"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:25:47 -0500, trainfan1
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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.

Maybe that is why we keep having to get repaired. We are getting old, and
can not find techs that know of our problems?