"I'm fixing up a 1975 25&#
"I'm fixing up a 1975 25' Sport Craft Sport Fisherman with no engine and a pre-Alpha(?) transom plate assy that once connected to a 351 Windsor. Its been sitting in my yard for more than a year - here's the old thread where I asked what parts might work (to be clear - the engine was stolen from the guy I bought it from, not me): http://www.marineengine.com/discus/messages/12486/149026.shtml
So, now I have a late 80s 5.7 Mercruiser drop-in engine I got on Ebay from OH (fresh water). It seems pretty nice and has good compression.
I have a scrap 1990ish(?) Maxum 21 bowrider for parts (transom plate, bell housing, power steering and related parts).
The current phase of my project is taking the transom plate off the Maxum and that's where I'm having an issue. The Bell Housing-to-Gimbal ring hinge pins had sensors on them, apparently a limit switch to port and a trim angle indicator to starboard, and these sensor & switch units have 12-sided male items that fit into 12-sided holes in what may be the heads of the hinge pins???
My Sealoc manual mentions only a special tool and shows no pix of anything like this.
Here's an album - 7 pics of the Maxum 21 transom plate in question:
http://community.webshots.com/album/574138003fXKcPZ?vhost=community
ETA: It seems Webshots is too busy to show my pics, but not to show ads. Here's the same shots on Photobucket:
http://s631.photobucket.com/albums/uu40/ncsailrman/MAXUM 21 transom/
If anyone could explain how to get these hinge pins out, I'd greatly appreciate it. If it’s a simple matter of (12-sided) socket-head cap screws, great!
- Is there a way around buying the special tool? A large Allen wrench? A particular size grade 8 bolt head that might fit? Size?
- This is my first Mercruiser project. Any comments, observations, tips or advice on the overall project would be most welcome."
"I'm fixing up a 1975 25' Sport Craft Sport Fisherman with no engine and a pre-Alpha(?) transom plate assy that once connected to a 351 Windsor. Its been sitting in my yard for more than a year - here's the old thread where I asked what parts might work (to be clear - the engine was stolen from the guy I bought it from, not me): http://www.marineengine.com/discus/messages/12486/149026.shtml
So, now I have a late 80s 5.7 Mercruiser drop-in engine I got on Ebay from OH (fresh water). It seems pretty nice and has good compression.
I have a scrap 1990ish(?) Maxum 21 bowrider for parts (transom plate, bell housing, power steering and related parts).
The current phase of my project is taking the transom plate off the Maxum and that's where I'm having an issue. The Bell Housing-to-Gimbal ring hinge pins had sensors on them, apparently a limit switch to port and a trim angle indicator to starboard, and these sensor & switch units have 12-sided male items that fit into 12-sided holes in what may be the heads of the hinge pins???
My Sealoc manual mentions only a special tool and shows no pix of anything like this.
Here's an album - 7 pics of the Maxum 21 transom plate in question:
http://community.webshots.com/album/574138003fXKcPZ?vhost=community
ETA: It seems Webshots is too busy to show my pics, but not to show ads. Here's the same shots on Photobucket:
http://s631.photobucket.com/albums/uu40/ncsailrman/MAXUM 21 transom/
If anyone could explain how to get these hinge pins out, I'd greatly appreciate it. If it’s a simple matter of (12-sided) socket-head cap screws, great!
- Is there a way around buying the special tool? A large Allen wrench? A particular size grade 8 bolt head that might fit? Size?
- This is my first Mercruiser project. Any comments, observations, tips or advice on the overall project would be most welcome."