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Markus
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Username: swinada

Post Number: 1
Registered: 05-2006
Posted on Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 02:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hi I just joined this board cause I bought my first boat at an auction, and I have a bunch of questions.
I do not know what age the boat or the engine is, (guess 60's or 70's) since I could not locate any manufacture label or plaquette.
It is made by K&C Thermaglass it is a 17" runabout.
The engine is a inline 6 and I have no clue what size it is or who made it. The only number I could find on the engine block is "6 F ?27" on the watercooling manifold it says OMC.
Can anybody possibly guess what kind of engine this is.
I dont have any pictures yet, but will get some as soon as possible.

Thanks
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Eddie Ross
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Username: eddie

Post Number: 121
Registered: 04-2003
Posted on Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 12:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You might want to it under the OMC topic on Marine Engine discussion board.
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Markus
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Username: swinada

Post Number: 2
Registered: 05-2006
Posted on Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 01:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

here some pictures
Boat

EngineEngineCarb

Cooling

stamp
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Lawrence T Wolfe
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Username: larry_from_maryland

Post Number: 161
Registered: 07-2003


Posted on Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 07:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If my eyes don't decive me thats a chevy engine either a 250 or 296.We used to have several on the road,they were very very common.Parts used to be easy to get,but i have not needed any for years.My uncle had one in his boat.My books must be defective as its not listed in the napa book in the OMC section.Sometime around 1980 chevy and GMC dropped this engine in favor of the v6's,this allowed them to make the engine compartment much shorter.Everything went to shorter hoods and lighter wieght.
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Markus
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Username: swinada

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Registered: 05-2006
Posted on Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 07:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

thanks for the replies. :-)
How would I be able to tell if its a 250 or 296. Where do I have to look for a serial number or somekind of stamp?
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J.B. Castagnos
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Username: jb_castagnos

Post Number: 121
Registered: 07-2002
Posted on Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 09:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The height of the pushrod covers is the easiest way to tell, the 292 had a taller cover to go along with the higher block and longer stroke. From what I can see you have the 250, there was also a 230 but it would have been an earlier engine.
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Markus
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Username: swinada

Post Number: 4
Registered: 05-2006
Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 02:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

So according to this decal this boat was build in July of 62, or in February of 78 if the 3 first digits are the manufacture date. Which one is more likely?



who can tell me where to get more info on KC Thermo Glass, is this company still in business? I cant seem to find any info, tried to find a phone number in the yellow pages and also googled for it, but all what I find is adds of people trying to sell their boat.
What happend to this company, are they now under a different name or are they long gone.
Where could i find info on the different boats they made, where could I find a manual ( specially repair manual)
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Eddie Ross
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Username: eddie

Post Number: 123
Registered: 04-2003
Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 09:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The early engines were 235. The same block survived into the mid 1980s in Chevy and GMC full size trucks and vans. It appeared in some mid-size and compact Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles and Buicks along with the Chevies until the late 1970s when they were fazed out of cars. It was the standard engine in the full size Chevies then also, although few people would want one in a car that large. Later engines had an intregal intake manifold and head molded in one piece. Electronic HEI ignition systems came in 1975 to the end.
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Lawrence T Wolfe
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Username: larry_from_maryland

Post Number: 164
Registered: 07-2003


Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 12:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You could look up the serial number of the engine.My book says its on a pad on the right side just behind the distributor.I did type the wrong ci its 292 not 296.
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Markus
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Username: swinada

Post Number: 5
Registered: 05-2006
Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 10:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I found some more numbers, (they were where you said Lawrence I just could not see them cause of dirt and rust) could somebody tell me according to these what size and year this engine is?

K 08 18 TF
385081
GM
5X

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