Fletcher can anyone pick fault

[Taz]

Friend looking to buy can anyone see any faults from pics
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=180507301801

thanks taz

[boatnut]

Originally Posted by Taz

Friend looking to buy can anyone see any faults from pics
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=180507301801

thanks taz

a clean fletcher always seems to sell well, people seem to like them nice safe beamy family boats, ive had a couple,

[Hydrostream]

Looks like theres only half a skeg, if that matters.

[Captain Chaos]

My 2 main observations are:

(1) arent the 3.7L motors as old as the hills?
(2) I think there are several better fletchers in that price bracket currently on ebay.

[Ben]

From what I can work out, the last 3.7s from Mercruiser date from 1989 so the engine is at least 21 years old. That's something like 300 in dog years.

[Jon Fuller]

Im no expert, but is the 3.7 from the same family as the 4 litre, wet linered aluminum blocked motor (models 470 & 488) that had an alternator built into the front pulley, a bit like an outboard? they were designed from the ground up for marine use, but were a bit of a disaster I think, especially the alternator, that cost a grand to replace (regularly)

Might be wrong though.

[The Docta]

Nice alternative??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GLASTRON-GS209...item2ead2c176f

[Ben]

Apparently, the old 3.7s suffered from a number of problems.

http://www.sterndrives.com/470inform...eakrepair.html