www.iFourWinns.com

Well long story short had a seized motor (3. four winns. Done some testing and checked tail oil in the 3 sections ( inter. Upper. Lower) only the upper had metal shaving and was dirty dirty oil.
Got the upper gear case separated amd can visually see metal shaving in the case.

Can I easily rebuild this or would it be best to find a used stringer??

I'm located in colorado and am new to boating. Any help would be greatly appreciated! !

Welcome, glad to have ya join up. Sorry to hear about your drive. LouC will be along shortly, he is our resident OMC expert.

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1996 205 Sundowner DLX
5.0FL Volvo SX Cobra
Tow Veh: 2012 Nissan Frontier Pro-4X

It sounds like you have the OMC Stringer system which predates the Cobra that I have and have done just about all the maintenance on...
So I don't know Stringers....but there are those who do..
Go on to the OMC forum on
www.iboats.com
Post up your question... A member by the name of Boomyal knows a LOT about these drives.
Just to be sure, this is the one with the big boot around the transom and does not have trim cylinders like a Merc or Volvo SX right? Probably a 1985 or older boat cause the Cobras came out in 1986.

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88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II

Thank you I always have liked forums. Great info and great people. Yes it is a 1985 . It's all behind that ball gear. It's locked. But I will def. Post on that site and hope for the best.

I was told that I could possibly just replace bearing. But idk the case has decoloration due to the bearing getting a little to hot.

Thanks for the lead.