where can I find a mercruiser 3.0l, OMC, marine motor rebuild kit?
Aug 08, 2008 by phaty_bo_batty_jp | Posted in Boats & Boating
I have a 98 Mercruiser marine engine that needs to be rebuilt but am living in the sticks right now, so I'm hoping someone might have a good site to find this kit for a cheap price or a complete motor to drop in.
Unless you have a machine shop in your garage, i wouldn't try a rebuild. Mercury marine has remanufactured motors available at a reasonable price, follow the link. Your other option is to send your motor to a rebuilder in your area. Remember, if you
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So…what do you do all day?
Many of you have asked what it’s like living aboard a boat…what do you do all day…that kind of stuff. Actually, that’s not entirely true. As a matter of fact, no one has asked that. Frankly, it’s like Nancy and I are dead and buried. No one emails and no one ever calls (so much so that we recently disconnected our cell phone). But for the sake of this blog, let’s pretend that lots of folks are curious what our days are like. To that end, I’ve categorized our days into two main categories: Sailing and Not Sailing. Please humor me and read on.
NOT SAILING DAYS:
Boat Maintenance Days : These days are fairly common among people who live on boats and travel via the water (note: I’m hesitant to call any of us sailors, as historically sailors have not been the brightest bunch and I would prefer not to be categorized as such. 400 years ago it was acceptable that 80% of them would perish while trying to purchase pepper…remember the spice islands thingy?)Anyway, I digress. On a BMD, we usually get up fairly early (7am or earlier!) to try to avoid working in the intense sun and heat that shows up around 2pm. Typical tasks include recaulking the teak decks on Oblivion, sanding and varnishing (brightwork), engine oil and filter changes, cleaning, inspections, bottom cleaning, fueling (usually accomplished 5 gallons at a time), stainless polishing, etc. BMD’s wouldn’t be too bad if we had everything onboard that we need. But we don’t, so often a BMD gets mixed up with a shopping day…
Shopping Days -there are two specific types of shopping days. The first is what we call grocery shopping. Other people who live on boats and travel by water call if ‘provisioning’. It’s a big word on the docks. If you happen to be a sailor reading this blog, ‘provisioning’ means grocery shopping. (for the rest of you, sailors aren’t too bright and I need to make things somewhat clear). Grocery Shopping Days happen when we’re out of food. If you’re living stateside and reading this, you generally just pull into Rainbow Foods or Hy Vee, throw anything you could possibly want into your grocery cart, whip out your credit card, have them put it into your trunk, and buzz home. Things aren’t usually quite so simple here in Mexico. Although there are comparable grocery stores here in Mexico, they are few and far in between. So we begin a GSD by making a complete list of everything that we could possibly need. Once the list is in hand, we walk 1 to 3 miles to the bus stop where we then get on a bus and head in the general direction of the store. (there are often bus transfers which complicate things some more). Once at the store, we purchase MOST of the things on our list. Things that do not get purchased at the Big Store are things like water, beer, ice, and produce that you expect to eat in a day or two. More on those items later. (BTW, you cannot buy orange cheeses in Mexico. Tim Ewald: The Orange Death IS real. Don’t let anyone tell you differently)
