Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:25:47 -0500, trainfan1
wrote:


Eisboch wrote:

" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
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"calhoun" wrote in message
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Looking at a nice little 24' house boat. Well maintained. Runs fine. Has
an OMC cobra drive. I like the boat but am scared of the drive. Is it
really as hard to get parts as all say? Is there a transom plate or some
thing to convert to a mercruiser? I have owned a few mercruisers and
know there are parts, for them, everywhere.


Do you suspect parts will be a problem because it's OMC, or because of
the particular *type* of drive? Is it no longer made?


No longer made, for at least a decade.



Also, some of those OMC outdrives are very difficult to service and adjust.
Very few techs around anymore that know how. Google up OMC "Stringer".

Eisboch



Google up "OMC Cobra doesn't even bear a resemblance to or share parts
with OMC stringer".


its hard to find tech for cobras too.

they are getting older.

Reeves is still out there. Try a google groups search back about a year
and see if you can find his email address.

Dan