1976 Starcraft gets a new SE106 from SEI Marine Products

[@williamhammerstrom9860]

That little lifter you built is brilliant! These vids are great, very informative. Thanks Michael!

[@williamhammerstrom9860]

Did you ever figure out why the hydraulic lifter thingys relax over time letting the outdrive drop to the ground?

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

Glad you like them! thanks for watching

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

Yep, it was the cheapo jack from Harbor Freight. I put in a different one and it works fantastic, thanks for watching

[@farringtonkramer2514]

Michael thank you so much With outboard keep going on Outboard we love to watch you work on Motors we love it

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

Thanks, will do!

[@darylhaack7752]

Great job again Michael. Nice to see the lift in use again. Any tool that saves our backs and makes life easy is well worth it. Cheers

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

You got that right! Thank you so much for watching and commenting

[@Robert_Rank]

As always, thanks for another awesome video. When you were talking about the big dent and mentioned the wrinkle it made me think that a wrinkle in time would be an awesome name for the boat LOL take care, looking forward to the next video

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

Funny you say that, my wife said the same name, thanks for watching

[@dirtybuzzard5977]

The Phat Fishing gonna be cruising new out drive and new lift cylinders 👍👍 Man the lift jack ya made worked good it will save ya back and finger pitching . As for as upcoming Big Dent I believe ya can getter out. then it be called Dent ‘n’ Gone. 👍👍👍 Keep’em coming . As always Sir thanks for the ride along.

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

Hope it all works, thanks for watching and we will rub some dent b gone on it and it will be fine for sure, thanks for watching

[@MsJon52]

well done with the sponsorship, I hope you get many more, it will be interesting to see the outcome with the Ali dent, hey if it does not go well no biggie, weld a patch, but my fingers are crossed that you win the challenge, lol

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

Thanks for the vote, thanks for watching

[@williamhammerstrom9860]

Yeah!

[@2002horseman]

Appreciate your videos. Hoping to see you get the 21ft on the water this year. That’s the boat that started me with your channel. Ether way keep the videos coming. And have a great year of boating this year!

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

I'm working with SEI to see what they can do for me to get that bad boy on the water. thanks for watching

[@drkwlsk]

One tip I learned, warm up your lower gear lube before pumping it in to the lower unit. 60° and warmer are the best days to do that job

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

Great tip! thanks for watching

[@larrywade9041]

Sweet video Michael & many thanks for all of your time/effort in producing them for us. I see @ the end of your videos, clips of you & your son & sometimes a friend. Does your wife also like the water? Since it seems like your always working, do you ever take time to go fishing? How many days approx do you go to the water in a week or month? Keep those videos rolling!!! Have a beautiful day!!! Illinois, USA

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

I have put in as much as 52 times in one year, recent years not quite as much

[@geraldkoth654]

I had a droopy Merc Tower of power, same pumps etc. Empty the fluid, then get some Lucas Transmission Fix. Put that in at about one part Lucas to 3 parts hydraulic fluid. I use Bars Leak Jack Oil. After some cycles the system now holds.

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching

[@johnmccrea8106]

This was great to see the install with the new lift you made. The new unit is nice looking. I really want to see what you think of it on the water. I hope you can on a lake real soon.

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

That's the plan! I'm going to do the trim and then it will be water ready, thanks for watching

[@timconklin8489]

Nice work on the instal and stern drive lift you made made things so much easier. When you ordered the stern drive did you have to give SEI your engine number to get the correct stern drive? Thanks, Tim

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

I just told them what year the boat was and they new what I needed. thanks for watching

[@CryptoGhostie]

The bearings on my upper input shaft seized up due to losing all the gear oil from a large crack in the lower unit from hitting some something metal in the water early last season. I didn't notice until it wa too late Ended up ordering a SE106 upper and lower from SEI just as you did Oh, wow... that packing job they do is amazing I had to grind a bit on my trim tab to clear my prop...LOL Did you first notice they no longer use that O-ring on the input shaft on the lower unit? I was a bit worried I may have ordered the wrong parts but after giving SEI a call the told me even Mercruiser discontinued that as well back in the day. Mercruiser even put out a notice to not use that O-ring on the older units as well. I watched your video on building that out drive lift and I plan on building one myself Oh, make sure to break that lower in as specified by SEI... 10hrs without going over I think it was 4000 RPM Annealing aluminum with some heat to soften it is your friend 😀 Another great video, keep them coming!!

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

Hey thanks for that information, every service on a boat is an adventure. Thanks for watching

[@clacker54]

Rotation Left Hand (LH) rotation is considered to be standard while Right hand (RH) is considered an “Opposite” rotation. You should ALWAYS view the the engine rotation while standing behind the engine and looking at the flywheel. A LH engine spins CCW (Standard Rotation) A RH engine spins CW (Opposite Rotation) IMPORTANT: It is extremely important to note that engine and propeller rotation are not one and the same. In most cases the propeller rotation will differ from the engine rotation due to the gearing. A few of the older, “Iron-Body” transmissions with specific ratios would turn either direction. But, in general, when standing at the back of the boat looking forward, with a single STD Rotation (LH/CCW) engine, most of the transmissions turned CW (opposite of the engine). This is the same as the sterndrives and these applications require a RH prop (if the driver is on the right-hand side, this compensates for “boat role” due to the driver weight). For twins, the RH prop is normally the STBD and the LH is the Port, ‘OUT’ (although this probably doesn’t make much difference for inboards but this gives the best steering control for sterndrives). Typically rotating the props ‘IN’ allows a little more top speed but less overall vessel control.

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

Thanks for the info and thanks for watching

[@richardcranium5839]

there are right and left hand rotation engines on single engine boats. discovered this first hand. pulled a mopar out of a boat to put in a car. no bueno!!!

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

Thanks for the info and thanks for watching

[@frankstamps7053]

A friend of mine has an inboard v drive that has a left hand spinning engine. It has a special cam, distributer, and starter all to make the v drive spin the direction they wanted. really confused him when he went to work on it.

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

that would be interesting, thanks for watching

[@tiz9126]

It's called a trim tab

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

There you go, thanks for comment, I drew a blank at that moment. thanks for watching

[@curtbrown9702]

The.......OUCH.

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

thanks for watching

[@tjport1980]

I’m no expert but I would say your original drive with the lifting ring is a MC-1 and your new drive is an Alpha 1.

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

I found a website that shows that stuff www.mercstuff.com/drive_id.htm thanks for watching

[@tjport1980]

@@Michaelsbackyardmarina Nice !

[@robertrabhudsonhornet5869]

One thing you edit out fully putting out drive on . you had it on up to the studs then the video was chopped then you was torquing the nut's did you have a problem with it going together or was it a video problem. On bigger boats like Yachts or boats with two inboard engines they have engine for the right side it turns right the engine for the Left side turns Left. For say your out boating and your left starter stop working all you have on your boat is a starter that spins right well your out of luck it will not work you will need to fine a starter for Left side or get your old starter rebuilt. I don't no about outboard boat's with two motors if they have motors that turn Left an a right I would have to look it up I may do that just to know if I ever found a boat with two motors and the boat was junk but the motors was good can I put one on a boat and the other motor on a nether boat hmmmm can you put a motor that turns left on a boat

[@Michaelsbackyardmarina]

No problem putting it together. Lost the sound and had to edit it out. It was a bummer, thanks for the comment and info, and thanks for watching