Re: Purchasing help
If you are mechanically and electrically challenged, you might want to have the boat checked out by a reliable shop or at least a friend that knows what a dip stick is -- certainly don't take the owners word for anything except those things he can prove by showing you receipts for past work. By all means take the boat for an on-water test run. You don't buy a car without driving it, and you shouldn't buy a boat without running it. Check the oil. If it's milky looking, it has water in it. Run the other way. Check oil pressure (40 PSI at idle give or take a little). Check prop condition. Spin it by hand. If it wobbles or appears off center, it has a bent prop shaft. Check the bilge for leaky fluids. Use common sense here. Don't let your haste get in the way of sound thinking.
