Hello all. I'm a new forum member, but based on what I've read here I think some of you will have some ideas for my problem. I bought a 1985 Bayliner Capri, with a Volvo 270 I/O. I know...an old Bayliner, right? The price was great, the motor seems to run fine, and the fiberglass seems solid. Anyway, that decision is history.
Test drive was fine. First 60 seconds in the water of a week-long vacation, and we heard a very loud thump in the outdrive. Things seemed 'ok' (not great) after that - the boat was slower than I expected, trim wouldn't work, but otherwise, it moved us around. Putting it up on the trailer at the end of the week, we saw that the mount arm on the left side of the outdrive is broken completely through (see attached photo). No surprise that the trim stopped working after the loud thump - it uses that port side bracket to trim up. It was probably like this for 5 days in/on the water.
I think I can learn enough from YouTube, forums, manuals, *you*, and schematics to take the outdrive off and get it back on later. I'm hopeful that I might be able to get that broken bracket out of there and either repair/replace it in the process. But, I'm open to suggestions: (1) find a scrapped I/O somewhere and get another old bracket, (2) find and order a 'new' bracket somewhere, (3) repair the current bracket, somehow (maybe take it to a local metal shop?), (4) sell the entire boat for scrap and cut my losses.
My google-fu is failing me - I'm not able to call that broken part by its correct name, apparently - outdrive mount arm?
I doubt a new outdrive is a good plan - it looks like that option would double my investment to date. There's not a *huge* urgency to get back on the water right now, so I feel like it's worth a shot to do this myself and maybe save some mechanic's fees. Thanks in advance for taking a look - let me know if you need more information.
edit: bah. maybe because I'm new to the forum, I can't upload attachments. Here's a link to the image (sorry for the self-signed certificate): https://oc.gobowen.com/s/VWcaR8EfXipjHHW
Test drive was fine. First 60 seconds in the water of a week-long vacation, and we heard a very loud thump in the outdrive. Things seemed 'ok' (not great) after that - the boat was slower than I expected, trim wouldn't work, but otherwise, it moved us around. Putting it up on the trailer at the end of the week, we saw that the mount arm on the left side of the outdrive is broken completely through (see attached photo). No surprise that the trim stopped working after the loud thump - it uses that port side bracket to trim up. It was probably like this for 5 days in/on the water.
I think I can learn enough from YouTube, forums, manuals, *you*, and schematics to take the outdrive off and get it back on later. I'm hopeful that I might be able to get that broken bracket out of there and either repair/replace it in the process. But, I'm open to suggestions: (1) find a scrapped I/O somewhere and get another old bracket, (2) find and order a 'new' bracket somewhere, (3) repair the current bracket, somehow (maybe take it to a local metal shop?), (4) sell the entire boat for scrap and cut my losses.
My google-fu is failing me - I'm not able to call that broken part by its correct name, apparently - outdrive mount arm?
I doubt a new outdrive is a good plan - it looks like that option would double my investment to date. There's not a *huge* urgency to get back on the water right now, so I feel like it's worth a shot to do this myself and maybe save some mechanic's fees. Thanks in advance for taking a look - let me know if you need more information.
edit: bah. maybe because I'm new to the forum, I can't upload attachments. Here's a link to the image (sorry for the self-signed certificate): https://oc.gobowen.com/s/VWcaR8EfXipjHHW
