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The guy I bought my Mirrocraft Lake Fisherman 16 from owned a body shop and had repainted it in the original color right before I bought it. (It was sanded down when I first looked at it). The orginal paint had a good bit of dock scrapes and some chips from where the anchor had been laid on the...

9.9hp motors are popular here as well but the reality is that most buyers who need them are not big spenders and usually only buy cheap used motors. They buy $100 motors and hope for the best. Those who can afford a new motor generally don't buy small motors. Those who can afford a new motor...

New is new and if you save a few bucks, I'd say that's a deal. Those Mariner motors were basically Yamaha engine but with the more robust Mercury lower. Both easy to work on and hard to find these days. They came about around the time that the contract Yamaha with Mercury was expiring and the...

Definitely look at that transom, and do not use any pressure treated wood, it attacks aluminum. If the wood is still strong, how about sanding and refinishing it with some good spar varnish? If its rotted, a more permanent fix would be some expanded PVC cut to fit, (Azec or similar) Its not...

I had an older Starcraft year ago that although it was a 16ft hull it had a 15" transom. Wanting to fix this and the original transom skin was drilled with a hundred holes with a ton of bad patches I tig welded in all the holes, ground it flush, then cut a piece of aluminum to extend the...

The problem I've been seeing lately isn't a lack of spark plugs but a lack of genuine spark plugs. The entire supply chain, including the dealer network has been infiltrated with Chinese fakes. I've been bit twice now by fake Motorcraft plugs bought right through the dealer, who either has...

Keep in mind that the impeller is rubber and after a long drive that impeller is likely completely dry. The vanes ride against smooth stainless steel, and are folded over in one direction so there's a good bit of force against each vane. A motor starts and runs at about 1100 RPM at start up, and...

They're great so long as you can find a charger, I took a ride with a buddy of mine who bought one two years ago, it was January and we were going from NJ to Pittsburgh, mostly on the PA turnpike. The car drove fine but the range at 22 degrees F. was pitiful. He picked me up, said he needs to go...

The perch here, have been sick lately, the last one's I caught all smelled funny, sort of a chemical smell when I cleaned them. (White perch), but the water's where they're plentiful are suspect now I suppose. They move into a small lake here with the high tide and get flushed back out with the...

The marinas around here rarely will sell anything used these days, most will sell them off to second hand parts places as fast at they can. Years ago a few places had rows of used outboards for parts or resale but the EPA came in an made them remove all of the aluminum and iron that was stored...

If your anywhere in South Jersey its not worth much right now, there's too many cheap boats and motors for sale these days. I listed a 2008 Mercury four stroke a few months ago for $1,100 and didn't get a single reply on CL or FB. Not even a lowball offer. I refused to give it away, if its not...

I don't consider any motor that's off the boat 'running'. Even a brand new motor that's not been used in a year or two will likely need to be fully serviced. I rarely get more than two years out of an impeller and simply won't chance getting stuck out on the water over a $30 part. Any motor I...

Lately it seems people are selling anything they can turn into cash these days because of the cost of food and gas now. The toys are going but there's no takers. CL is loaded with boats and motors for sale, some crazy deals if your willing to revive a motor that's not been wet since before the...

From a manual from one I had in the mid 80's: 15HP MARINER 2 Stroke (Yamaha) A,C 684 + 651 B7HS/BR7HS .028" C 684-CDI B7HS-10/BR7HS-10 .040" I had a 20" shaft Electric start 1984 model, I set my plugs at .028" as per a decal on the cover. Mine was bought new in May 1986.

Most of the 30hp to 60hp motors I see here are short shaft rope start models used on duck boats. There really aren't many boats that run motors in those sizes these days. That HP range used to be common on larger aluminum boats and small runabouts, both which seem to be rare these days. My...

I haven't seen any trawlers for sale around these parts. Most of the bigger boats are 23 to 35ft cruisers with gas V8's. When gas skyrocketed the first time years ago those boats were dead, they had a slight resurgence but soon died out again. Now many are free or close to it. Some good, many...

How much room does a handful of aluminum boats take up? I have two that I use, two that are spares, and two lesser condition boats that become my winter covers for those that I use. I found that most 14ft hulls fit nicely upside down on top of a 16ft hull, and a 12ft fits flipped over atop a...

The glut of small boats is a new thing here, in years past they were non existent when you wanted one, but lately I'm seeing them all over, both glass and aluminum small boats. There's a few a bit west of me listed that are older, but free with papers, one is piled full of trash with a late 60's...

I would never leave the bimini top or umbrella up under way, its like dragging a parachute. On some boats it may even slow it enough to prevent it from getting on plane. There's nothing worse than hooking up with a huge fish and having to deal with the bimini top frame or straps as the fish...

Things are cheaper down south, and NJ and NY seem to be the highest on the east coast. NJ has a high gas sales tax too. They also just announced that they're raising the gas tax to pay for the revenue lost to electric cars. Plus they're going to bill EV owners a road use tax. All of which is on...