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Hey y’all,
this post is more to document my journey for my repower for any others with a Tournament 192 that are considering a repower since I’ve experienced a lot of things and learned a whole bunch over the past few months.
a few months back I picked up a very nice boat from a guy in Wilmington that fit the Bill for what my family was looking for. It was equipped with a 2003 Suzuki DF140, which ran great for the end of the season. It started running rough towards the end and took it to my man Marty at Action Marine near Ocean Isle beach to have a look and lo and behold water in the oil. Dagummit.
The hull is simply in amazing shape although she did have some listing at rest to look into. So we made the decision to move forward with the repower if we could fix the list and also make sure the transom was in good order. List was starboard side, and some of this detail is captured in another thread a few days ago - thank you for the replies. In the end I think it was a matter of the boat being balanced with a water wash down tank that used to exist on the port side.
I took her over to Scott McKee from the McKee boat family who runs an amazing glass and gel coat repair shop. Scot was nothing short of an amazing partner in working with me to fix the list and evaluate the decision to repower. We moved the batteries over to port side which fixed the list and I had several dings and chips repaired to where you can’t even tell.
transom checked out good, he drilled a test hole, plus flushed out the gas tank area and checked all the weep holes. On mine the tank was sealed in place with a non-removable fuel panel. I heard from Grady that it’s basically a lifetime poly tank.
next was the decision on what to repower with. The Suzuki DF140 ran her fine but was a wee bit sluggish to get up and go. However that model ran 420lbs which is a good weight since the 150-200 weighting was likely by 2 stroke standards which probably came in around the same weight based on my research.
so I was between a fresh 140 or moving to a 150. I really liked what I saw in the Merc 150 in both its weight (465 for25” shaft), displacement of 3.0L, and geared towards DIY mechanics. I met Scott at the ramp and we did a float test with the existing 140 and then with a 45lb sandbag on top to simulate 465lbs. The scuppers dipped down about .5” but I’m ok with it since rain will still easily drain from the deck. So after some hemmin and hawinwe decided to pursue the Merc 150 and found a new one in Wilmington in stock (considering myself lucky given all the supply chain issues these days). So now picking out gauges and controls for her. Can’t wait to get after the fish with the fam soon enough!
attaching some pics of my journey, and will add here and there. So many posts out there about bits and pieces of what I went through so figured consolidating will help some other new classic 192 owner that might be going through similar decision process.
RIP DF140 and your corroded soul
listing towards starboard
new merc!
Fuel tank lid, which is attached using adhesive, not screws.. : /
Missing the water...
this post is more to document my journey for my repower for any others with a Tournament 192 that are considering a repower since I’ve experienced a lot of things and learned a whole bunch over the past few months.
a few months back I picked up a very nice boat from a guy in Wilmington that fit the Bill for what my family was looking for. It was equipped with a 2003 Suzuki DF140, which ran great for the end of the season. It started running rough towards the end and took it to my man Marty at Action Marine near Ocean Isle beach to have a look and lo and behold water in the oil. Dagummit.
The hull is simply in amazing shape although she did have some listing at rest to look into. So we made the decision to move forward with the repower if we could fix the list and also make sure the transom was in good order. List was starboard side, and some of this detail is captured in another thread a few days ago - thank you for the replies. In the end I think it was a matter of the boat being balanced with a water wash down tank that used to exist on the port side.
I took her over to Scott McKee from the McKee boat family who runs an amazing glass and gel coat repair shop. Scot was nothing short of an amazing partner in working with me to fix the list and evaluate the decision to repower. We moved the batteries over to port side which fixed the list and I had several dings and chips repaired to where you can’t even tell.
transom checked out good, he drilled a test hole, plus flushed out the gas tank area and checked all the weep holes. On mine the tank was sealed in place with a non-removable fuel panel. I heard from Grady that it’s basically a lifetime poly tank.
next was the decision on what to repower with. The Suzuki DF140 ran her fine but was a wee bit sluggish to get up and go. However that model ran 420lbs which is a good weight since the 150-200 weighting was likely by 2 stroke standards which probably came in around the same weight based on my research.
so I was between a fresh 140 or moving to a 150. I really liked what I saw in the Merc 150 in both its weight (465 for25” shaft), displacement of 3.0L, and geared towards DIY mechanics. I met Scott at the ramp and we did a float test with the existing 140 and then with a 45lb sandbag on top to simulate 465lbs. The scuppers dipped down about .5” but I’m ok with it since rain will still easily drain from the deck. So after some hemmin and hawinwe decided to pursue the Merc 150 and found a new one in Wilmington in stock (considering myself lucky given all the supply chain issues these days). So now picking out gauges and controls for her. Can’t wait to get after the fish with the fam soon enough!
attaching some pics of my journey, and will add here and there. So many posts out there about bits and pieces of what I went through so figured consolidating will help some other new classic 192 owner that might be going through similar decision process.
RIP DF140 and your corroded soul
listing towards starboard
new merc!
Fuel tank lid, which is attached using adhesive, not screws.. : /
Missing the water...
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