Recent content by Bigkat650

Evidence that she lives! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xeJ51e1lMc How does it look and sound? (You're jealous of my pink bucket aren't you!) Its chilly here, and my gas mixture was probably closer to 40:1 as oppose to 50:1 so i'm hoping any excess smoke is due to that, and it wasn't that...

Today I took it the next step. Put the impeller back in, buttoned it up and put some fresh 50:1 mixture into it. Opened up the choke and pulled the starter cord. First pull, nothing... Second pull and LIFE, well for about half a second anyways. I kept pulling but it just sat there. After about 5...

It's all good, thank you for checking it out!

I would say if the deal is right then do it. Personally, I would try and get the trailer for that price. I paid $225 for my 1959 14' Alumacraft with the trailer. I'm not sure where you're located but up here in NY, this time of year is when to buy because its a buyers market and stuff is...

Here is a photo of the nipple. PM me if you have an extra one you're looking to get rid of :mrgreen: Awesome, that's exactly what I was planning on doing, glad it sounds like it will work. Thanks!

So I got the impeller installed and everything buttoned up ready to test run. Problem is, I don't have a gas tank for this set-up. All I have is an old 6 gal pressure tank for a late 50's Johnson. Is there any way I can test this motor out without spending $100 on a tank and new lines? I'm...

I just got a 4.5hp mercury I'm trying to revive. Another Craigslist special. Although those rudes are a bit lighter, and a built on gas tank would be nice. I'll have to see where the mercury takes me.

So last spring a guy on Craigslist posted an all aluminum mini pontoon boat that he custom fabricated. After I did some modification to increase the buoyancy, it fishes pretty nice. Tracks nice through the water, and is really stable in calmer waters. The deck is 8ft x 4ft, and the...

It looks pretty good all the way around. Looks like the guy took care of the motor. The last image you can see where an inspection sticker is still on it as well as what I believe is a number written with a wax pencil.

That it's kinda my game plan. I ordered an impeller in my haste so I'm gonna throw that in. I guess the pressure gauge makes more sense then spending more on a tank and lines. If there's pressure, which there definitely is some but I don't know the psi... I'm sure I can get it going. Even if...

Guy posted this 1983 Mercury 4.5 on craigslist for $10 as a parts motor. It looked pretty complete and in relatively good shape. I figured it was a miss-print, and he intended to put $100. I called him up and he said $10 is all he wanted. I said I would take it because I figured at $10, even...

Wow... $1460 for a small dent/scrape on your bumper... That leaves me a little flabbergasted. I would think that's a $200-$400 job, maybe $600-$800 if they replaced the entire bumper. I'm in the wrong line of work!

I couldn't pull the trigger :oops: I'm still having issues with my first boat, i've launched it twice now and both times I couldn't get the motor ( '58Johnson big twin) to do much more then idle and shake when I gave it some gas. I think its running on 1 cylinder. Needless to say with that...

We use a program at work called "GIMP 2" which was recommended by our tech guru. It is freeware (100% free--not a trial and no limitations), and didn't have any spyware or malware attached when we downloaded. Works on the same premise as photoshop, but is free. Works pretty well for photo...

I think it depends on what you are looking to do. If you are looking just to get to your fishing spots, it will do fine--but your not going to tow any skiers with it. It might get you on plane, it might only get one plane with 1 person in it. If it did get on plane with 3 people, it would no...