I have an Old School 39' OE. 1988. Here is a picture of the old style dash. I need to redo the location of gauges because of the in-ability to scan gauges quickly.

Wow. Where are the throttles. What kind of power do you have?

I agree with the dash thing. I am meeting with a guy over the weekend to look this dash thing over a little better...

Do you have any pics of the whole boat?

i got about 20 more questions for you.... LOL... I am like a little kid at Xmas with mine. I just got it and what to go out in it so bad... But I am going to get everything right then run it...

Do any cool Poker runs with yours??

My OE is a work in progress. I just had to have a motor rebuilt this past summer. Never used it this year. After installing motor I'm trying to still track down a clunking noise while in gear. I have other projects that need to get done also. The back needs some fiberglass work and paint to clean it up. Need it to be mechanically sound first. Might redo dash this winter. Throttles are in seat. When I get to my home computer I will include pictures.

Hee is a picture from further back. You can see throttles in seat. The other side I manufactured a custom plate to cover hole. I can't find the photos with plate and new speedo.

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If this is your boat and this is a shot of your drive, you do not have ASD8 drive units. Sorry but those are 1600's and you therefore most likely have a 19 tooth propeller shaft spline.

This should come in handy if you are searching for propellers. Positive note; you can use a standard Merc propeller with these drives as we make an adapter to fit them to the 19 tooth spline shaft. Else you would have been stuck with 25 tooth propeller most likely.

Rik

Wow I did an all day searching on this drive the other day... I was told they are asd-8's Then the guy who is fixing the drive said something about 1600...... I did more research and found out more about it and then I learned they were 1600's....

What kind of Horse power can they handle? The shaft I just got said it was good to 1200 FT/torque... 1200HP... I had to have the shaft machined for length..
I went on to Arnesons site and it says 800??? Am I reading this right??

Thanks

Mario

Any drive questions should go to RIK only. He knows all.

I think the 800 number is right on.

Rik, I now have 3/4" chains. What would the torque rating be?

Where on what site? 800??

The drives are 1600's and they are rated for 1,000 hp back when they were made. They use two chains on a common shaft to handle the power.

It uses an ASD6 rear housing on the Second Effort or Arneson Drop Box. There were a few different versions of the 1600 made by Second Effort and Arneson back in the day. The input/output shaft seals are different sizes for example, the input shafts are stainless steel vs. steel on some models, etc. etc..

They are all the same but at the same time a bit different. The ratio is the ratio for life in these drives meaning you cannot change a 1.32:1 into a 1.5:1 and vice versa as they were machined for the center distance required. The ASD8's are different in that respect.

I spotted the ASD6 aft retaining ring in the photo and that is what alerted me to what you have.

Rik

1200 conservative. These are the current ASD8 size and its the same chain as the ASD10 uses with a 2,000 lb rating.