Hi all,
I'm pretty new to boats, but certainly not forums. With that said, I looked for a 'search' button, but didn't find it, else wise I'd have searched.
Anyways, my roommate bought a 1993 Sunbird Corsair 187 SL a few days ago. For the most part we've just been cleaning it up. We want to give it a complete tune-up, since it is unknown when the last time anything was changed, want to start fresh and eliminate as many chances for something to go wrong as we can.
Just to answer the question...I can rebuild an engine, so doing a tune-up isn't a problem. I'm wondering what items are marine-specific and what I can get at an auto parts store without getting charged out the butt from a marina.
The boat has a 4.3L OMC, with an OMC out-drive. I know we need to get the factory manual for it. We'll check the local marina to see if they have it, if not what's a good place? Just Amazon or something? We're in West Texas, (San Angelo), so the marina's around here are pretty limited LOL.
Anyways, here's the boat, what can you tell me about it, what problems to look out for?
It appears there's a leak, he thinks in the transom seal? Is that a difficult repair?
Right now though we want to do a tune-up. If I tell an auto parts store a '93 4.3L OMC, will they have parts?
Also, I believe there is something that's supposed to get wedged in-between the stern drive and the part that connects to the boat (forgive my lack of vocab, please correct me) to release the strain of the hydraulics while in transit...what is it? He doesn't think so, but, I'm pretty sure there is.
If you have a nice beginners FAQ by all means point me to it.
Thanks for any help you can give.
I'm pretty new to boats, but certainly not forums. With that said, I looked for a 'search' button, but didn't find it, else wise I'd have searched.
Anyways, my roommate bought a 1993 Sunbird Corsair 187 SL a few days ago. For the most part we've just been cleaning it up. We want to give it a complete tune-up, since it is unknown when the last time anything was changed, want to start fresh and eliminate as many chances for something to go wrong as we can.
Just to answer the question...I can rebuild an engine, so doing a tune-up isn't a problem. I'm wondering what items are marine-specific and what I can get at an auto parts store without getting charged out the butt from a marina.
The boat has a 4.3L OMC, with an OMC out-drive. I know we need to get the factory manual for it. We'll check the local marina to see if they have it, if not what's a good place? Just Amazon or something? We're in West Texas, (San Angelo), so the marina's around here are pretty limited LOL.
Anyways, here's the boat, what can you tell me about it, what problems to look out for?
It appears there's a leak, he thinks in the transom seal? Is that a difficult repair?
Right now though we want to do a tune-up. If I tell an auto parts store a '93 4.3L OMC, will they have parts?
Also, I believe there is something that's supposed to get wedged in-between the stern drive and the part that connects to the boat (forgive my lack of vocab, please correct me) to release the strain of the hydraulics while in transit...what is it? He doesn't think so, but, I'm pretty sure there is.
If you have a nice beginners FAQ by all means point me to it.
Thanks for any help you can give.