Hello all,
This forum has been very helpful to me so far. My question(s)....I just got a 88 capri for $300 from a guy who lived in Texas (I am in Ohio, near Lake Erie). Anyway, he told me that the engine only needs a starter to get it running - said he had it running last summer and took out the starter (the thing is in pieces at the moment). I had a friend tell me to start getting the boat back in running order by trying to find a starter from a local boat junk yard. This makes sense to me to keep initial costs down. I guess I am concerned about the boat in general. As I read through the posts, it seems like a lot of people have concerns with this boat and it's age. My concern is this is my first boat and I know very little about them. My biggest fear is to have a terrible experience with this boat and my wife never let me have another ;-) Any starting advice is very, very appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeff
PS...It has a OMC 3.0 I/O with Cobra outboard.
This forum has been very helpful to me so far. My question(s)....I just got a 88 capri for $300 from a guy who lived in Texas (I am in Ohio, near Lake Erie). Anyway, he told me that the engine only needs a starter to get it running - said he had it running last summer and took out the starter (the thing is in pieces at the moment). I had a friend tell me to start getting the boat back in running order by trying to find a starter from a local boat junk yard. This makes sense to me to keep initial costs down. I guess I am concerned about the boat in general. As I read through the posts, it seems like a lot of people have concerns with this boat and it's age. My concern is this is my first boat and I know very little about them. My biggest fear is to have a terrible experience with this boat and my wife never let me have another ;-) Any starting advice is very, very appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeff
PS...It has a OMC 3.0 I/O with Cobra outboard.