Get some fenders and test them. Put the cleats where they will work.

The Zenith manual says 263M2E12 number 10638

Find this pad on the starboard side where the head and block meet in the center. Send the numbers to the Mariners Museum and ask them if it is original to the hull.
I have to assume it uploaded. I don't have permission to see my own files!

I thought about that but there was no fur on the keyboard

The KFL will fit in the same spot. Couple things to check first are if the rear carburetor will clear the engine stringer and do you have the 2 3/4" exhaust needed. The photos do not show up on my screen. I get "You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post." Anyon...

More testing.

This is tkhersom posting as drrot.

I put a similar cover on the pier over "Lucky 7" My U-22. Amazing the difference it made.

Niel, There is a motel on site, Comfort inn and Holiday inn express close, Also the Mission Inn. The closer you get the more expensive and better chances they are full. Also the Lakeside inn in Mt. Dora. I've stayed at them all through the years. Don't usually stay in the room much so it goes on pri...

This model was used 1936-1938

$53
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Have Jim G write it. So, here is a question then. Was it because of better oil, or a change in engine design? Its fair to say that a pre war engine would have been a tad more loose? I ask this because is todays 30 wt the same as 1945's 30 Weight? I smell a story here. 30w is 30w. The additives in to...

Looks like Scott Ramsey was speechless

The tachometer cable could go to the distributor The oil tap is here.or it could go to the rear mount above the reverse gear.
Remember the Chrysler takes a Clockwise tachometer.

Mike Murley is the Chrysler expert. Try him 586-725-7446

Please do something. I refuse to do Fakebook. The account there with my name on it was put up by Fakebook and I had nothing to do with it. Can't deal with people like that.

Personally I think it is a mistake. But then I do a lot of buying/selling there. It is a benefit of the club that helps the hobby.

The Mariners Museum has a Master engine log. Tells what hull each engine was originally installed in.

Depending on the year. If you have a timing pointer, it is dot to point. If not, it is "Take the boat out and run it under load (getting up on plane) advance it till it pings then retard it till she starts easy" Direct from manual. Champion J8J or J8C .028"

It's in the original 6in thick service manual.

Like this?

When the Museum opened I ordered three hull cards. Two of the three were a couple years off of what I was told they were. I asked a Conservation officer about it and he informed me that titles were issued after the boats were made. They started 40 years later in some cases. So when people had to fil...

You will be better off in the long run finding an engine with the correct parts.

Bob,
Is the bend where it goes to the engine the issue? There are two elbows that look identical but have slightly different angles. 1643 and 5070. Yours takes the 1643

NO. The K series takes a 1EX manual reverse gear. The 283 takes a 2EX. Also the 283 with the manual reverse gear has an oil passage drilled in the crankshaft that the Hydraulic gear does not have.

On the early 283 flywheel forward there is only one shown in the parts list. Part number 16.21-05976

Trebot,
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This might help.

No smell-o-vision?
Does it smell like gas?

Remove the starter

First put an oil absorbent pad in the bilge. Check the oil level, The K engine has no main seal and will weep oil if over filled. wipe the oil pan down with carb cleaner or laquer thinner to help find out where the oil is coming from. Keep us posted.