Bill with a seaswirl
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Jun 19, 2016
- Messages
- 30
So hi everybody! I'll be bugging you all quite a bit I'm guessing...
Backstory is that I bought a 1998 sea swirl 250 aft cabin for a song. Reason for the good price was the motor was not in it... But the previous owner is actually coming through with the motor! Old one cracked the block over the winter.
So I didn't take it apart, and therefore, don't have a clue where all the parts go and in what order. I am a mechanically inclined guy. ( ford dealer technician for 8 years prior to buying out my dads locksmith biz). I was so excited to see a big bag of bolts that hold everything together! The pervious owner had every intention of fixing it for himself thank god.
Picking up the motor Sunday afternoon. It's a used 5.7 out of a suburban. Bonus was that the boat came with a brand new unopened freshwater cooling kit and new manifolds + risers. Cooling kit has instructions in it! I have been lurking and reading as many archived threads as I can find. The out drive is Volvo/omc conglomerate and seems fine, sx-s if I remember correctly.
I'll try and post a few pics from my phone in a bit.
So, hello everybody!
Bill
Backstory is that I bought a 1998 sea swirl 250 aft cabin for a song. Reason for the good price was the motor was not in it... But the previous owner is actually coming through with the motor! Old one cracked the block over the winter.
So I didn't take it apart, and therefore, don't have a clue where all the parts go and in what order. I am a mechanically inclined guy. ( ford dealer technician for 8 years prior to buying out my dads locksmith biz). I was so excited to see a big bag of bolts that hold everything together! The pervious owner had every intention of fixing it for himself thank god.
Picking up the motor Sunday afternoon. It's a used 5.7 out of a suburban. Bonus was that the boat came with a brand new unopened freshwater cooling kit and new manifolds + risers. Cooling kit has instructions in it! I have been lurking and reading as many archived threads as I can find. The out drive is Volvo/omc conglomerate and seems fine, sx-s if I remember correctly.
I'll try and post a few pics from my phone in a bit.
So, hello everybody!
Bill