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Those old Grumman boats were super cool, they're a rare sight these days around these parts. My favorites were their first welded hull bass boats in the late 70's and 80's, they were almost military grade and completely indestructible. I had a 15ft version in the very early 80's that I hung a...

Its not a CL or FB issue, its a mental health issue. All methods of selling a boat or motor here seem to draw out some pretty strange characters lately. For me, I'm not taking anything I've got for sale anywhere, if they want it, they need to come to my house, and pay cash. If they can't...

I quit trying to figure people out a long time ago, I saw the motor there, realized it wasn't too terribly far away, and figured I'd at least investigate a bit, after talking to the guy I got the impression he had no clue about motors and likely no use for it, it was just something to sell for...

Its not listed anymore because its sitting in the trunk of my car. I had emailed the seller over the weekend and didn't get a reply till this morning, not long after my last post. (The person listing the ad was not the actual seller, who turned out to be an older guy who didn't own a...

I feel the same way, if he's asking $250, then he's not going to get $250. My rule of thumb is 1/2 of what they're asking tops, and I deduct anything it needs from that point. Its a couple hour drive or more each way for me, but for $50 I'd go get it, it'll sell for than $1k or more in parts...

I just saw another one with no decals on it on CL for $250, I think its the same one I looked at a few months ago, it looked like a good motor but the guy refused a $200 offer for it. Its probably worth a grand or more but it'll need the carb cleaned or replaced, replaced is probably cheaper...

It definitely needs longer bunks, I like mine to stick out the back past the transom at least 6". I made my own guides but they really aren't needed. My trailer similar to that and what I do is back in the water to the point where the tires are just about submerged, the weight of the motor and...

Most of those motors don't have water pump gaskets. I like to finesse the fit of the housing and plate a bit by making sure its perfectly flat take piece of wet/dry sandpaper on a flat surface, like a piece of glass and sand the bottom of the housing flat, and do the same with the steel plate...

Quite a few years ago a buddy and I were following each other most of the day out fishing, we ran further out in the salt then usually one day, and a storm was coming on fast so we figured we'd best get back to the dock or at least back to creek where we launched from. We were going all out...

Back in the mid 90's I was towing a buddies boat, which I had been storing and was using while he was in the service, after he got out he bought a piece of land out in MO. His brother and myself were going to meet him there to both take him his boat and assist in him getting the new house...

I talked to the old man with the motors down the road last night and he said his son-in-law sold the Mariner online and a guy came and got it on Thursday for $2,500. I really wasn't too interested in him or his motors after the offer and retraction but he said he'd let one of the 9.5hp motors...

Fuel injection doesn't scare me, I just don't want to pay for it, either now or down the road because when it breaks, it'll be ten times as expensive as a carb kit and some carb cleaner. I've never taken a motor to the dealer for any work in all my years and don't plan to start now. I went...

I don't think I'd want fuel injection either, I want something easy to fix if it dies 10 miles from home. I did look online but none of those $2300 deals are in stock, and $2300 is still more than $1500, and there will be tax on the $2300, but not the $1500 private sale. Ive been running an...

Let me start with a short explanation first. There's an old guy down the street from me here who has a house full of boat motors and several boats in his yard. He's in his mid to late 80's. He came to me a few weeks ago and asked if I could come down there with my tractor and pull his boat out...