Advice needed buying 1990 Tiara 3300 Open with Cummins 6bta.

6BTAs are good engines but may need some serious work if they ve been sitting for 5 years. The whole boat is going to need a ton of work… all pumps, air cons, heads… you won’t know what will need to be rebuilt until the boat is in the water and every system tried.

Now if you can do a lot of the work yourself, it may work out but if you have to pay $100-150 an hour… forget it.

now, that picture showing the fuel tank… is that white box the generator? If so…. Run!!!

Well you have a couple of inches between the gen and the tank!! And no space to drop in thru the hatch.

any maintenance on the gen will cost you four times as much.

Tiara builds a solid boat. The MC registration would indicate it's a fresh water boat. It will likely clean up nicely but heed Pascal's advice. This is a 34 year old boat.

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You need to search yacht world and other sites to see what an average diesel powered Tiara of that size and vintage will fetch.

the problem is that until the boat is cleaned and launched, nobody will know what it will take to get it in running condition I d guess at least $20/30k if you re lucky and the gen / engines / gears dont need full rebuild. If they do you could be looking at $60k, $70k or more.

If it was operational, it's $40k to $50k boat. Without knowing if the engines, genny, running gear and electronics are operational, you could easily spend that amount (or more) to restore it. Get a local marine mechanic or preferably a surveyor to supply estimates then submit these figures to the seller along with an offer based on how much you will potentially need to spend to make the boat operational.

Why run due to the Genset? My 6.5 Kohler was in the same location on a later model 3100 and performed flawlessly. Full ventilation, fuel cut-offs, sensors, etc. Seem like there are far bigger concerns here than that little unit!

I ll ask again: how. Do. You. Get. In. That. Hole. To. Work. On. It.

impeller, belt, oil filter, secondary, The fuel valves are against the sound shield!

Sorry, man, but OG here or not, your attitude and response are BOTH insulting. Is that what this site is about??? I asked a simple question becuase I have (had) a nearly identical set-up. I did all the service myself, replaced the starter, carb, fuel pump (with the help of a service guy), and nothing was THAT difficult to manage. Perhaps the bigger question is, what boat did YOU have this unit installed on AND in this manner that makes you this expert?

Thank you.

Maybe your setup has a little more room around the genny and offers reasonable access. The picture posted shows a serious access issue. Nothing insulting and no attitude….i didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.

whenever I have looked at a boat to purchase, access to various system is at the top of my list. That picture alone so enough to make me not even consider that boat, even if in mint condition.

i guess your reaction explains why builders get away with building such boats. It s a shame because tiaras are pretty good.

darn. Could not find the snowflake emoticon.

Harwood,

Pascal has made over 8000 informative and educational posts. He speaks from experience and in this case, he pointed out a concern; the generator housing is butted up to the fuel tank.

BTW, engine room access is notoriously terrible on Tiaras.

Here is THE quote from your OG, Pascal:
I ll ask again: how. Do. You. Get. In. That. Hole. To. Work. On. It.
On what planet is this language not intended to convey talking to idiots or people what just cannot listen or have a clue? As insulting as that comment was, it's worse that you ignore this as an Admin. Oh, well. For the record, I am a retired Mechanical Engineer, I HAD this arrangement, and I OWN and HAVE Owned Tiara Yachts, with all of their Crappy engine access. I am not even the 'guy' here, just hate to see little guys and new guys potentially get scared away by know-it-alls who clearly in this case - cannot step up and say they have maintained a unit like this.

His Snowflake Comment? That comment ALONE demonstrates the lack of integrity and intellect for BOTH of you.