On Jan 10, 11:21*am, "D.Duck" wrote:
"JimH" wrote in message

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"Tim" wrote in message
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On Jan 3, 7:11?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:20:08 -0800 (PST), wrote:
That's exactly the $ range I was thinking, Tom. And I know that the
electronics aren't up to snuff, especially the paper chart! I'll be
using my stuff if I buy it. I'll look at the problem areas you
suggested, like the rear deck, and like you, I'm a little (more than
a
little!) leery of the motor, that's the main reason I was asking. I'd
heard of those vintage unEvinrudes blowing up. I like my very old
Evinrude, but in that year range, I'd really rather have a Merc.
Thanks for the input.

The base engine is fine - it's the VRO that is flaky. I replaced one
of mine on the 393V I owned, but never had another problem. Other guys
who ran them went through two or three of them. ?It just depended.

Oh, with respect to the hot foot - give it a chance - you can always
remove it if you decide you don't like it. ?Personally, I'm ambivilent
about them. I had one once and it didn't really annoy me as much as I
thought it would.

Good luck with it.

Went up and looked at it last night. Besides the hotfoot, the
hillbilly did quite a lot of..... let's say.... customizing that I
didn't care for. Then he told me that he had replaced the VRO system,
but when it failed it didn't do any harm "as far as he could tell".
The battery/electrical wiring looked like my 8 year old did it. Now
all of this wouldn't have been bad, I love having a project, but he
wouldn't come down to anywhere near 3 grand so I passed!

The more I looked at it, the more disgusted I was:
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...l/CIMG0341.jpg

Yes, you would certianly thinkt hat if a person was wanting to get a
NADA like value out of it, they would at least have the energy *to
clean the thing up and make it presentable. and I see from that red
wire what you're talking about. *it does look "patch 'n go" *. Yeah,
like I said, if it's good enough for him, then it's good enough for
anybody. *Yeah, the validity of the engine would be a huge concern.
especially after reading the comment:

"Then he told me that he had replaced the VRO system, but when it
failed it didn't do any harm "as far as he could tell".

i believe you were wise to balk 'n walk.

The bottom line is that the fact that Booger was interested in it shows
his taste in and knowledge of boats. * *I would think the boat would look
nice next to his double wide though.

Explain to us just what's wrong with a double wide except there are some
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Jim's just a little pussy that hides behind the newsgroup because he
doesn't have any balls to say anything to anyone's face. Hell, he even
uses his kids to inflate his ego, so what do you expect?