Engine: 85 HP Evenrude, Seller did a full rebuild of engine two years ago and she started right up when I ask him to prove the engine. I actually think the outboard is in reliable condition. The engines got some tricky Throttle issues but I think all she needs is a some fine tuning.

The prop on her now has a badly chipped blade, but luckily she came with a second brand new, never been used prop. Figure ill use the chipped one as the back up.

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Last updated 7/30/05

I finally found a Kicker for her, Its a Matching 1970 Evenrude 9.5 HP 2 stroke. Seller was parting out his old fishing gear and was selling the stuff off cheep. He had two engines a 4 and 9.5 both $100 wish i would have bought both of them If he kept the 4 in as good of shape as he did the 9.5 I could have easily re sold the 4 for triple his asking price. Anyway the Kicker I did get pull starts every time no problem, and seems to be a strong runner. Only problem is its a bit wide, and barely fits on the transom without obstructing the movement of the main.

The main Evenrude outboard Is the original engine for the boat, its a 1968 Evenrude 85 HP Electra shift. She starts up ok once you learn the trick of tweaking the throttle just right and tweaking the carb adjust just right. The throttle arm at the helm also has some issues, wont go below start so she idols really high,. I really don't know engines all that wall so I think I am going to have to pay a trained mechanic to take a look at her and tune the throttle to work correctly. Id like to learn this stuff over time but in the short term I really just want to get her out on the water at least once or twice this season.

My ultimate goal is to purchase a brand new 4 stroke for reliability and fuel economy unfortunately that will be a few years down the line.

The Main tank is a 25 Gallon aluminum its got a manufacturers date of 87, 20 years after the boat was built. My first thought was great some one upgraded it for me,.. Unfortunately it has not been used in years nor has the gas still inside it. I pulled it today to find a sludge of dark grey gas with small clumps of gunk. After talking to multiple people I have come to the conclusion that it would be the same cost to get a new better plastic tank than try to properly clean out the old tank. Plus in the North West condensation on the inside of metal tanks is apparently a bad thing for 2 stroke motors,.. basically I could spend $109 to order a plastic one which removes the condensation problem, or I can buy about $80 worth of chemicals to break down the old gas gel, and clean out the old tank. Since I don't want to risk water in the fuel I'm going to save my pennies up and order this Moeller 18 Gallon Tank.

More to come, I am sure...