rnli evinrude 70hp

[hadd]

Hi, can anyone tell me are the rnli evinrude 70hp engines any good

[spartacus]

There are few for sale from Bill Higham ranging in price from £2,300 to £2,800, depending on the year of manufacture. Difficult to tell the life they've had and the exact number of hours unless this can be checked against the service histroy. Suffice to say - when they were with the RNLI they would have been meticiously maintained.

[hadd]

Originally Posted by spartacus

There are few for sale from Bill Higham ranging in price from £2,300 to £2,800, depending on the year of manufacture. Difficult to tell the life they've had and the exact number of hours unless this can be checked against the service histroy. Suffice to say - when they were with the RNLI they would have been meticiously maintained.

thanks, I just bought new boat trailer and engine of bill higham, the engine is a 2001 and looks in good nik and seems to run fine, it looks like its been well maintained cheers

[chewy]

We never had any trouble with the Evinrudes, not bad engines.

Did you have to wait to have a gearbox fitted?

[hadd]

Originally Posted by chewy

We never had any trouble with the Evinrudes, not bad engines.

Did you have to wait to have a gearbox fitted?

I had to wait about 5 week for the package i think the engine are already made up, i went down and pick my own engine from is unit, as im only 2 mile away from is place cheers

[chewy]

When I spoke to him the Evinrudes didn't have gearboxes fitted. He reckoned the RNLI had removed them?

[m chappelow]

even though it may be ex rnli and had some hard usage, dont forget that it may also have not had very much useage , it will have been run every week for excercise or maintanence ,but some engines can have very light usage ,,not all are driven over rocks and go out every day in the teeth of a raging storm ,,,,,,and im not getting at you phil {CHEWY ]you took great care of her when she was at your station ,,lol,,,,,,just been looking through our relife boats service records and some years its been launched in anger couple of dozen times whilst other years perhaps just 6 times and they normaly only keep the 70,s for about 2 years .

[hadd]

Originally Posted by chewy

When I spoke to him the Evinrudes didn't have gearboxes fitted. He reckoned the RNLI had removed them?

he had quite few at is unit they all had gearboxes , i just pick one that looked in good nik

[hadd]

Originally Posted by m chappelow

even though it may be ex rnli and had some hard usage, dont forget that it may also have not had very much useage , it will have been run every week for excercise or maintanence ,but some engines can have very light usage ,,not all are driven over rocks and go out every day in the teeth of a raging storm ,,,,,,and im not getting at you phil {CHEWY ]you took great care of her when she was at your station ,,lol,,,,,,just been looking through our relife boats service records and some years its been launched in anger couple of dozen times whilst other years perhaps just 6 times and they normaly only keep the 70,s for about 2 years .

Hi m chappelow just a quik one, could you tell me were i can find the serial no on the engine as the little tab on the back is missing cheers

[m chappelow]

off hand no, but it could be on a core plug ,is there any stenciling on the leg ,wont give you the engine no but it might get you the id no, should also give you the hp. yes i know its a 70 , lol,,,if you get the id no you may still be able to get info from rnli,,,,,not saying it is but it could be from another source ex contract ,eg ex coast guard or something ,, just seems that you say its a 2001 model rnli normally keep them 2 years / 4 years at the most it could have been but whats it been doing for the last number of years were nearley in 2010,