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[DeanFHobart]

Hello Full Send Marine,

If you are comfortable with composite materials… go for it…If it works great, if not, you could always build an original wood version. I would be interested is seeing how you would build it with the materials mentioned. What type of resin adhesive and...

[DeanFHobart]

I would contact Jerry of Trident Racing…. He is an expert....

[DeanFHobart]

Call Craig DeWald....

[DeanFHobart]

Great stuff Ray.

[DeanFHobart]

One of the reasons Mercury put these wire lead seals on the motors meant that the motor had not been blue printed or ‘tinkered with’… so the inspection would take less time.

[DeanFHobart]

Definitely a Sea Flea… with a rounded bow front instead of flat and straight. Good job fixing it up.

Your KG4 is what was called the ‘Thin Flange Block’ style…. That is why there is no Serial Number on the block flange… because it is too thin for stamped numbers....

[DeanFHobart]

Have Ron help you with that also... there are cutoff switches also available.

[DeanFHobart]

No, not a Krier either.

[DeanFHobart]

I just learned that DeSilva would stamp their serial number and date on the keel center stringer just forward of the last aft frame... so you will need to remove the floor board to see it. Someone here would be able to identify the year etc.

[DeanFHobart]

I would guess between $1500 to $3000..... depends on how bad the buyer wants it. Put it up for ‘Best Offer’ or ... $3000 or Best Offer. I would not separate them.... usually the motor is the most desirable part.... if you sell the motor alone you will get stuck with the boat. However, if...

[DeanFHobart]

Antique Outboard Motor Club Inc. ... AOMCI.org.... also put it on Craigs List. Also try BoatRacingFacts.com.

The boat looks to be a DeSilva... is that correct?...

[DeanFHobart]

Looks good to me.

[DeanFHobart]

For the cone tool.... Brown Tool and Machine....btmco.com.... Or Antique Outboard Motor Club Inc.... AOMCI.org..... or the old merc parts company that you have been to.

[DeanFHobart]

Remove the ‘manual start rope pull’ on top of the flywheel.... this was not stock and could be causing the bind up of the rewind.

Also, when the rewind is off of the top and you try to pull it, the two starter magnetic pawls go inward,... keep them apart as if they were engaging...

[DeanFHobart]

Call the technical staff at either or both West System and Jamestown Distributors ...... as mentioned before... you need to do this....