Re: [OMC-Boats] 1978-86 400/800 Stringers and 1964-1977 Electric shift Stringers from BLDFW on 2009-05-29 (OMC-Boats Mailing List Archive)

From: BLDFW <bldfw@...>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 16:33:42 -0700 (PDT)

Lots of good info..... Just reconfirming what I think I read, sticking with the electric "long leg" version, I'm good with anything 68-72 or are the "long legs" out there through 77? That will help as I browse around.

Regarding "the electric shift lower gear case will "only" be good for speeds up to around 60 mph before it suffers from hydrodynamic "blowout." (who cares?)".... after my 25' Bayliner Ciera 2550 cruiser, anything over 30-35mph would cause me to just pee with glee! ;-) Bring it on!

-Bill
Dallas, TX
1970 Evinrude Explorer - 155 Buick V6 - OMC sterndrive
http://www.photobucket.com/evinrude_explorer%a0

--- On Fri, 5/29/09, Lee K. Shuster (lks) <LKS@...> wrote:

From: Lee K. Shuster (lks) <LKS@...>
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] 1978-86 400/800 Stringers and 1964-1977 Electric shift Stringers
To: "Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's" <omc-boats@...mate.com>
Date: Friday, May 29, 2009, 5:43 PM

So I will agree that anything is possible, especially if resources are not an issue. Convert to outboard power? Convert to jet power? Drop in the latest and greatest electronic fuel injected Volvo or Merc? Sure, it's all good and fun to speculate on. But at somepoint, why not just get into a different boat? Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Veazie To: omc-boats@... Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Welch plug -- OH DUH...Never mind
Hi Bill,

You can go with as late as a 1977 drive, but it will be 4 inches shorter. However, the original long-leg drives that our boats came with are really a little on the long side anyway, since the cavitation plate is below the keel of the boat. From what research I've done, you can use a short profile drive, made between '72 and '77 and it will mount right up no problem. If I've done my research correctly, the short profile newer drive's cavitation plate with be right AT the keel of the boat, so you should be fine.

It also opens the possibility of putting the later '82-86 Mechanical shift stringers on with minimal modification. You'd have to run a new set of controls with the shift cable to a shift converter box, but the shift cable will run right through the same hole the shift wires do, and the outdrive will seamlessly mount on since the upper gearcase is the same as a short profile electric stringer. I would do this down the road (provided I had a boat at the moment) after the electric stringer gives out, which it may never will. With the newer mechanical shift units, parts for the lower end are more plentiful and often will interchange with Evinrude/Johnson outboard models.

~Scott

From: bldfw@...
To: omc-boats@...
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Welch plug -- OH DUH...Never mind

I've taken a flashlight and checked out the entire lower casing but not finding an H or HT. Is there somewhere specific it might be?

Also, the prop that came with the outdrive was a 14" if that suggests anything.

Finally, I talked with the sterndrive.com folks yesterday and found they were not going to be much help in the big picture. They don't keep parts/seals on hand, rather they would be shopping around for individual parts just like I would be and it would not be practical to involve them. They did make a suggestion to me to simplify matters....."find a later model drive where parts are more plentiful". Hmmmm....why didn't I think of that?

I ordered a parts manual so I can at least give the parts search a try. While doing that I will also keep my eyes open for a later model outdrive. What's the latest year I can go on the Electric drives? 1977?

-Bill
Dallas, TX
1970 Evinrude Explorer - 155 Buick V6 - OMC sterndrive
http://www.photobucket.com/evinrude_explorer%a0

--- On Thu, 5/28/09, Lee Shuster (lib1) <lib1@...> wrote:

From: Lee Shuster (lib1) <lib1@...>
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Welch plug -- OH DUH...Never mind
To: "Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's" <omc-boats@...>
Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 10:08 AM

--- On Wed, 5/27/09, BLDFW <bldfw@...> wrote:

From: BLDFW <bldfw@...>
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Manual question
To: "Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's" <omc-boats@...>
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 10:32 PM

Dallas, TX
1970 Evinrude Explorer - 155 Buick V6 - OMC sterndrive
http://www.photobucket.com/evinrude_explorer

--- On Wed, 5/27/09, Lee Shuster <lks@...com> wrote:

From: Lee Shuster <lks@...>
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Manual question
To: "Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's" <omc-boats@...>
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 9:35 PM

Dallas, TX
1970 Evinrude Explorer - 155 Buick V6 - OMC sterndrive
http://www.photobucket.com/evinrude_explorer --- On Wed, 5/27/09, Lee Shuster <lee.k.shuster@...> wrote:

From: Lee Shuster <lee.k.shuster@...u>
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Manual question
To: "'Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's'" <omc-boats@...e.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 3:35 PM

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 1:33 PM
To: omc-boats@...
Subject: [OMC-Boats] Manual question

-Bill
Dallas, TX
1970 Evinrude Explorer - 155 Buick V6 - OMC sterndrive
http://www.photobucket.com/evinrude_explorer

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