Who wants an L-Drive cheap ???

roscoe · Aug 13, 2011

It has 8 different bidders already, and up to 100 bucks.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/89-B...Motorboats&hash=item53e8b57f18#ht_5795wt_1167

Hopefully the winner will just be looking for parts to repair the one he has.

The boat looks great, but that will happen if they never get used.

Feel sorry if an unknowing buyer gets it.

metalwizard · Aug 14, 2011

Re: Who wants an L-Drive cheap ???

I don't get it... whats the issue? for $127.00 you can put a new drive and or motor in it and it;s good as new. what an I missing? just so I know next time i am looking for a fixer upper

Fireman431 · Aug 14, 2011

Re: Who wants an L-Drive cheap ???

metalwizard said:
I don't get it... whats the issue? for $127.00 you can put a new drive and or motor in it and it;s good as new. what am I missing? just so I know next time i am looking for a fixer upper

Just a thought....rotted transom, rotted stringers, blown motor, locked up outdrive, rotted seat bases, electrical issues, trailer repairs....

There is a definite reason that this boat was donated vs. being repaired. I assume it's because the tax credit was worth more than the boat and less than the $$$ to fix it.

metalwizard · Aug 14, 2011

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for that price thats an easy fix! i guess some people don't get "FIX R UPPER" the boat I am in now cost me $500 I have done the floor, the transom was good put a motor in it replaced the intermediate, rebuilt the lower and I am doing the upper as we speak. I fixed a couple places the hull was damaged. ad re did the interior...

I think I got a good deal.. ad mine is 15 years older than that one..

Plain ole fashion elbowgrease is cheap... and it makes you love what you built yourself even more.

oh and it is up to 27 bids... I guess a lot of people think the way I do.

Don S · Aug 14, 2011

Re: Who wants an L-Drive cheap ???

metalwizard said:
I don't get it... whats the issue? for $127.00 you can put a new drive and or motor in it and it;s good as new. what an I missing? just so I know next time i am looking for a fixer upper

You don't understand, the hull of the boat is specifically designed for the L drive, It's a Force power head for an engine and a special outdrive setup used on nothing else but that Force L drive. Parts for the Drive and all the connecting stuff for the drive is no longer available.

You can't just stick another engine and outdrive in it because of the step in the transom, You can't put an outboard on it because there isn't a transom there to put one on.

Just look at how the transom is made.

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metalwizard · Aug 14, 2011

Re: Who wants an L-Drive cheap ???

DOn that is the answer I was looking for, I had no idea what an L drive was... sounds like worse than ha avingn OMC stringer... Oh wait thats what I am running LOL

smokeonthewater · Aug 14, 2011

Re: Who wants an L-Drive cheap ???

it's WAY WAY WAY worse than a stringer

geneseo1911 · Aug 14, 2011

Re: Who wants an L-Drive cheap ???

Beside the fact that an '89 Bayliner is not likely to be in good shape, do some research on the L drive. A short lived attempt at making an i/o out of a Force outboard. The drive comes out the bottom of the boat, so it would be MAJOR reconstruction to repower with anything else, and parts for the Force L drive are unobtanium. You would have to pay me $1000 to haul off that boat. And I would cut it up and burn it. I hope the bidders noticed the part about no trailer!

oops! · Aug 14, 2011

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dont mind if i barge in here.....lol....get it....barge....

metalwizard said:
for $127.00 you can put a new drive and or motor in it

metal wizzard......could you please give me the link to where you are getting your new motors and drives?.......i could use a few of those.

thanks
oops

metalwizard · Aug 14, 2011

Re: Who wants an L-Drive cheap ???

oops! said:
dont mind if i barge in here.....lol....get it....barge....

metal wizzard......could you please give me the link to where you are getting your new motors and drives?.......i could use a few of those.

thanks
oops

I didn't mean the drive and motor cost $127... I meant for that investment you could still afford a drive and motor. BUT Now it has been explained to me... I had NO idea what an "L" drive was... Now that I do. I totally understand why this is a BAD deal.

NYBo · Aug 14, 2011

Re: Who wants an L-Drive cheap ???

Well, the glass would probably go for about a grand parted out, based on eBay selling prices for individual pieces.

southkogs · Aug 14, 2011

Re: Who wants an L-Drive cheap ???

Wow ... don't think I've ever heard of an "L" drive before either. And I'm with Metalwizard, I bought a Stringer so I could probably have fallen into that trap too!

Though, if they could have given it 360? steering radius it would have been kinda cool. I think that was called a canal drive on the Great Lakes Ships.

bruceb58 · Aug 15, 2011

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And the worst thing about an L-Drive boat...its also a mid 80's Bayliner

mrdibs1 · Aug 16, 2011

Re: Who wants an L-Drive cheap ???

I have the same boat. The motor is fairly simple to repair - maybe $500 for DIY-er. The cooling system is very sensitive because of poor design, so that needs a once over. Powerhead and outdrive are supposedly interchangable with an outboard. The L-drive portion (u-joint etc) is unobtainable, but not difficult to have repaired at a machine shop. Floor rot is VERY common on this boat. When running well it's a good boat. Common parts are readily available, but you will get ripped off if you're not careful. I won't try and value it, but it's worth considerably less than a counterpart without the L-Drive.

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