Re: '69 Johnson "Surfer" 300 buick V8
Welcome aboard ... and were you "hoam skooled?"
Cool lookin' boat. I like the older Surfers. Have you tried starting it with the sterndrive off? Just to eliminate the possibility of a seized gear case, you may want to remove the drive to try starting it.
Also, check your firing order.
lol , no i went to public schools and have a doctorate from Michigan ..lol .. i made that ID for a game on facebook i used to play (mafia wars) and i kind of took a liking to it ..lol.. the drive has been serviced and is free and working.. i think a switch isnt working though because we went to try and start when it was in gear and the prop spun ..didnt think it was supposed to try n start in gear ...lol.. but the buick 300 V8 has good compression and wants to fire , it's something in the points i think..spark seems kindve weak .. it pops a lil and acts like it wants to start..bilge/blower and power trim are all functional .was told it ran last yr and he put new cap n rotor n plugs n wires and it didnt start , i'm encouraged by the fact it has a '14 sticker on it .. i assume you dont get a sticker if it doesnt work , so i think the seller was truthful ..so i'm sure it's simple ,a good buddy of mine owns a boat/atv/quad/snowmobile etc etc repair shop and i'm baby sitting it all week answering phones and tending to people coming in to pick up their finished items ..he went fishing in canada for a week .. so i have a free range of all the tools i could ever want and i brought my boat there ,but i'm not the worlds best mechanic. My buddy said if i dont get it going by the time he gets back he will get 'er goin' .. a couple other sites i stumbled on have been trying to talk me out of this boat giving me horror stories. i think it's a neat boat and i only paid 200 bux for it . my buddy already said he'd give me 400 for the lower unit and the trailer is a '00 double axle with an electric winch .. so thats worth sumtn .and the 300 buick v8 i heard was popular with rat rodders because it was 497 lbs and 210 HP ... and it came with a 2011 energizer marine battery and a working "Eagle" fish finder.
. so it seemed like a zero risk investment . i would really like to get it lake worthy though. At 19 ft i think it should handle lake superior or michigan .. i have a 24' pontoon with a 90 HP merc that stays in the lake in my town here ..but i wanted a boat i could take different places , so when i found this i figured it was worth a shot for the price ..