projecthog
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2008
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Hello folks,
Just got back from looking and hauling a boat that was offered to me, and found it to be a very good looking one but also found it to be as ablolete as can be, I think it is the only one left on earth! Saying all of that..., I DID get it as I go for the underdog all the time.
Power is a 5.7 Chev Mercruiser and the boat is a '79. The boat has run good until last fall when it was winterized and stored till I got hold of it.
So..., one of the the questions is..., Is there anyone else who might have a 25' Steury flybridge weekender, or cruiser? (When you're finished laughing you can answer that!) Can't find another one like it. I realize that ChrisCraft bought Steury out in around '80, and that Steury was defunct as a brandname after that. In my humble opinion, a boat any older than 5 years is just about as current as a boat 40 years old, as long as the power train is servicable. In my boat the power unit is as current as can be I suppose, as all the parts are available to rebuild or replace it. It only has 1049 hrs on it.
The boat it self is complete and in fair to middlin shape, certainly good enough to clean up and use as a weekend funner.
I have just towed it on the first leg homeward and checked all the things you should when pulling a trailer from 1987 with a 5000 pound problem on it. Lights were redone and tires were kicked, two were replaced and the brakes don't work because it doesn't have any although it does have two axles. We had a few exciting moments when one of the hull supportrails came loose and shifted sideways a bit and let the boat down a few inches on one side and because of that, broke the old rusty cable which was attached to the bow to hold up some semblance of safety in case anyone would have asked, but all in all we did good and the boat was parked at a buddies yard to get the touchy feely thing done to it. Someone broke a beer bottle on it after which it was gone over for the next leg homeward in a week.
I am pretty excited to have another hole to throw my money in, as I live close to a few darn good fishing lakes which are just the right size for that particular size boat. The fish caught on it can be hauled in from the flybridge so they can clear the gunwhales. Needless to say..., I am sittting on hot coals to get it here and buff her up and pull and shove on things to ensure the safe and proper working order of all parts and pieces of said boat!(Just like you do with your girlfriend.)
Is the chev V8 and merc outdrive a pleasure to work on or not? I personally have never owned a mercruiser or any other I/O, but have in my mind picked it out as the most servicable and reliable source of power out there as an out drive, and on top of that I am a Chev fan and have rebuilt lots of them. Am I wrong in assuming that, and are there any of you who will comment on this? I have owned boats as big as 44 feet, wooden double hull ones and steel ones, and am not unfamiliar with the amount of skin and knuckles, wives kids and dogs you can loose with them, never mind patience!
I will need to get into the work and shop manuals with this boat and find out as much as I can about the drive system alltogether. It seems to have power steering and I can only assume there is one waterpump system which should be in the outdrive unit like an out board engine. There is no pump at the front of the engine itself and I found from reading that this is one option versus having a two pump system.
Tired of reading yet?
I am just getting started, and will be on more often as I find things to ask or discuss. I am by no means "new" to the boating business but am new to the I/O phenomena. Although they look easy enough to work on, I could be slightly off in my thinking. I thought the same way about women! Let me know your situations and predicaments. What I am looking for, is a site where I can converse with people who are into the same type of outfits and who don't mind to throw the ball around a bit with a newby I/O'er.
Sofar I like the site and already learned a lot of things I should have known a long time ago, One of them being that I should have saved my money and bought a house again, which I did, and now that I own one it needs a boat in the yard! I even have a dock I can ty it to! I have no woman at the moment, so the boat stays!
Hope to catch that ball guys, see ya,
PH.
Just got back from looking and hauling a boat that was offered to me, and found it to be a very good looking one but also found it to be as ablolete as can be, I think it is the only one left on earth! Saying all of that..., I DID get it as I go for the underdog all the time.
Power is a 5.7 Chev Mercruiser and the boat is a '79. The boat has run good until last fall when it was winterized and stored till I got hold of it.
So..., one of the the questions is..., Is there anyone else who might have a 25' Steury flybridge weekender, or cruiser? (When you're finished laughing you can answer that!) Can't find another one like it. I realize that ChrisCraft bought Steury out in around '80, and that Steury was defunct as a brandname after that. In my humble opinion, a boat any older than 5 years is just about as current as a boat 40 years old, as long as the power train is servicable. In my boat the power unit is as current as can be I suppose, as all the parts are available to rebuild or replace it. It only has 1049 hrs on it.
The boat it self is complete and in fair to middlin shape, certainly good enough to clean up and use as a weekend funner.
I have just towed it on the first leg homeward and checked all the things you should when pulling a trailer from 1987 with a 5000 pound problem on it. Lights were redone and tires were kicked, two were replaced and the brakes don't work because it doesn't have any although it does have two axles. We had a few exciting moments when one of the hull supportrails came loose and shifted sideways a bit and let the boat down a few inches on one side and because of that, broke the old rusty cable which was attached to the bow to hold up some semblance of safety in case anyone would have asked, but all in all we did good and the boat was parked at a buddies yard to get the touchy feely thing done to it. Someone broke a beer bottle on it after which it was gone over for the next leg homeward in a week.
I am pretty excited to have another hole to throw my money in, as I live close to a few darn good fishing lakes which are just the right size for that particular size boat. The fish caught on it can be hauled in from the flybridge so they can clear the gunwhales. Needless to say..., I am sittting on hot coals to get it here and buff her up and pull and shove on things to ensure the safe and proper working order of all parts and pieces of said boat!(Just like you do with your girlfriend.)
Is the chev V8 and merc outdrive a pleasure to work on or not? I personally have never owned a mercruiser or any other I/O, but have in my mind picked it out as the most servicable and reliable source of power out there as an out drive, and on top of that I am a Chev fan and have rebuilt lots of them. Am I wrong in assuming that, and are there any of you who will comment on this? I have owned boats as big as 44 feet, wooden double hull ones and steel ones, and am not unfamiliar with the amount of skin and knuckles, wives kids and dogs you can loose with them, never mind patience!
I will need to get into the work and shop manuals with this boat and find out as much as I can about the drive system alltogether. It seems to have power steering and I can only assume there is one waterpump system which should be in the outdrive unit like an out board engine. There is no pump at the front of the engine itself and I found from reading that this is one option versus having a two pump system.
Tired of reading yet?
I am just getting started, and will be on more often as I find things to ask or discuss. I am by no means "new" to the boating business but am new to the I/O phenomena. Although they look easy enough to work on, I could be slightly off in my thinking. I thought the same way about women!
Let me know your situations and predicaments. What I am looking for, is a site where I can converse with people who are into the same type of outfits and who don't mind to throw the ball around a bit with a newby I/O'er.Sofar I like the site and already learned a lot of things I should have known a long time ago, One of them being that I should have saved my money and bought a house again, which I did, and now that I own one it needs a boat in the yard! I even have a dock I can ty it to! I have no woman at the moment, so the boat stays!
Hope to catch that ball guys, see ya,
PH.
