After swearing off boats "for the foreseeable future" and taking up kayaking(which I ended up powering with a trolling motor, my mini boat) I came across a deal I couldn't pass up...this was two weeks ago on Tuesday.
I came across this lien sale Tracker Magna + 115 OMC + trailer and ended up getting it for 1,300 "as is". The boat was stored for approx. 3 years, but it did appear to be prepped for storage prior to. The boat is originally from Oklahoma and was never registered here in CA, 180.00 later and everything is titled. The last owner must have been a duck hunter as he rattle can cammo'd the whole boat, that coat is chalking now and ready to come off.
I brought her home, checked the fluids in the outboard and hooked up an external tank. I did a cold compression check which yielded 90PSI in 3/4 cylinders and one @ 40PSI...I was bummed. I figured what the hell, I'll give it a shot and fired it up. It started right away and ran butter smooth, the idle was a little high, but otherwise it was good to go. I did a another warm compression check and got 100-110 in ALL cylinders, SWEET! Lower end fluid is crystal clear, I'm going to change out the water pump as it's only pissing at around 10psi @ 3-4k RPM. Other than that, the carb could use some new gaskets I'm sure.
Next I checked the transom...solid as a rock.
The deck had a 2'x2' section of rot, otherwise it's rock solid. Until I get a sea trial in I just laid a piece of 3/4" ply from the CC back...once I get a run in I will take that off and do it right.
The boat sat uncovered the whole time so it was full of water to the deck, which I didn't mind seeing as I now know it doesn't leak! haha
Electrical is in working condition, no issues to report there.
For $1,300.00 I'm pretty happy, today I'll be hitting the exterior with some Interlux 1 part poly...as long as the weather stays nice.
I came across this lien sale Tracker Magna + 115 OMC + trailer and ended up getting it for 1,300 "as is". The boat was stored for approx. 3 years, but it did appear to be prepped for storage prior to. The boat is originally from Oklahoma and was never registered here in CA, 180.00 later and everything is titled. The last owner must have been a duck hunter as he rattle can cammo'd the whole boat, that coat is chalking now and ready to come off.
I brought her home, checked the fluids in the outboard and hooked up an external tank. I did a cold compression check which yielded 90PSI in 3/4 cylinders and one @ 40PSI...I was bummed. I figured what the hell, I'll give it a shot and fired it up. It started right away and ran butter smooth, the idle was a little high, but otherwise it was good to go. I did a another warm compression check and got 100-110 in ALL cylinders, SWEET! Lower end fluid is crystal clear, I'm going to change out the water pump as it's only pissing at around 10psi @ 3-4k RPM. Other than that, the carb could use some new gaskets I'm sure.
Next I checked the transom...solid as a rock.
The deck had a 2'x2' section of rot, otherwise it's rock solid. Until I get a sea trial in I just laid a piece of 3/4" ply from the CC back...once I get a run in I will take that off and do it right.
The boat sat uncovered the whole time so it was full of water to the deck, which I didn't mind seeing as I now know it doesn't leak! haha
Electrical is in working condition, no issues to report there.
For $1,300.00 I'm pretty happy, today I'll be hitting the exterior with some Interlux 1 part poly...as long as the weather stays nice.
