Got a lot on the plate.
I have 1999 International motors and they have been very good.
They are high torque with larger CU IN (323 I think) than the US engines
which probably use high RPM to make 9.9 hP. More RPM = more wear on parts.
I have pulled my motors out with the boom situated over the engines. I
used a snatch block connected to some line wraps on the boom. You can then
swing the motor with the boom to get the motor over the side. My brother
and I did it pretty easily. The handles will most likely be frozen and
you'll save time by just beating the handles off. (No pun)
I have held on to my engines because: nobody builds engines like they used
to (per mechanics), I have less than 1400 hours on them. You said you
need to replace them so maybe this is of no value.
Some motors come with automatic lift feature. Avoid the units that have a
metal bracket for the lifting mechanism that drags in the water.
Good luck
Gary Oelze
-----Original Message-----
From: scoaa-members-bounces@xxxxxxxxx
[mailto:scoaa-members-bounces@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eduardo Camps-Romero
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 6:53 AM
To: scoaa-members@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Scoaa-members] Re-power
Hello all,
For some reason I am having issues with the scoaa net site. I can't seem to
find the forums and I can't seem to find the old posts.
Anyway I have a 1997 Seawind 1000 with the original motors. I am needing to
replace them and was hoping I could find information but I don't seem able.
I am in the USA and recall that perhaps we have different options than what
is available in Australia. I am assuming the Yamaha model is the T9.9. I had
also saved a post about a member who re-powered with Honda 20's. I was
wondering what others may have done and their thoughts on the matter. My
reading tells me that my original yamaha's had a gearing such as to make
them more powerful. I am planning on taking my Seawind from the San
Francisco Bay Area around to Florida and I like the thought of the gas
sipping 9.9's. My reservation is that I bought the boat used in 2009 and
always had problems with these engines and my local repair guy here in
Florida (where I have a small sloop with a 5 hp Honda) tells me Honda's are
superior (granted he sells Honda's).
Since I have your attention, I was also thinking of adding a second auto
pilot for redundancy, replacing parts of the rigging that are older, and
maybe upgrading the electronics as I think I have all original components.
I imagine the boat should be out of the water for the outboard install, is
this true? Any other upgrades I should be considering with a boat of this
vintage? I recently replaced the windows (wish I would of read the posts
[that I can no longer find] on the forum before I did this] and may need to
redo at least the front ones), tramps and lifelines replaced, new throttle
cables and probably a few other things I can't recall now.
I am not sure when I will be bringing the boat over and most likely will
need to do it in stages so really only the motors need to be done now and
the other items I can stagger.
Thanks for your attention,
Eduardo
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