DEEPER I GET,OUTDRIVE NG

captbent

captbent

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WELL TOOK OUT DRIVE APART WATER IN THE OIL YELLOW MILK LOOKS BAD , AFTER SAND BLASTING DEEP PITS TOO, WELL NEW OUTDRIVE TOO WHAT DO YOU THINK, THEY SELL NEW AFTER MARKET FOR $1200 ON EBAY MADE IN FLA USA
 
I said it before I will say it again!!

I/O is cheaper but will nickle & Dime you to death forever!!! Your work will never be done!!

But Good Luck any way!! ;)
 
i believe it was 6 to 1.
god i cant stop staring at those tits!
 
I gotta side with MJ, once an I/O starts casusing you problems, it never seems to end. My gig started when I had to replace risers and manifolds, thats when I noticed that the stringers were wet, pulled the motor and on and on from there. I finally had enough and got a new boat with an outboard.
 
Never owned an I/O but I got a friend that has dumped hours and hours and lots of cash in his....

Now its only use is

1) Leaf collection
2) Drinking beer in the carport :)
 
Everyone has there own way of thinking. Its Just mine is better then there's ;D

No really you have to work with what you have. If you don't have the cash then you have to keep mit going how ever you can.

But I/O is a never ending project, right from new!! There always seems to be something going wrong, for what ever reason??

Yea they are cheaper to replace, to get parts for (sometimes) and they are cheaper on gas.

So if your time means nothing to you, and you love to play with stuff rather then fish then a I/O is for you.

I have been there done that!! I like being on the water more and fixing less!

OB are more moiney up front. The newer ones are great on gas!! and 10, 15, 20 years from now when it dies, you just undo a few bolts, and you are ready to hang the next one for the next 10 years.
 
My buddy has a I/O 24' Sportscraft. I give him crap ALL the time about that darn engine box being in the way. It's a running joke with us.

I just help him replace the gimble bearing and all the bellows on his outdrive. That is no easy task! >:(
 
YOU GUYS ARE GREAT, LIKE I ONCE SAID I HAVE HAD INBOARDS TWIN 454S IN MY SILVERTON NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEM ONLY HAD FOR FIVE YEARS ,MY FIRST BOAT 28 ' LUHRS WOOD SPORTFISHER WITH A 10 'BEAM WITH A 327 GRAYMARINE LOVED THAT BOAT SHE WAS A TANK, NEVER ANY PROBLEMS JUST WOOD ROT, A  17' BRIG WITH A DT40 HP SUZUKI OUTBOARD THAT IS NOW ON MY 17 ' MIRROWCRAFT NEVER HAD A PROBLEM AND DO A LOT OF FISHING FROM ,THAT IS ONE HELL OF A MOTOR, NOW I/Os I HAVE EVERYTHING APART OUTDRIVE, MOTOR THE WORKS I MY BE WRONG BUT THE OUTDRIVE IS THE SAME AS A LOWER UNIT ON A OUTBOARD LOOKS THE SAME INSIDE TO ME, AND THE MOTOR LOOKS THE SAME AS A INBOARD, SO WHERE DID THEY GO WRONG, THIS MOTOR AND OUTDRIVE TO ME SEEMS THAT SOME OLD GUY WHO GAVE ME THE BOAT GOT SCREWED BY THE THE BOATYARD THAT TOOK CARE OF HIS BOAT FOR HIM, I DO NOT THINK A MAN SHOULD OWN A BOAT IF HE CANT DO SOME THINGS HIMSELF SORRY I FELL THAT WAY BUT I DO WHEN IM DONE ILL HAVE A ALMOST NEW MOTOR A NEW OUTDRIVE IF I TAKE CARE OF HER I THINK I SHOULD GET SOME GOOD YEARS OUT OF HER IF NOT ILL GET RID OF THE F IN B!TCH , HOWS THAT ,AND ILL NEVER GET RID OF MY OUTBOARDS MY 9.9 MERC OR 35 JOHNSON THAT SIT IN MY SHOP READY TO GO I WOULD LIKE TO USE THE 35 AS A KICKER AND I HAVE A FRIEND WITH A SEARAY WITH TWIN 470s THAT HE HAS HAD SINCE NEW AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM BUT HE TAKES CARE OF HER.
 
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