Re: My new to me 1979 Baretta
The guy i purchased it from said it was ready to go and that he had it out a few times this year, I took it straight to the lake, put it in started it, trimed down and went for a ride, shortly into it it started getting hot, Found that the impeller was in bad shape, the tube that carries the water was disfigured and not working correctly. The trim wouldn't pick up, i disconnected the lines and after getting it home tested with a pice of wire and figured out that the solenoid was bad.
Engine runs a little rough, gonna do a little tune up, plugs, check points, and maybe carb rebuild. It runs good just not as smooth as i believe it should. Seats in the bow were said to be redone with original vinyl, they were but with regular pieces of plywood, so i'll have to redo them this winter.
theres a few issues with the blower not working and i think its due to the wire at the switch being loose or not just right. I came to this conclusion because the radio and fish finder are wired into the anchor light switch and they flicker off occasionally, and the switch light goes off when that occurs. The speedo doesn't work. No idea on that yet.
I'm awaiting the parts my friend is bringing in tonight from 2 hours away. so hopefully after install, i won't be running hot and the trim will work great! Will post an update! Thanks for the comment.