You need to get a Seloc manual for your year stern drive to help you with
the maintainance. I fill my intermediate housing till it starts to run out
the hole. I would not try and overfill it. It sounds like you have a leaky
seal and replace the oil as you need to. I had to replace mine several years
ago and it was not too hard to do by myself. The hull crack can be found
many ways. I would get in the boat at nite and put a light outside the hull
and look for where the light can be seen inside the hull or you can be
outside and put the light inside. Or put a hose to the hull and see if you
can spot the leak. The leaks can be pesky and I think they can leak up at
the rub rail where the screws mount the rail to the hull assuming you have
the 2 part hull bonded at the rail like I do. These screw holes deteriorate
and spider crack with age.I have a funny leak that comes from the front
around the rail and tracks down into the starboard chamber of the trihull.
You can reach your hand into the access hole under the shifter and feel the
water otherwise you would never know it was there. I always keep the boat
covered to keep water out of the hull. Some day I will redo the rub rail and
bond the seam good and that should work. They bonded those seams and I think
the bonds can fail or maybe some areas they missed and can leak which in
most areas is OK as it runs into the bilge. I would go for some aftermarket
seats. You might get some used. What about a lawn chair or something. Just
my thoughts. TK
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> [omc-boats] Checking intermediate housing oil, back seats, repairing hull
> RE: [omc-boats] Posted Yet? early OMC 17 on ebay
> Re: [omc-boats] Checking intermediate housing oil, back seats, repairing
> hull
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> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:30:46 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Ethan Brodsky <brodskye@...>
> Subject: [omc-boats] Checking intermediate housing oil, back seats,
> repairing hull
>
> The ice broke up on Sunday and I've been eagerly anticipating my first
> trip
> out this season. We had a 80 degF day on Monday, but I unfortunately had
> some prep work to do, planned on having issues and so hadn't planned on
> going out, so I left all my PFDs, paddles, registration cards, and launch
> permits at home. This year everything went great though and the boat
> started on its first crank (last year I spent two hours tracing a stuck
> fuel), so I finished way early. Unfortunately there wasn't time to run
> home and get everything and go out before it got dark. The rest of the
> week is supposed to be 45 and raining!
>
> Anyway, as usual there's some minor issues I still need to work on.
>
> First, does anyone have a trick for checking the oil level in the
> intermediate housings that don't have a drain? It's clear that some oil
> leaked over the winter (oil all over the bottom of the ball gears), but I
> can't figure out any way to determine how much without pulling the ball
> gear to drain it entirely. I seem to recall that the oil level wasn't at
> the upper fill plug. Is there any harm in overfilling it?
>
> Second, does anyone have experience doing hull repairs. During a very
> overloaded dive trip last year, I noticed some leakage from a point
> in the hull beneath the rub rail. There's a small crack in the hull there
> - - I couldn't find it again last night, but I recall it being about 1"
> long. Does anyone have experience repairing these? I'm inclined to leave
> the rub rail in place and patch it from the inside using a bunch of marine
> two-part epoxy and perhaps a few pieces of fiberglass. Obviously I don't
> really care how it looks (it's in a concealed location and my hull is beat
> up enough already), but I'd like to it be solid.
>
> Third, does anyone have any back seats for sale? I currently have these
> a set of B&M 3034 Economy Fold Down Boat Seats:
> http://www.boatersworld.com/product/166483602.htm
> but they're absolutely decrepid - torn fabric, rotten foam, and broken
> brackets. I could use another set of BM3034 (preferably blue or white),
> or
> similar seats like a Wise WD301, WD334, WD681, or WD734. I can get the
> original seats for $35 each plus shipping, but I hate to blow $70 if I can
> find a used set in good condition for less.
>
> I'm also hoping to repair the front seats, but I haven't even thought
> through how to do that.
>
> Best wishes to everyone!
>
> Ethan
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> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:42:55 -0700
> From: "jdood" <jdood@...>
> Subject: RE: [omc-boats] Posted Yet? early OMC 17 on ebay
>
> Yep. Ah....i already see many part I would love to rob off of this
> (nav light lenses, instrument cluster, windshield) ....but I have no
> space
>
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-omc-boats@... [mailto:owner-omc-boats@...]
> On Behalf Of Douglas F. Julien, AIA
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 8:37 AM
> To: omc-boats-digest@...
> Subject: [omc-boats] Posted Yet? early OMC 17 on ebay
>
> Is this an OMC Deluxe?
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2fk5bf
>
> Hey, I won that '68 Sportsman last month but I won't get to see it until
> April 21. It's in WI and I'm in St. Louis
>
> Hope your boats start up this spring
>
> - -Doug Julien
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> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:10:00 -0800
> From: <ruddfamily4@...>
> Subject: Re: [omc-boats] Checking intermediate housing oil, back seats,
> repairing hull
>
> The guy I bought the sportsman from 20 years ago made a dip stick from a
> short 6" pc of wire. He filed a notch about 1/4" from the end, pull the
> screw, stick the wire in the hole and use it like the dip stick on the
> oil.
> Seems to work at least for the last 20 years.
> regards K
>
> - ---- Ethan Brodsky <brodskye@...> wrote:
>> The ice broke up on Sunday and I've been eagerly anticipating my first
>> trip
>> out this season. We had a 80 degF day on Monday, but I unfortunately had
>> some prep work to do, planned on having issues and so hadn't planned on
>> going out, so I left all my PFDs, paddles, registration cards, and launch
>> permits at home. This year everything went great though and the boat
>> started on its first crank (last year I spent two hours tracing a stuck
>> fuel), so I finished way early. Unfortunately there wasn't time to run
>> home and get everything and go out before it got dark. The rest of the
>> week is supposed to be 45 and raining!
>>
>> Anyway, as usual there's some minor issues I still need to work on.
>>
>> First, does anyone have a trick for checking the oil level in the
>> intermediate housings that don't have a drain? It's clear that some oil
>> leaked over the winter (oil all over the bottom of the ball gears), but I
>> can't figure out any way to determine how much without pulling the ball
>> gear to drain it entirely. I seem to recall that the oil level wasn't at
>> the upper fill plug. Is there any harm in overfilling it?
>>
>> Second, does anyone have experience doing hull repairs. During a very
>> overloaded dive trip last year, I noticed some leakage from a point
>> in the hull beneath the rub rail. There's a small crack in the hull
>> there
>> - I couldn't find it again last night, but I recall it being about 1"
>> long. Does anyone have experience repairing these? I'm inclined to
>> leave
>> the rub rail in place and patch it from the inside using a bunch of
>> marine
>> two-part epoxy and perhaps a few pieces of fiberglass. Obviously I don't
>> really care how it looks (it's in a concealed location and my hull is
>> beat
>> up enough already), but I'd like to it be solid.
>>
>> Third, does anyone have any back seats for sale? I currently have these
>> a set of B&M 3034 Economy Fold Down Boat Seats:
>> http://www.boatersworld.com/product/166483602.htm
>> but they're absolutely decrepid - torn fabric, rotten foam, and broken
>> brackets. I could use another set of BM3034 (preferably blue or white),
>> or
>> similar seats like a Wise WD301, WD334, WD681, or WD734. I can get the
>> original seats for $35 each plus shipping, but I hate to blow $70 if I
>> can
>> find a used set in good condition for less.
>>
>> I'm also hoping to repair the front seats, but I haven't even thought
>> through how to do that.
>>
>> Best wishes to everyone!
>>
>> Ethan
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