motors/ http://s8.photobucket.com/home/Skools_Out/allalbums
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Wanted to decarb, so I came up with this contraption to run some seafoam enriched fuel through it (a little heavy on oil, I know). Seemed to work pretty good... the fuel disappeared faster than I would like to have seen, but it ran smooth. I'll check the compression tonight and report back.
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