loose rivet
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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- Jul 31, 2011
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I happened across a 12.9 hp long shaft Chrysler today, got it for so cheap I had to take it.
Its not run in ages but its complete and fairly clean.
Now the question is that I don't have a sailboat and have no use for a long shaft motor but was wondering if there is anyway to crossbreed this thing with a short shaft 10hp or are they totally different motors?
I've got a later model Chrysler 10hp that has low compression, are these an offshoot of the 10hp engine family or are they their own stand alone model?
I like the large prop on the 280 model, and the lower gear ratio. It appears to be a 3 to 1 ratio lower unit.
I'm tempted to just make an adapter bracket up and get this running and give it a try but I feel I'd save some weight if I can make it shorter somehow. The lower units are different and obviously won't interchange due to size so the question is will the short shaft lower end of a 10hp work in place of the 280's original lower unit? (Is the driveshaft size and spline the same in the power head? Will the total lower swap over or will the 12.9hp power head fit onto a 10hp mid and lower?
Its not run in ages but its complete and fairly clean.
Now the question is that I don't have a sailboat and have no use for a long shaft motor but was wondering if there is anyway to crossbreed this thing with a short shaft 10hp or are they totally different motors?
I've got a later model Chrysler 10hp that has low compression, are these an offshoot of the 10hp engine family or are they their own stand alone model?
I like the large prop on the 280 model, and the lower gear ratio. It appears to be a 3 to 1 ratio lower unit.
I'm tempted to just make an adapter bracket up and get this running and give it a try but I feel I'd save some weight if I can make it shorter somehow. The lower units are different and obviously won't interchange due to size so the question is will the short shaft lower end of a 10hp work in place of the 280's original lower unit? (Is the driveshaft size and spline the same in the power head? Will the total lower swap over or will the 12.9hp power head fit onto a 10hp mid and lower?