Just bought a 16' open bow with a 1975 Evinrude 115 HP. Motor appears to need some work (starter, water pump, ???) and in the meantime I found a Mercury 65 HP in good shape that I can buy at a decent price. Would the Mercury be adequate to pull a skier on a 16 footer (and money better spent)...
The starter wasn't working on my Evinrude 115 that I just purchase with a little 16' ski boat. My brother-in-law took it apart and cleaned it up really well and put it back together and it fired right up. Trouble is after we installed it back on the motor it appears to be spinning the wrong...
I just bought a 16' open bow ski boat with an outboard and a trailer from a charity place. I've already gotten some great advice about testing out the Evinrude 115 HP from another thread on iboats but I need some advice about the floor (my first project boat). We've taken out all the interior...
I recently purchased a fairly nice little 1979 ski boat, trailer, and Evinrude 115 outboard (I just learned from this site that it is a 1975)from a charity auction at a rediculously low price. The trailer is a Skeeter in good shape (just needs paint) and the little ski boat looks pretty fair as...
I searched this site and found a thread on this topic but the website mentioned in the response of where to go to find the year will not come up. So I thought I would re-post in hopes someone else can help. The boat I just bought is a 1979 according to the title. The model number on the...
