I think my friend Diego bought his Stainless Marine exhaust from them. I almost bought from them until I found my engines. You might want to Google them to check for negative press.

They are in Hialeah/Miami Lakes...there are several builders in that area that sell nationally. What ever you do...DO NOT use A & L in Miami.(http://www.alengine.com/) They build junk and screwed my brother on a long block they said was .030 over that turned out to be .060!! The cylinder heads were two different part numbers and had different sized combustion chambers and the water jacket/cylinder wall corroded thru in less than a year and they would NOT honor the warranty.

Power Source has a decent reputation but look around online for negative feedback.

See...we watch out for you here!!

Thanks for the info! Guess I can't really call it an SR-1 then!

Also good to know about withstanding Erie Conditions, I was originally worried that a 242 would be too small. My old 260 got very scary when I would get caught in 6-7 footers. Having an extra engine should help significantly.

The 242 is a great Erie boat for 24 footer... I have to admit after having a 20, 24, 32, and now a 35... I am spoiled and will never have anythuing less then 32ft ever again in Eire... lol

Hey Guys,
Finally got the boat home and got some work started. All of the cabin cushions are with my mom, who is pretty good on the sewing machine, although I still have to pick a color material.

Having the boat in the driveway is great. This morning I got both motors pulled, and I did it all by myself lol. Who says you need a buddy to pull a couple of engines.

Rented this towable hoist from a rental place here in Columbus.



When I went to pull the first engine, I was about 4 inches short of the transom. Grr







So I let the air out of the tires and removed the bell housing. Gave me just enough to get em out.







Never been so happy to see a motorless boat!



And a garage full of parts lol



Now the real work can begin. This thing is dirty! So I will strip everything out of the bildge and power wash everything from the cabin aft, and then decide what wood needs replaced in the bilge. I will for sure do the engine mounts, probably the center stringer, and Im considering doing the transom just to know its done. Some jackass tried to move the thru hull and just filled it with silicone. Grrr Even if the transom is dry, Im worried about the lack of strength from not having wood in those four holes. Anyway, thats all for now, hopefully it dosn't rain tomorrow and I can get everything clean and stripped.

Thanks,
Billy

You're doing great!!! I tried to use the "Tilt and tow on mine but my 255 has too much free board...had to use a fork lift. Get a couple of gallons of that Bio degradable Purple Cleaner after your bilge...big time saver.

Yeah definitely going to need some powerful cleaner! I'll grab the purple stuff. I was glad I was able to make the tilt work, I didn't know how the hell I was going to set the engines back in place by myself if I had too!

Now I just need a couple of good sunny weekends to really make some progress and start glassing.

Cheers!

A 24 with twins is gotta be stearn heavy. Might want to think about k-planes while it's apart. Just a thought. I know I wish my 292 had em.

That`s a goods days work love to see a good project like this take place. The 242 is a great boat would love one with twins, keep the pics coming all this will be worth it.

masi

Your third pic gives me a question. I know what I had on mine, wondering if others were the same.

My first guess is those are not the original engines, but were swapped out. The ONLY reason I say this, is the drain plug on the oil pan. My marine pans had the drain right in the middle of them on the flat section. That one pan shows the drain plug on an angled section the same as all the standard truck engines.

You know what that means? Absolutely nothing.

Actually I am just curious of what others have found. Are all mercruiser pans for 5.7L motors the marine ones with the drain in the middle? Or did I just get three motors all with center drains by chance on mine. (bought a spare also) First guess is those are not the original motors, but really just a WAG.

I am also having flashbacks to my rebuild. you sound just like me.....
Brian

Looks good. I'd look at remote mounting oil filters. That would be no fun to change in boat. Lol