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WoodRay wrote:Found this underneath the deck today whilst fixing the wiring behind the dash. Looks to be a late 62 early 63 Seacraft from the date written.
Anyone recognise the name?

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It reads " Built By F. Finocchiaro 11/1963 Seacraft"

I am glad this oil issue has been raised, and have a few questions for the more learned.. I have a 308 mid mount dog clutch ( driving from the front) my oil pressure reduces as the motor heats up, and I was suspicious of foaming. I cant see the sump at the moment as the motor is out and away being ...

No worries Craig, probably the best solution to your issue, I am also tossing up running an accumulator as added backup as I still have reservations about keeping my pickup in oil and I would rather not lunch a new motor to find out. Good Luck mate! The accumulator sounds like a great idea. We run ...

The adjustment to the thrust setup is done via the flanges ability to slide forward and backward on the snout of the crank within the drive housing. If there is not sufficient movement the the harmonic vibrations are transmitted in the end of the crank which in turn forces the oil out of the bearin...

Woodray i know you are a competent mechanic and i know your right about the angle of the engine and the crank splashing in the oil. Speedboating is hard on engines at the best of times. The problem is this set up is the worst solution of a marine problem. Back in the day only the rich guys had dry ...

I wont be cutting into the hull, removing ribs or whatever. There just isn't room to lower the sump at the rear to make any effective capacity at that end for the pick up. Dave I'm still a bit miffed why think its been running fine for 50 years. This one hasn't. Sure if you want to ignore what is re...

G'day Damo, your conversion looks the goods. I did see that outside pick up arrangement the other day. It looks to be a good idea and would also be good for an access point to prime the engine prior to start up. Sadly I don't have the room under my sump to do similar due to ribs. You look to be bles...

Just remember if you want to restore it back to original , Seacraft had there own conversion cast up for the grey and the red. having there name on it . If it was fitted out buy seacraft it would have it on the conversion and no dog clutch. I would stay with the red even by placing a 149 decal on t...

You could run a scavenge line sucking around the thrust. You should still get oil around it then. I dont think the carnk splashing in the oil caused your problems. They have been setting up the engines like that for years. You could turn the engine around and run a z drive. That solves your worry o...

Thanks Darren & Greg. Spent a little time this week sorting the exhaust system removing old burnt rubber hose and replacing the entire length with stainless. Not happy with the working oil level at the rear (front) of the engine. Seems the crank has spent its entire time smacking itself in the o...