I'm looking at a used 23-foot boat with a 2003 Evinrude Ficht DFI 200
HP engine. Is that an okay engine? Had the Ficht engine problems been
cleared up by then? Or should I stay clear of this thing?

Thanks,
Scott

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On 18 Nov 2006 18:26:26 -0800,

How many hours on the engine or don't you know?

The ad for the boat says "very low hours"

-Scott

"onoahimahi" wrote in message
ups.com...

The ad for the boat says "very low hours"

If it ran long enough to survive the "infant mortality" failure stage.. it's
got a decent chance of living on.

-W

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message

You see, that's where all this horse feathers start.

There is no "infant mortality" stage on the 200 - it's the 150.

Actually... twas YOU that started the horsefeathers by reading more into my
statement than was intended. Any electronic device has an infant mortality
stage. In the case of the 150, it would have read the "super extended,
extra fragile, cross your fingers, stage".

-W

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:50:38 GMT, "Clams Canino"
wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message

You see, that's where all this horse feathers start.

There is no "infant mortality" stage on the 200 - it's the 150.
Actually... twas YOU that started the horsefeathers by reading more into my
statement than was intended. Any electronic device has an infant mortality
stage. In the case of the 150, it would have read the "super extended,
extra fragile, cross your fingers, stage".

In all my years of dealing with electronics and machining tools, I've
never heard of "infant mortality" stage on anything.

???

Most system and component failure rates have a bathtub curve
shape vs time. The early failure rate is due to weakness or
defects that escape initial tests or infant mortality.

http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handb...on1/apr124.htm

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message

Learn something new everyday.

Never heard it called that.

Stll ready to go to WAR I TELL YOU? EG

-W