'57Lapline
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2012
- Messages
- 142
Hello everybody,
I just purchase this nice little guy that'll be going on a 14' lund yesterday. Here's the story behind it: The owner before the PO had it in his basement for 20+ years just sitting there collecting dust basically. It was setup for a pontoon boat with steering and everything set up. Then the guy I bought it from bought it from that guy two years ago and had the thing completely gone through and had it setup to be a tiller and had everything replaced so he could put it on his duck boat. So in the last 2 years he's used it about 8 times he said so the motor seems to be like new. I ran it and it fired up on the second pull from being cold and it idled great. This thing is a solid motor and I cant wait to get it on the Lund. He had it on a 14' duck boat and said it went about 35 mph so this things gonna fly. Especially for a little fishing boat like that. Oh and one thing I forgot to cover is he painted the hood of the motor green so it'd match his duck boat. I'm wondering if I should even bother painting the hood white again and if I do what steps should I take when painting something like that? should I sand it down, prime it and paint it white or should i just prime over the green and then paint it white. let me know your thoughts folks I'll post some pictures in a couple minutes. thanks
I just purchase this nice little guy that'll be going on a 14' lund yesterday. Here's the story behind it: The owner before the PO had it in his basement for 20+ years just sitting there collecting dust basically. It was setup for a pontoon boat with steering and everything set up. Then the guy I bought it from bought it from that guy two years ago and had the thing completely gone through and had it setup to be a tiller and had everything replaced so he could put it on his duck boat. So in the last 2 years he's used it about 8 times he said so the motor seems to be like new. I ran it and it fired up on the second pull from being cold and it idled great. This thing is a solid motor and I cant wait to get it on the Lund. He had it on a 14' duck boat and said it went about 35 mph so this things gonna fly. Especially for a little fishing boat like that. Oh and one thing I forgot to cover is he painted the hood of the motor green so it'd match his duck boat. I'm wondering if I should even bother painting the hood white again and if I do what steps should I take when painting something like that? should I sand it down, prime it and paint it white or should i just prime over the green and then paint it white. let me know your thoughts folks I'll post some pictures in a couple minutes. thanks
