[novice boater54]

I purchased a 16-17' fiberglass boat used closed cowl (No motor or trailer which I have since acquired both) which had a doral name in the centre of the steering wheel which initially led me to believe that it was a doral boat. No other indentifying marks HIN/cpapcity plate is observed either on the transom or anywhere to be seen.
I'll have to forward a picture for someone else to posssibly assist in indentifying boat.
I'm hopin that the motor I have acquired is a 69 Johnson 85 HP V4 which I'm also attempting to get running.
This motor has apparently around 100lbs of compression so I'm thinkin it still has a little life left in it with some TLC.
I also hope it'll push this boat along failry well so I can enjoy it to full potential.
Eventually I plan on gettin a I/O later.
I'm tryin to acquire as much knowledge in this V4 as I can and their anomolies so I can keep it runnin as best as I can.
Currently I did get it to fire and run for a few minutes and haven't had more than a few kicks when the starter shaft somehow got bent when the motor kicked while attempting to start it. Had to obtain a rebuilt one and haven't had much success since.
That was last year.
Gonna give it another go around this year and hopefully I have some better luck in gettin it runnin.
Maybe some of you more experienced mariners have some advice to offer?
Thx.

[kenmyfam]

Post some photos of your boat.
Regarding your motor. You should invest in an OMC manual. Best way to learn about it is to read about it. After that ask any and all questions on the forum here.
Post some photos of your motor as well if you can. (hood on and hood off)