DEEPER I GET,OUTDRIVE NG

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My buddy has a I/O 24' Sportscraft. I give him crap ALL the time about that darn engine box being in the way. It's a running joke with us.

I just help him replace the gimble bearing and all the bellows on his outdrive. That is no easy task! >:(

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YOU GUYS ARE GREAT, LIKE I ONCE SAID I HAVE HAD INBOARDS TWIN 454S IN MY SILVERTON NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEM ONLY HAD FOR FIVE YEARS ,MY FIRST BOAT 28 ' LUHRS WOOD SPORTFISHER WITH A 10 'BEAM WITH A 327 GRAYMARINE LOVED THAT BOAT SHE WAS A TANK, NEVER ANY PROBLEMS JUST WOOD ROT, A *17' BRIG WITH A DT40 HP SUZUKI OUTBOARD THAT IS NOW ON MY 17 ' MIRROWCRAFT NEVER HAD A PROBLEM AND DO A LOT OF FISHING FROM ,THAT IS ONE HELL OF A MOTOR, NOW I/Os I HAVE EVERYTHING APART OUTDRIVE, MOTOR THE WORKS I MY BE WRONG BUT THE OUTDRIVE IS THE SAME AS A LOWER UNIT ON A OUTBOARD LOOKS THE SAME INSIDE TO ME, AND THE MOTOR LOOKS THE SAME AS A INBOARD, SO WHERE DID THEY GO WRONG, THIS MOTOR AND OUTDRIVE TO ME SEEMS THAT SOME OLD GUY WHO GAVE ME THE BOAT GOT SCREWED BY THE THE BOATYARD THAT TOOK CARE OF HIS BOAT FOR HIM, I DO NOT THINK A MAN SHOULD OWN A BOAT IF HE CANT DO SOME THINGS HIMSELF SORRY I FELL THAT WAY BUT I DO WHEN IM DONE ILL HAVE A ALMOST NEW MOTOR A NEW OUTDRIVE IF I TAKE CARE OF HER I THINK I SHOULD GET SOME GOOD YEARS OUT OF HER IF NOT ILL GET RID OF THE F IN B!TCH , HOWS THAT ,AND ILL NEVER GET RID OF MY OUTBOARDS*MY 9.9 MERC OR 35 JOHNSON THAT SIT IN MY SHOP READY TO GO I WOULD LIKE TO USE THE 35 AS A KICKER AND I HAVE A FRIEND WITH A SEARAY WITH TWIN 470s THAT HE HAS HAD SINCE NEW AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM*BUT HE TAKES CARE OF HER.