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Also i was torn on having the other cylinders honed. The engine only has 572 hours on it. The cylinders didn't look bad. Some very slight wear marks and what appeared to be rust but the cylinders were smooth. So that means getting new rings for the 5 other cylinders

I have the flaps in my scruppers which are just below the water surface. never had any problems with water on the deck. Also on mine i assume they moved the 93 gal tank to the front to offset the weight of the twin outboards.

Since i can reuse all my bearings and the 5 other pistons i'll have about 1K in the motor with machine work. Which is way cheaper then a new powerhead. so far the hardest part about the whole process was getting the powerhead off the midsection. Almost 30 years of being in saltwater the bolts...

I just dropped off the bare block. I've found 0.020 and 0.040 pistons on ebay for 55 bucks and that includes the rings,piston pin and clips

Dennis I found a machine shop in lehighton/weissport that works on 2 stroke engines. Just dropped the block off today. Around 120 to bore the bad cylinder out 0.020" and hone the other 5 cylinders

I know on my 86 the main tank is in the front. My boat originally was a single outboard converted to twins. I installed the freshwater tank and 4 batteries in the rear hatch. I have the owners manual for the boat that shows the aux tank and freshwater tank are suppose to be in the front with the...

When i called i was told they didn't really have the equipment or specs for outboards. If u rebore the cylinder then the ports need to be beveled. Links outboard gets 50 bucks for a rebore or a couple hundrend to install a new sleeve. Beav did say they probably could probably hone the cylinder...

I think the piston will clean up...lol Links outboard in Delaware can either bore the cylinder or install a new sleeve

Thanks that's like a 10 hour road trip one way for me for an engine that has low compression on one cylinder

I have no cross hatch marks in any of the cylinders. My engines are older then yours. Also the yamaha service manual makes no mention of honing the cylinders just rebore and/or replace

I've owned the boat for 2 years now. Never used ring free or other additives. I thought 2 strokes should smoke as well. But mine never really smoked. The only times they smoked was when they were first stated after sitting awhile or coming off a hgh speed run they would smoke slightly for a...

The few shops i spoke with said that they don't have the necc jigs to bore or replace a sleeve in an outboard engine. Monday at work i'll get the pistons and crank out and go from there. If i can hone out that cylinder i'll just put in a new piston and rings in that cylinder only. Probably...

I'm gonna try hydrochloric acid to desolve the alum. Then hone out the cylinder and c what i have.. I've found over size pistons also found a company that makes the sleeves as well. But the machine shops in are area don't work on outboards. I might try and call some of the machine shops in...

How to remove alum from cylinder sleeve? I called 10 machine shops in a 100 mile radius of where i live and none of them work on outboards. After looking at it more closely i think the cylinder might be usable yet. It looks like a ring broke.

I'm not opposed to a project boat. I've put transom's in before. Know how to fiberglass, rewire and work on the engines. Since i'm looking at late 80's basically because i like the lines of that era. then again boats of that age suprise ya. My 86 offshore the transom is still solid yet. Just...

Me and wife can stand being on our 27 foot cabin cruiser as long as the weather isn't extremely hot. The main thing the wife needs is to be able to stand up in the cabin area and to have a stand up head. The sailfish would be slightly easier to tow compared to a marlin. Both boats have ample...

Looking to upgrade to a bigger walk around. Narrowed it down to either the sailfish or a marlin 300. We go to the upper cheasepeake bay area and stay on the boat for a week. We also go to the Indian River Marina for a week and a couple of weekends and we always stay on the boat. We can manage...

This past weekend i blew the port engine. Was gonna upgrade to a bigger walk around grady in 2 to 3 years. Thinking of maybe upgrading now. Still trying to decide if the engine is rebuildable yet if not i have to look into repowering but if i buy 2 modern engines for the boat. To justify the...

Head gasket appeared to be intact yet. I'm thinking the top of the piston is clean cause of the peices from the broken ring bouncing around. If it's rebuildable yet i'm gonna have the machine shop check it for cracks and flatness. Also gonna rebuild the carbs as well. Also when i removed the...

It's hard to tell I think it ran lean for some reason or a ring broke. Seeing how no other cylinders are damaged I'm thinking the oil pump didn't fail. Both engines have 572 hours on them. Engine never smoked while running