Okay so I'll start with the story of what happened to the boat. The owner had left it outside over the winter with the plug in, the boat either wasn't covered or wasn't well covered so it filled up with water, the water then froze. The frost plugs in the motor pushed out, and the manifolds cracked. The block didn't luckily. The transmission was damaged though, something cracked inside. His insurance did not cover the repairs, and the boat has been abandoned at the repair shop. I now may have the opportunity to purchase this boat, but I'm not sure what to offer on it. As it sits the motor is out of the boat, same with the transmission. The frost plugs were replaced and the motor was ran. Apparently the propeller contacted the hull also, the theory is the weight of the ice flexed the hull.
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