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OMC outdrive boot

I bought a 1967 columbian with a omc boat a couple months ago runs good, hull is in good condition everything worked but a couple small things like the outdive lift motor fixed them and took it out to sea ran like a champ! I bought it to fish off of in the ocean but recently in transport the outdive boot popped off the outdrive when i started calling around locally to fix it everyone i called said they wouldn't touch it with a ten foot poll and that is a dangerous design for the ocean....is this true? is this boat worth fixing?:confused:
 
Kyla, does your outdrive boot have 12 holes or 16? I was under the impression that the 16-hole boot wasn't used, until 1969. I have a 12-hole boot, and these are No Longer Available (NLA) from anyone. You will have to buy a 16-hole boot, along with the corresponding boot ring plate. The ring plates are floating around on eBay; I just bought one.

You'll have to fill the 12 holes in and then re-drill for the new boot.
 
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