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Prefer to sell as a package as I am about to install an MPI 454 and BIII transom assy and one sale/ pickup is desirable. My (completely negotiable) asking price is $2200. The Alpha transom assy is in excellent condition throughout and does not need a thing. The Gen1 out drive installed as a...

Currently in process of converting my 268 Weekender from Alpha drive to Bravo. Heard a rumour that the only difference in the gimbal housing/ transom cutout are the addition of two holes in order to hang the Bravo gimbal housing, otherwise everything else is the same. Is there anyone here who...

Block is good, heads are good. Port head gasket let go and water mixed with the oil. There were women and children onboard at the time so I ran it toward shore til it popped. I believe a con rod snapped. The engine was at low RPM (1500-1800 ish) when it took its final breath. Poked a hole in...

Ordered a replacement oil dipstick tube for the B1 engine I am preparing to install and have a small issue. There is some kind of ferrule crimped on the tube that won't allow me to slide the nut down to the threads of the elbow that exits the oil pan. The old tube does not have this ferrule...

Clearly there is no expectation of an internet diagnosis however I want to learn a few things about this engine since it mysteriously dumped oil in the bilge at some point and fried (what sounded to me like) a main bearing. I don't know if the oil was leaking which lead to the failure or if the...

Obligatory introduction thread. :smt038 Looking into purchasing a first boat...a 1986 268 Weekender. Part family boat, part dad-needs-to-get-away boat. Of course I have questions....and of course I searched! (the entire internet actually......which brought me here) Still have to work out a...