Jeff, you are getting me worried. I have another couple hours and I'll be ready to start my refurbed Yanmar. Maybe I should get an outboard....
Rich Knowles Indigo. LF38 Halifax On 2012-09-26, at 23:27, Jeff Cole <cncli...@sailmasala.com> wrote: Way back in the previous millenium, I had a C&C 25 with a Vire 7. The inboard had been a selling point when I bought the boat. Once the engine got to be 20-ish years old, it was sounding awfully bad, so I sank many hours and hundreds of dollars worth of parts into a re-built - bearings, seals, etc. Guess we (I had a helper) messed up something 'cuz it only ran for about 30-40 seconds after the rebuilt and then died with a disintegrating piston. I gave it away for parts, and put a new, long-shaft, electric start Honda outboard on the transom. What a vast improvement in noise levels, fuel efficiency, pollution emissions, power, thrust and reliability ! It was infinitely better, and much less costly than a re-built diesel, which wasn't in the budget. For folks that aren't familiar with the Vire 7, it's a single-cylinder, two-stroke gasoline inboard. Bill - seriously consider just getting a really good outboard - long shaft, high-thrust prop, and put it on a really good mount that gets the outboard close to the water and keeps the prop in the water even when pitching into waves. It can be done, and it's far less money than an inboard. Cheers, Jeff ex: 1976 C&C 25 "Sir Behari" Now: 1979 C&C Landfall 38 "Masala", being prepared for haul out next week in Wiarton, Ontario On 9/20/2012 5:59 PM, wster1...@aol.com wrote: > Talked to a guy at the boat yard today and he had nothing good to say about > the Vire 7 engine. Is it worth looking for one? Seems equally hard to find a > Yanmar 1GM. Any ideas thanks. Bill Sterling-Kingston N.Y. > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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