I am about to buy my first boat. It's Ranger R81 1999 with Mercury 2007 ProXS 175HP Outboard. The seller claims that the boat runs fine, but only fuel and RPM gauges are working -- other gauges don't work. Also, the seller sent me a picture of the throttle, shown in the attached image. To me it doesn't look like a very professional job was done on the pedal, but I have never been around boats so don't know if this looks like a hack job or not.
In situations where the outboard is not the original motor that came with the boat, how concern should I be about gauges not working, throttle pedals looking like the one in the picture?
Thanks for your advice!
In situations where the outboard is not the original motor that came with the boat, how concern should I be about gauges not working, throttle pedals looking like the one in the picture?
Thanks for your advice!