repower

[awthacker]

Transom is all ready for the new power (well, after a light sand and one more coat of paint). I decided not to raise the transom because it was structurally sound. I also decided against having a local shop build a new engine. Mostly because I opted for the 1995 175 HP Evinrude Invader that I linked to on a previous post. At $2000, the price was right and I've got my fingers crossed that it works out well. It is being delivered in person and so far I'm only out $500. Should be delivered Thursday and I hope to have it installed by the end of the weekend.

[awthacker]

Received the engine today. $2,000 via ebay plus $250 shipping. Was able to use the forklift at work to lift it while we mounted it. So far, it's bolted in place, but not rigged at all. Temporarily powered it up to lift the tilt for towing. That worked... so far, so good. Still have my fingers crossed that it'll fire up and run smooth sometime tomorrow afternoon.

[reelapeelin]

Man, That looks nice...great work on the transom!!...keep us posted on the wet test!!...and keep the pics COMIN!!...

[awthacker]

Thanks Reel. But the engine didn't test too well on the hose today. This is a 1994 Evinrude V6 VRO. The VRO has not been disabled, as far as I can tell. I have no idea what the VRO pump looks like or where it is located, but it must have some type of resorvoir because this thing is running super rich and dripping massive amounts of black oil. So I've only run it for maybe 10 minutes. I thought that since there's no oil supply hooked to the engine, the VRO would essentially be disabled and I could run out any remaining oil. I honestly believe I watched 1/2 quart of oil ooze out of the exhaust. Where's all this oil coming from and does anyone know how to disbale the VRO pump?