" 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