Got the boat home !!
Well I finally got my boat home to get it ready for the summer.
I bought this one, a 1982 4 Winns 18′ bowrider with a 120hp merc I/O, on ebay last year from a dealer in Jamestown NY. Got it for $600 with the trailer. Overall it’s in great shape! No floor rot, hull is solid, even the engine looks clean ! It’s been sitting in storage at this marina for 5 years and was winterized when it went in so I think I got pretty lucky with this one. Oh ya…the engine is the ONLY thing that looks clean on this boat….I have a full day of scrubbing and buffing ahead of me !
One thing though….I have NO idea if it runs or not !! I didn’t want to try to start it last fall just to have to re-winterize it again. But I checked for compression and all cylinders look good so I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
The only other major problem that I noticed was that someone took the tilt/trim motor apart so now it’s all rusted inside. I found another complete unit…pump, motor, etc…on ebay for $80 so I spent yesterday afternoon swapping that out. So later today I’m going to try to start it up and hopefully get it in the water this weekend !!!
Happy boating all !
May 27th, 2007 at 8:50 am
Well once I gassed it up and gave a few cranks my $600 boat started right up !! It runs and idles very smooth. I noticed a couple minor leaks from a couple water hoses but they were an easy fix too.
So we put it in the water to see how it ran (the hose just couldn’t keep up with it). It ran great in the water, but there was a vibration from the outdrive.
The prop is as old as the boat and pretty dinged up so I’m going to put a new prop on and try that.
Now all I habe to do is put my $16.00 ebay Humminbird fish finder on it and I’m good to go !!
Total cost so far….about 900 bucks !!