Your worried about safety and want to bolt 40-50 year outboards on
Also only have a 40l fuel tank and want to refuel at sea still
Do you read what you write ?
Steve do u read what i write where did you come up with a 40 litre tank?, 40, 50 year old engines are still running today, how many late model outboards are unreliable lasting 10 years?
If u rebuild two old vintage 70hp engines they'll last another 20 years
Yes I read what you write it’s hard to keep up with the ramblings
what was it 40 60 or 70 litres ? it’s hard to keep up as I said
your so worried about sinking or engine trouble yet build a offshore boat and want to put home built or vintage engines on it
why rebuild old shit when you can buy a single engine with life still in it
and no they arnt reliable have towed enough people back with old crap to know that to be true
and once you start pulling them apart and snapping bolts and find parts hard to find we will have ten more threads on here full of ramblings
Well I cant remember the last time seeing an old blue band Mercury on the water ..... or one of those orange Suzuki's (thankfully)
You can rebuild these things all you like ..... but time & salt water takes it's toll on boats - particularly outboards
Chris
Give a man a fish & he will eat for a day !
Teach him how to fish
& he will sit in a boat - & drink beer all day!
TEAM MOJIKO
Steve if your going to make a point please be precise
I honestly have no problem running two old 70hp evinrudes i have owned a few old evinrudes and have never blown one up, there are still rebuild kits to freshen two up, as for seized and snapped boltsi have already demonstrated my youtube video on how to remove the snapped bolts piece of cake
I just cant at the moment afford 2x modern 70hp engines, a 70hp 2000 era yamaha are still going for $5000 each, i would love 2x tohatsu 90hp late models 2 strokesbut again they are expensive
So i will have to settle on two old evinrudes dolled up with alick of paint and maybe a refresh powerhead for reliability
Rebuild kits are pretty cheap btw
I had an old 70hp Evinrude nearly 20 years back...it went ok...till it blew up..Originally Posted by gazza2006au
The controls on those older models simply mount together for twins, steering is the same, but there is a tie bar between both motors, I personally wouldn't rebuild them, look for running motors in the first place (in my opinion) if you decide to go twins, just fill the transom cutout back in, I wouldn't go the jack plate business either, you will be way better off using your Mercury or looking for a decent running 2 stroke, there is plenty around cheap if you look.
You were telling us before that carby two strokes would worth next to nothing in a couple of years. I pointed out the incongruity in that if the idea was doing things on the cheap then why not buy one that is running instead of rebuilding a high tech motor. So far you have 2 unfinished ones, the etec and your 4 stroke mercury.
sorry but this post made me laugh.
So, what exactly is the problem with the 90 4st, now that you are questioning it's reliability?
im not even replying to it its like trying to have an intelligent conversation with my dogsorry but this post made me laugh.
the guy has spent enough to actually just buy a running boat.
Have you given up playing chess with the pigeon then..?
Intelligent.. Steve u cant even colour code you're socks mate, you're pulling tank sizes out of your head blaiming me for talking to much... never your fault is it..
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