Engine issues?

Yes, it is a Sea-Drive. Bracket looks good and works fine to lift the engine. Actually the exterior of the engine is very clean, so I'm stumped as to why it won't run. Maybe it's flooding.

I can fix anything as long as I can get parts, so that's not the issue. I just don't want to buy an expensive lawn ornament.

Right now I'm paying $5k for a boat that is as clean as any 20 y/o boat I've ever seen. Seems solid everywhere, no "dismount" holes, everything works except the engines. Unfortunately the engines are a big deal on a power boat.

Maybe it knows I'm a blo-boater and I have to offer some sacrifice?

[randlemanboater]

If they don't get BOTH motors running, offer em $2K and the motor experts here will help you fix em up.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by randlemanboater

If they don't get BOTH motors running, offer em $2K and the motor experts here will help you fix em up.

$5K is ALOT of money for a non-running boat, or even one with 20 year old power. There price sounds a bit high for this market to me with a SEA-DRIVE on it. The SEA-DRIVES themself are fine, but they do have some issues with virtually no parts availabilty anymore. OMC has long since been bought out by BRP, but even OMC quit making parts for em in the EARLY 90's. It sounds like an excellent bracket canidate with a nice used YAMAHA or MERC on the back in the 150-200HP range. That SEA-DRIVE weighs in close to 700 pounds in a V-6 configuration as a standard V-6 weighs almost 475 and the SEA-DRIVE mount alone weighs almost 250 pounds. Get a compression test on the engine to give you a baseline, and look to see if it looks like there has been any parts changers working on it recently. If in fact it is an 87, that is one of the better on fuel big loopers out there.

wow, now I know why the boat has trim tabs as well....

OK, we'll see what pans out on Monday. If it's a non-running boat then I can offer them $2k for it as is and go from there.

But I'm sure they are going to tell me to pick up the 1730 Trophy instead.

Time will tell...

[THEFERMANATOR]

650-700 is the weight on the SEA-DRIVE combo, but that is still heavy by any means. A bracket would weigh in around 100-150 pounds, and a good 150-200 would be close to 400. That would be a 100-150 pounds less weight right there. My V-20 has the small SEA-DRIVE(115HP), and even it is HEAVY! My boat really needed trim tabs when I ran it.