And notice the trailers. I'm used to seeing the same few brands around here. It's a regional thing mostly and it gets repetitive.haha yeah our adds need to sound exotic, special and rare to make a sale at the prices being charged lol we have some good trailers over here we need them with all the pot holes in our city roads :lols:I loved seeing the Aussie ads. "Twin Carby"
atriot:So I did indeed turn around that $350 boat this weekend and send it right back with my Dad. It wasn't easy. There was a whole host of "red-necked" repairs to undo.
Fri. evening- The story on the boat was that it ran but wouldn't move in the water so I went right to the carbon seal first. This was a 96 so it was the first year for that seal and they used an O-ring to hold it instead of the C-clip. Sure enough it had come loose and I thought "yeah got it". I pulled the pump anyway but found a new impeller and wear ring so I hit it with the new synthetic gear oil and neoprene seal and threw it back together. A wet test the next morning and it won't go very well. The rear cylinder wasn't helping and a new plug didn't help.
Sat. evening- I got a break from the family visiting and went outside to pull the carbs. The manifold had a huge chunk broken out of it and had been JB welded to no avail. I talked my parents into staying half a day Sun. to give me a little more time.
Sun. morning- I noticed more JB-weld attempts on the motor mounts! I just yanked the engine out, replaced 3 out of 4 mounts, put on a used intake manifold(with new oil injection lines), replaced all the clamps with stainless, a used oil injection cable(that I found mis routed and incorrectly connected), cleaned the plugged carbs in the ultrasonic cleaner, new fuel lines where they were grey, bolts everywhere replaced where they were stripped from people not using metric allen wrenches, new exhaust gasket with pipe I had that had been professionally welded over the welch plug that blows out, clipped the plug wires and screwed them back tight with Di-electric grease, drained the stale fuel, replaced the O-ring in the filter/water collection bowl(that was bad), and fired it up. It still didn't sound like some sweet heart but I was out of time. They towed it home, hope he gets a ride.
Sorry about the book but I just wanted to touch on the other side for once. I'm always taunting the "great deals" but you get what you pay for(usually).
bugger mate JB weld is cheap but parts over there arnt much more than a couple tubes of JB weld
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Was going to look at it today, but when I asked for better pics before the drive, they said they don't have any. She said she is selling it for a friend, her husband said it was theirs, etc. It is a killer deal, but after all the time I've wasted looking at junk that people said was good, if I drive 2 hours and it is a complete POS, I'm gonna have to be institutionalized lol.
Sounds like it needs a motor, they said it needs interior done, that's $1500-$2k right there, add in all the other BS that pops up with these and I'm not sure if I want to bother. I was thinking of buying, fixing and keeping this and selling my 08 Speedster 150 SCIC, but really don't know if I want to deal with it
mate over here "selling for a friend" rings alarm bells im not sure how u guys go about registration and titles but over here we need a sales receipt from the actual owner so if a friend is selling it and u buy it u have no rights at all pretty much theft unless the friend has written a full letter saying they are giving the seller all rights to sell it on there behalfWas going to look at it today, but when I asked for better pics before the drive, they said they don't have any. She said she is selling it for a friend, her husband said it was theirs, etc. It is a killer deal, but after all the time I've wasted looking at junk that people said was good, if I drive 2 hours and it is a complete POS, I'm gonna have to be institutionalized lol.
Sounds like it needs a motor, they said it needs interior done, that's $1500-$2k right there, add in all the other BS that pops up with these and I'm not sure if I want to bother. I was thinking of buying, fixing and keeping this and selling my 08 Speedster 150 SCIC, but really don't know if I want to deal with it
. Hopefully it will be a good score for someone and if you don't want it and I get word from a member that it is worth it, I'll take the ride then 
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When I spoke with the guy today, he said one engine was fine, the other would run but made a horrible grinding noise.
. I actually have the cash in my wallet because I was planning on going today and stopped at the bank, but just could not motivate myself to drive 2 hours each way with my 4 year old for a big "if" . Doesn't help that I got smacked upside the head with some nasty bug shortly after waking up today- ugh...
I'm not saying he bought it. I'm just saying he felt like it was a killer deal and he didn't want to see it go to some non-forum member.
. If it is still there, I'm taking a drive tomorrow!
and yea i drove on up to crystal beach where it was at to take a look at it, I had cash in the car, but was 70% sure I wasn't going to buy it, (no space and no skill) but it looks real solid, the hull looked great, the top just needed some compound and wax, the I think one of the exhaust was a different color, the pics I got are kinda dark, so not sure how much we can see, I'll post em up in the next hour or 2, I'm gonna go downstairs and try to finish my wear ring, so the was/or is in the military, very very nice guy, he's selling it for his neighbor who is up in NY, and the boat still has NY stickers, we walked across the street to the neighbors house, the one motor fires right up, I forgot my compression gauge, so wasn't able to check anything, he said there is title for it, yea I called matt cause I know matt loves deals, and luckily he did kinda talk me out of it, it just looked too good to pass up, and I called racerxxx, cause you're up just near my sister and I go there frequently (not sure how that exporting would work otherwise ) I'll post pics soon when i get back in, he said someone was supposed to come after me, cause when I said I was on my way, he let me have dibs, again, real nice guy, and he was showing pics to my buddies of explosions in afghanistan
Haggling wasn't my concern, wasting my day for it to be a total POS was
