Buying a 73 Seacraft CC I/O

[pelican]

Originally Posted by keith

Hi Everyone. Great Site!! My name is Keith and I live in the San Francisco East Bay Area. A friend of mine in Oregon has had a 73 Seacraft for 35 years, can no longer use it, and wants to sell it. I am going to buy it from him. What do you think?
It has a 305 mercruiser i/o with 280 hours on the whole setup. He replaced the engine and outdrive about 6 years ago.
It is a larger boat than I have ever had but I want to do more ocean fishing out here so that is a good thing. I also will need to add radar because the fog here can get pretty thick. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Keith

sharp rig !

follow my advice concerning servicing the motor and the drive - it's important.that thread has been mentioned twice in this thread - it will show you what's required.

those alpha drives,the generation II drives,it's important to replace the waterpump regularly - there's small 6mm bolts holding the pump housing down - these can corrode and sieze,causing big problems.also,there's a small "bulkhead" - this seperates the water channel from the exhaust channel - this can become a problem due to corrosion.
when replacing that waterpump,do not remove the paint from the drive in any of those areas.also,do not use any kind of metallic grease or a never sieze product.DO NOT use a silicone sealer on the waterpump gasket !!

that 5.0 MPI is a good power package !!