This is a long story with several questions.
I picked up a 1990 RenKen 2688 WA that was a bank repo and needed some work. Neither engine ran and one of the steering hydraulic shafts was broken on the Master Actuator on the starboard side. I made a new shaft on my lathe and that issue is resolved. I have a few hydro lines to get rebuilt then I should be good to go. The next issue is the motors. I found a piece of paper in the cabin that was from an attorney to a Marina talking about water in the gas and both engines being blown. I had hopes the power heads were replaced so I decided to run a compression check and it was pretty much 65PSI and each engine had a one cylinder that deviated about 5 PSI less at 61PSI. I found some crushed fuel lines behind the air intake cover and fixed those then cranked the engines. Lots of white smoke but it did seem to clear up some. Looks like I need to replace the plug wires also and maybe rebuild the carbs. The BIG question is from anyone experienced is SHOULD I go ahead and rebuild both of these power heads before wasting anymore time or should I run them?
Does anyone know where I might get PARTS for the OMC hydro steering system? I cannot find them anywhere.
I picked up a 1990 RenKen 2688 WA that was a bank repo and needed some work. Neither engine ran and one of the steering hydraulic shafts was broken on the Master Actuator on the starboard side. I made a new shaft on my lathe and that issue is resolved. I have a few hydro lines to get rebuilt then I should be good to go. The next issue is the motors. I found a piece of paper in the cabin that was from an attorney to a Marina talking about water in the gas and both engines being blown. I had hopes the power heads were replaced so I decided to run a compression check and it was pretty much 65PSI and each engine had a one cylinder that deviated about 5 PSI less at 61PSI. I found some crushed fuel lines behind the air intake cover and fixed those then cranked the engines. Lots of white smoke but it did seem to clear up some. Looks like I need to replace the plug wires also and maybe rebuild the carbs. The BIG question is from anyone experienced is SHOULD I go ahead and rebuild both of these power heads before wasting anymore time or should I run them?
Does anyone know where I might get PARTS for the OMC hydro steering system? I cannot find them anywhere.
