yes I'm a big guy and the boat could pull me up on two skiis just fine. This was with a 16" pitch 4 blade Michigan Vortex. Ran a 18" 4 blade for non skiing use. Also was so easy to get at the spark plugs and two drain plugs.
Not sure how many hours you put on yours a season- on a northern lake...
yes I had a 3.0 in a 17-18 ft bowrider. Wasnt really adequate there either, but I do miss putting $50 of gas in going all weekend and still having a qtr tank.
there used to be engine install drawings on the merc site with dimensions for where the motor mounts go off the X dimension (crank/ outdrive driveshaft center line). that's where I got the 4.5" from
I did a similar swap back in 2015-16 on a 2004 sea ray 200 sport (20-21 ft) that turned out very well.
I bought it with a known cracked 4.3/190 hp carbed engine. The boat was also offered with 4.3 MPI 220 hp, 5.0 carb /220 hp, 5.0 mpi 260 hp options. I went back in with a 5.0 figuring if it...
yes by 2009 they were sealed on new ones.
My 2003 was still greased I think 2008 ish was cut over. Would entirely depend on when the power pack was manufactured instead of boat year. My engine was built in june 2003 , installed in 2004 boat
try a place like marineengine.com
https://www.marineengine.com/parts/mercruiser-stern-drive/index.php
you can search by drive/transom serial number or by model and year they have the parts diagrams.
this is a 1979-82 228 outdrive that may or may not exactly match what you have...
excellent. Same here cut my teeth boat mechanic wise on my grandfathers 1966 Penn Yan that had the straight 6 (150 HP), the outdrive and tilt system was terrible on those early ones. Neighbors had a 1969 Starcraft with a 2.5L and then we had a 3.0 for years. I cant believe how much abuse that...
agreed run it with the drive off. did you replace the gimbal and Ujoints ? if ti sat they may be bad. Ujoints are tough to check out via feel. I have had joints feel great, and when you replace them be beat up. Might pop the top on the drive.
my boat sat for years before I bought it (11ys old...
always some nuances but that is one thing chevy did well 2 filters covering 60 years...
If you haven't had one a 3.0 is one of the best engines to work on and the one we had served us very well for 20+ years.
willing to bet if you take cap rotor and coil off you should be able to get the covers off with out pulling the dizzy. Its been a few years since I had my 3.0 ...
If you do need to pull it yes 3/8 is close to 10 mm.
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