Bad News and a Warning for Saltwater Boaters

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by parishht

I attached a picture from when I bought the V back in 2005.

It is a 25 shaft.

That picture is of a 20" shaft, not a 25". You definately have the notched transom for a 20" shaft and I can tell from looking at the mounts that the engine is a 20"

[bigshrimpin]

Doh . . . The 20" Merc 135 just sold this morning :/

[parishht]

Thanks Ferm, I was always confused, the previous owner told me 25, some others told me 25, so I always assumed 25.
I never measured to verify.

Just curious, what would happen if you replace a 20 motor with a 25?

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by parishht

Just curious, what would happen if you replace a 20 motor with a 25?

You'd have to get a jack plate or some transom extensions to raise it up 5". There are ALOT of good 20" shafted freshwater engines out there though, so it may work in your favor.

Heres a few to look at. The first one is a 25" shaft, the other 2 are 20's. The second one has a low water pick-up that you could sell and put a regular lower back on. The third one would be ideal, but is a ways away.

http://forums.screamandfly.com/forum...light=evinrude
http://forums.screamandfly.com/forum...light=evinrude
http://forums.screamandfly.com/forum...light=evinrude

[parishht]

Thanks therm, I checked my model numbers and found that it is a 20.

I know that if I get a 25, I would need a jackplate, but I still wonder what would happen if you mount a 25 without a jackplate.

[nymack66]

Check out this Motor note its a 25"
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1986-...ssoriesQ5fGear

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Evinr...ssoriesQ5fGear

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by parishht

Thanks therm, I checked my model numbers and found that it is a 20.

I know that if I get a 25, I would need a jackplate, but I still wonder what would happen if you mount a 25 without a jackplate.

It would run like crap. The boat wouldn't want to plane out and would react to trimming poorly if not dangerous under some circumstances.

[parishht]

Thanks Ny, those look like good deals,
problem is Christmas is coming and the fix the house honey do list is growing and getting more expensive. I think she plans it that way so I can't buy anything over the winter.

Thanks Ferm, I always wondered about that.

[parishht]

I was looking for motors on e-bay and came across this rebuilder:

http://1outboard.com/index.html

Has anyone ever heard or used them?


Hey FERM, I noticed on captpete's transom redo, it looks like he filled in teh notch.
I wonder if I redo my transom and fill that notch, if I could go with a 25" shaft.
There seams to be a ton of 25ers out there, but not many 20's.
Now that gets me thinking does a 20 last longer than a 25?