1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

[third times the charm]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

I'm sure there is room in there for three batteries, but where to put them,:violin::kiss:

Well just convert one of those foward benches,:highly_amused: oh wait, now need bigger outboard to counteract the weight issue. Hmmm :jaw:

 

[64osby]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

Jason, a couple days ago I was wondering if you still had that tucked away somewhere.

A - K.I.S.S. - repair. Looks a little better than the last transom extension.

Does it still have the capacity plate, just wondering what it might be.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

You punks and yur batt talk!

:flame::flame:

Jason, a couple days ago I was wondering if you still had that tucked away somewhere.

A - K.I.S.S. - repair. Looks a little better than the last transom extension.

Does it still have the capacity plate, just wondering what it might be.

Yah, she's just been flipped and waiting for some attention is all.

Capacity plate is a gonner. My guess is that it's at least rated to 15. With the two beefy knee braces maybe up 25. She's plenty peppy with the 15. I'd like to find a good deal on a short shaft 15/20/25 as I know swapping the 15 Evinrude kicker from the Islander to this Mirro Craft and back again will get old very fast.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

I'd like to find a good deal on a short shaft 15/20/25 as I know swapping the 15 Evinrude kicker from the Islander to this Mirro Craft and back again will get old very fast.

This just popped up from a guy I know...

1985 Evinrude 20 hp

Still long shaft but I could accommodate. Whatcha think?

15 - 25 hp tillers in my area seem to be kinda rare and a smidge pricy too.

 

[boatnut74]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

This just popped up from a guy I know...

1985 Evinrude 20 hp

Still long shaft but I could accommodate. Whatcha think?

15 - 25 hp tillers in my area seem to be kinda rare and a smidge pricy too.

Looks like a nice motor but its not attatched to a glass boat for you to chop up. Im not so sure you could handle buying a motor thats not attatched to a glasser. I think you enjoy the therapy of cutting up a glass boat to much

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

I think this would be PERFECT for it...

 

[third times the charm]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

Looks like a nice motor but its not attatched to a glass boat for you to chop up. Im not so sure you could handle buying a motor thats not attatched to a glasser. I think you enjoy the therapy of cutting up a glass boat to much

Priceless,

 

[Teamster]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

This just popped up from a guy I know...

1985 Evinrude 20 hp

Still long shaft but I could accommodate. Whatcha think?

15 - 25 hp tillers in my area seem to be kinda rare and a smidge pricy too.

Being as the add has been deleted I'm going to assume you bought it???

 

[third times the charm]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

I think this would be PERFECT for it...

That's perfect, and it would give another excuse to buy something to chop up. Today glassers, tomorrow lawn mowers

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

Well, I do actually have an extra lawnmower

Being as the add has been deleted I'm going to assume you bought it???

Yup, it's here in the shop, good score:thumb:

 

[dozerII]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

I think Jason is starting to suffer from the much more dreaded MBMS, Well lets see it, we know your already playing with it.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

we know your already playing with it.

She runs like a beaut!!:becky::thumb:

 

[third times the charm]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

I think Jason is starting to suffer from the much more dreaded MBMS, Well lets see it, we know your already playing with it.

Well you know what they say, you keep playing with it,you'll go blind

 

[64osby]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

Don't know if you're taking this one out for the Walleye opener, but if you do hope the new motor and that high tech transom treat you right. What no pics of the new power:grumpy:

I'm off for the trout streams, a boat free camping weekend. No walleye here, unless something is really upside down in the fishing world, all this flooding and such.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

What no pics of the new power:grumpy:

E20ELCOS

Here ya go!

There it is, 1985 Evinrude 20 HP LS Electric Start, excellent condition, totally rehabbed (mechanicals), runs perfect!

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

So today was easily the nicest day of 2013 so far, so awesome outside!

I thought it'd be a good day to check the new Evinrude and compare it to the 15 HP.

Off to the lake, Ethan was my wing man today...

First up, the 15...

Then the 20...

That's with one big dood, one little dood, 6 gallons of fuel, one group 24 batt, an extra 4" of long shaft leg in the water and some other misc. stuff on board. So the 5 extra horses bought me 4 mph. Which I don't care a whole lot, but that's aok by me.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

That 20 is a lot heavier than the 15! Here they are side by side...

But man that new 20 runs nice, smooth and just a bump of the key to start. Tiller drive outboard motors are really cool, more of you guys should try em:becky:

Once I build out the full transom that'll get the motor up where it needs to be and should be more comfortable all around (prolly just a smidge faster too).

 

[Teamster]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

Tiller drive outboard motors are really cool, more of you guys should try em:becky:

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Halleluiah, halleluiah,...Halleluiah,.....................................................................

 

[third times the charm]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

Well, I guess that means the I/o is scraped and a tiller is being mounted on the islander???:lol:

 

[InMotion]

Re: 1975 14' Mirro Craft Utility Rebuild

Nice man! Great find again... 24 mph is nothin' to complain about...

J.