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So I bought a boat with an Evinrude 200 xp 1988 model sitting on it. I took her out on her first test run and noticed I couldn't get her over 3200 RPM trimmed out at WOT. The previous owner had replaced the VRO pump with an electric pump without a regulator and left the old VRO pump hooked up...
Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.
A worthy post to this thread
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/boa/2964792059.html
28' PONTOON BOAT WITH 65HP CHRYSLER ENGINE HAS NOT BEEN RUN IN 2.5 YEARS. THIS IS A GOOD SOLID BOAT WHICH NEEDS SOME TLC. A GREAT "FIXER UPPER".
So my brother bought a 1976 Aquasport 246 for a song. It was advertised for $2000 but he got the guy down to $1100 including the trailer. Only problem is that he is not very mechanically inclined and is depending on me and our mechanic friend to fix-er-up. So I decided to post a new thread...
