Repair or replace volvo penta
Submitted by GraemeE on Thu, 2017-11-16 12:15
Hi all..new fella here.
Have purchased a 20ft regent viscount with a aq145 i think and 280 leg.My question is what is the best way to check motor is ok.The circ pump and alternator are frozen but motor winds over.Thinking of doing compression test before i go ripping it out. Toying with putting a pod and about 175-200hp behind or maybe just cutting transom out and building splash well in.Budget is limited as the project boat came out of the blue. Otherwise cut hull up and send to tip..lol
Walfootrot
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Cost more than its worth to
Cost more than its worth to fix the motor and leg. If the hull is ok then rip out the motor and leg, patch the hole pod it and wack a 2nd hand OB on her
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
GraemeE
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Date Joined: 13/11/17
Hulls not bad
Hulls not bad nick...few.spider cracks in gelcoat...reckon could get a coupla bucks for motor and leg...type of pod is another matter also
dodgy
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An old Volvo will never be a
An old Volvo will never be a cheap thing to get back on the water.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
GraemeE
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Nows the time to ask who
Nows the time to ask who does good pods
makai
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Talk to Glenn Swarbrick
Swarbrick and Swarbrick Yachts in Sparks Rd, Henderson
Prego
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PM sent
PM sent
Rob H
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You will likely find another
You will likely find another AQ used for next to nothing if you look around.
Dont think you'd be knocked over in the rush...
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
GraemeE
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Thanks for the replies
Thanks for the replies guys....holidays finished so back to work an think about the boat