On Sep 17, 12:58*pm, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Sep 17, 1:23*pm, Jim wrote:





Tim wrote:
On Sep 17, 11:13 am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:41:01 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports

wrote:
So, here's the question. Assuming that there are broken gears and what
not *(leaking seals, etc.), would it be better for the estate to have
the drive rebuilt or purchase a complete drive and have it installed.
I admit it, I know nothing about outdrives, so I'm at a loss as to
what to do. *The estate administrator does not want to sell it as is.
Anybody?
It sounds like a total rebuild to me - seals, bearings and gears,
probably somewhere north of $3 or 4K. *I'd ask a Mercruiser service
center to quote it both ways, rebuild or replacement. *You may be able
to get a Chinese knockoff for considerably less.

http://www.sterndrive.cc/

http://www.go2marine.com/product.do?...F&WT.mc_id=gb1

Yes, the aftermarket Outdrives are working out very well . *A complete
lower leg new is in many cases half the price of a re-cap.

It sounds to me like the lower end is about to shuck. But I'm really
sort of surprised that it has a Bravo instead of an Alpha. I'm not
saying it doesn't, but Mercruiser put Alpha's on 454's as well as the
350's.

A complete aftermarket Alpha is less than $1500.00 new.

Bravo's? *That's different.

Alphas on 7.4 L engines fell apart. They can't take 300 HP and survive.- Hide quoted text -

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It was the torque. *They were typically on bigger boats too. *300hp
small block in a runabout with an alpha is fine. *But you're right,
merc quit recommending alphas for any big block application.

Sounds like the outdrive is in trouble. *Hard to say what the rebuild
cost will be until it's torn down. *You might find someone that will
tear it down for a few hundred and then tell you if it's worth
rebuilding or not. *To bad, probably started as as simple seal problem
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The way that Tom described it, I'd say it's probably lunched, or close
to dinner time.

I'd also recommend a reputable salvage. After all, I really don't know
how much a huge rebuild on a lower end would really increase the boats
value.

If a boat is actually worth 5000.00 and you are offered 3000.00 for it
with a bad lower, is it better to sink anouther couple K into a lower-
end rebuild just to get it back up to 5?

the way I look at it, you still lost.

I'd look into a used swap especially if they're going to sell it and
not keep it.