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    Hotwire help needed

    Okay, I'm ready to test the engine on the donor boat before I start taking it out, but the wiring harness was cut when they stripped the console. I need someone to walk me through hotwiring it in obnoxious detail, understanding that this is all relatively new to me. I've added gas and oil, and...
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    Swappable engines?

    Here's the full picture. Thoughts on how daunting this task really is vs how it seems? It really comes down to which is going to be the bigger project-- pulling two engines and swapping them, or refurbishing the interior and deck of the objectively better boat to overcome a decade of neglect...
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    Swappable engines?

    Of course the picture didn't work.
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    Engine diagnosis?

    I'm pulling out a Mercruiser 5.7l v8 that I'm told *might* have a cracked block to swap with a new engine. Got it after my grandpa passed, it wasn't winterized the winter after he passed, and when it was tested before I got it it lost oil pressure in the water and dumped the oil into the bilge...
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    Swappable engines?

    Sounds good! I'm much less familiar with the outdrives so I'm going to post some pictures. This is my first major boat project so I'd rather ask too many questions than too few! Bayliner: Glastron:
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    Swappable engines?

    Excellent, any thoughts on whether I'm better off keeping all of the engine components the same, or if there's any benefit to using the Alpha One components on the new engine? I assume from time/frustration/unforeseen costs I'd be best off taking the entire assembly from the donor boat and...
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    Swappable engines?

    I have two boats that I inherited. One is a 26' 1990 bayliner Ciera 2655. It has a 5.7 V8 alpha one and matching outdrive, but is suspected to have a cracked block. The other is project that was started before my grandpa died-- it's a 79 glastrom that's been stripped of its deck and interior...
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