Its in Merced

thanks guys.....looks like im going to be out untill next season maybe....hey she ran turn key for about two years with no worries so.....im going to take my time on he rebuild and make it stout! thanks again everyone...got nothing but kind words to everybody here, just how it goes in the boating world!


when i get more time later today around lunch ill post more on the motor!.....

well...so after i timed it in the drive way on saturday on the hose, it was running great 70-75 lbs of oilpressure temp was good, smooth revving...even when i got it in the lake let it run on the trailer for about 10 mins  all checked out good....loaded everybody up..there was 6 of us and the dog...pulled out of the no wake excellerated a bit on plane to about 30 really easy for about 10 minuates and i started to here noises comming from the motor and oil pressure dropped to 40psiand started to warm up a bit, i had the water valve turned full open, sounded like a loose rocker on the right side or some kind of nocking.....drove it easy to the cove where terry and nordie, and 454nordic were hanging out....just felt disappointed limping the boat in, was really hoping it had ran well to get me through the rest of the season....hung out for about 2 hours let it cool down, good sized oil leak floating in the bildge, hadnt leaked at home???....it was still pretty warm when i took off the valve cover to check the rockers all were tight and no popped out pushrods.....borrowed a quart of oil and put it in before we left ...took off drove for about 5 mins and motor started knocking pretty good and less than 20 psi oilpressure...and shut off....nordie cruised by i told him the motor was done! he went and got 454 nordic(brandon) to tow me back in to the launchramp.....so im back to square one! but hopefully i got a good block to start with and we will just have to see what happens next, got to save up lots for the next build.......thats all i can do! thanks again brandon for the tow! and the oil

YA I still have a nother rotating assembly to work with too.....ill figure it out soon..as soon as im not pissed off anymore , ill start to tear it down,,

YA I still have a nother rotating assembly to work with too.....ill figure it out soon..as soon as im not pissed off anymore , ill start to tear it down,,

ive been there and watched others go through the used engine thing it was mostly frustrating for me just get back at it cuz it aint gunna fix it'self

IM aware of the whole machining deal...

He needs a bore job and one piston

NO, but he can take his old rotating assy (.040) buy one new piston bore the new block (STD) to the pistons. I looked at the skirts and they look really good. The whole rotating assy looks fairly fresh other than the whole in the block and broken piston.......and valve

ILL bring you all the pieces...hook me up!

OK, get the head off that bad cylinder and see if it's gonna be ok. Then get the pistons out of the old block and see if they're gonna be ok. Buy one piston like what you have, about 12-13 bux. Send the block out to be bored to your pistons. You wont need any money till it's done. Then you'll need rings, bearings and gaskets and I'll come over or bring it over and I'll put it together. Could be done inna week for around 2-300

The bore is all rusted out at STD