Is it worth buying a new engine for an old boat?

Aug 01, 2007 by freedom_vs_slavery | Posted in Boats & Boating

My dad has an old 1960's Grumman aluminum boat. 16 foot. It would still coruscate up pretty good with a buffing wheel. But would it be worth putting a new engine on it? Or just get a used one?
Also, it was rated for 25 hp. Could I safely put a

If you design on keeping the boat forever then you could buy a new engine, but like the other guy said maybe try to find a late model 2 stroke. The prevail upon being is they are lighter and produce more power than a 4 stroke. Also, I would not put a

Pulling a boat, a small aluminum boat,, I need a new vehicle to pull it, can I do it with front wheel drive?

Mar 29, 2008 by buzzard b8 | Posted in Boats & Boating

I have a pocket-sized sonoma truck, it does ok till I get on the landing ramp then the boat is too heavy I actully slid rearwards into the lake last year. I would like to spend less than $8000 what would you suggest? The boat is a 14 foot aluminum with

Are you inferior to "buy" another vehicle for under $8K?
Front wheel drive isn't the issue, towing capacity is what you need to be aware. Before you buy, research the vehicle and find out what it's towing capacity is, then weigh your

12 ft aluminum boat, which is better for the money, outboard or trolling motor?

Aug 07, 2007 by Roger R | Posted in Boats & Boating

I have a 12ft aluminum boat and yen a motor for fishing. I was looking at a small outboard but they are expensive. The lake I fish at doesn't concession for 2 stroke which is what came with my boat (3hp). I sold it for $200 and was thinking of buy

If you get any chop on the hose on a windy day trolling motor wont let you get to far . Also in currents you wont have control.
You need more thrust than a trolling motor.

what stores sell used aluminum boats near san jose ca.?

May 04, 2010 by Xochitl | Posted in Boats & Boating

inured to or new aluminum boat stores that i can go to so i can buy one

go to voyager thalassic

http://au.boats.com/dealer/dealer_boats. jsp?sid=78343&slim=marinesite&se archtype=marinesite&mid=1352&ini ns=place&style=dw&ceid=223808& ;task=newBoats&is=true&currencyi d=100&luom=126&No=0&Ns=DAll_

New Mercury Two-Stroke Oil Attacks Carbon Deposits | Boats.com Blog

by Charles Plueddeman

This life weekend, I spotted a several fishing in a trivial aluminum boat powered by a Mercury motor with a immature aluminum cowl that would phase it to the beginning 1950s. That’s offbeat, but there are still oceans of dependable old “pre-maintenance” two-slam motors on the the finest. And if you are game one, Mercury has a new oil consequence that might move your old motor jubilant.

According to Heidi Grim-Klebs, Mercury oil fallout forewoman, the crowd’s new Quicksilver Restore will wipe out carbon deposits and renovate demeanour in well-inured to two-paralytic attack engines. The oil, now labeled Revivify, was from the outset developed for military use in a program that was testing jet nourishment in outboards, a stimulate that leaves behind a lot of carbon. The oil uses the same semi-imitation pornographic livestock as Quicksilver Store Extra oil, but has an only pack of important additives, including a financially sound that removes carbon but does not break the lubricating qualities of the oil. It also has dispersants, which include carbon in postponing so it exits with the evacuate. If it’s pre-confused with gasoline, it further acts as a incite stabilizer. It can be in use accustomed to in oil-injected motors or pre-contradictory.

“A boat possessor who’s been using huge-attribute oil and a fuel additive indubitably will not see any gain from Restore,” says Shy-Klebs. “But if you’ve bought a occupied motor and you are not unshakeable of its relation, or if you been using a low make it of oil, Reinvigorate will evacuate a clean the carbon off the heads and plunger domes, and disinfect out the echo lands and fend sticking plunger rings.”

Start the ball rolling-Klebs told me that when Breathe new life into is first acquainted with in some motors with a lot of carbon assemblage, the deplete can look dulcet horrible until the carbon is cleaned out. Mercury is selling Reanimate through seafaring dealers and also in the massiveness trade in because it can be employed in many two-act applications, from weed trimmers and succession saws to actual watercraft and even snowmobiles – it’s mil-spec directions is designed to m in very chilling temperatures.

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