First thanks to all who have responded and gotten me this far, I've already learned much (some even before I made costly mistakes). More questions...
I'm in the process of resurrecting a 69 Searay 185 with a Mercruiser 160 inline 6 and early 1 drive. I've found a 79 Marquis with a good running 165 and later 1 drive that is rotted out and taking on water but runs great. First thought was to swap motors and go, but after some thought I've decided to swap out the entire package. Bell housing needed to come off the old drive to install new shift cable and after wrestling with the "nail" that holds the pin on (who thought that was a good idea?) and discovering the trim sensor in pieces on the top of the bell housing the obvious choice seemed to do a complete swap over. I'm not having much luck in the manual or online with details of what is involved with this, can I unbolt the outer transom plate (proper name?) and transfer or do I need to do the inner plate as well? The trim lines exit at different points on the two, will this be problematic (motors are still in so its a bit hard to see down in there, trailer has the scaffold to build a tower to pull them now, hope to have them out by end of week)? Any advice/tips/condolences?
Thanks
Steven
I'm in the process of resurrecting a 69 Searay 185 with a Mercruiser 160 inline 6 and early 1 drive. I've found a 79 Marquis with a good running 165 and later 1 drive that is rotted out and taking on water but runs great. First thought was to swap motors and go, but after some thought I've decided to swap out the entire package. Bell housing needed to come off the old drive to install new shift cable and after wrestling with the "nail" that holds the pin on (who thought that was a good idea?) and discovering the trim sensor in pieces on the top of the bell housing the obvious choice seemed to do a complete swap over. I'm not having much luck in the manual or online with details of what is involved with this, can I unbolt the outer transom plate (proper name?) and transfer or do I need to do the inner plate as well? The trim lines exit at different points on the two, will this be problematic (motors are still in so its a bit hard to see down in there, trailer has the scaffold to build a tower to pull them now, hope to have them out by end of week)? Any advice/tips/condolences?
Thanks
Steven