LandOf10KLAKES
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- Jul 15, 2013
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:facepalm: what are the annual dues, btw (BTW!)
Man oh man...it seems no matter what experience level you (me) may have in a given hobby or recreation, it is so easy to buy with passion and ignore signals (reddish flags)
I have yet to add pictures to my initial post about my new purchase of an oldie but nostalgic goodie (83 Larson 19.5 Nantucket Express) but the fun newz is my realization I unwittingly joined the MCM 470 Club.
with a nod to the fine research I discovered here in the last few days, let me say the following:
I still love the purchase...
I know the vessel lived most of its 3+ decades in Montana (reservoir no doubt) and explains its far-above-average condition. ( purchased it, ironically or otherwise, with-in 15 miles of its origin in Little Falls, Minnesota.)
After being cautious about "water-testing" it at the boat landing, and being told by my local Mercruiser dealer, "they would not even look at it for a pressure/charging system test", I was wise enough in my boating years to take it today to the "other" boat shop in town and have a new impeller put in and a system test.
I will add that altho i have my thoughts on the condition of the engine/drive unit being "good" I am leaning towards caution and am new to my lake surroundings so I am glad to be cautious.
I wish I would have spent an extra second or 3 looking up this MCM (my 81 silverline version of this identical rig had the MCM 198 in it) as I think I Svengalied myself into thinking,"hey, this will be a great fuel efficient power-plant"...yada, yada....
Ok, fire away...lulz:facepalm::lol:
Man oh man...it seems no matter what experience level you (me) may have in a given hobby or recreation, it is so easy to buy with passion and ignore signals (reddish flags)
I have yet to add pictures to my initial post about my new purchase of an oldie but nostalgic goodie (83 Larson 19.5 Nantucket Express) but the fun newz is my realization I unwittingly joined the MCM 470 Club.
with a nod to the fine research I discovered here in the last few days, let me say the following:
I still love the purchase...
I know the vessel lived most of its 3+ decades in Montana (reservoir no doubt) and explains its far-above-average condition. ( purchased it, ironically or otherwise, with-in 15 miles of its origin in Little Falls, Minnesota.)
After being cautious about "water-testing" it at the boat landing, and being told by my local Mercruiser dealer, "they would not even look at it for a pressure/charging system test", I was wise enough in my boating years to take it today to the "other" boat shop in town and have a new impeller put in and a system test.
I will add that altho i have my thoughts on the condition of the engine/drive unit being "good" I am leaning towards caution and am new to my lake surroundings so I am glad to be cautious.
I wish I would have spent an extra second or 3 looking up this MCM (my 81 silverline version of this identical rig had the MCM 198 in it) as I think I Svengalied myself into thinking,"hey, this will be a great fuel efficient power-plant"...yada, yada....
Ok, fire away...lulz:facepalm::lol:
LOL. Now the good thing, in the fall to freeze protect, just pull the aft plug on the heat exchanger, 5 minutes and you are done. Do it right on the ramp, last trip of the year. So when all the guys with the "good" engines are peeing and moaning about cracked blocks and milky oil next spring you can just go boating. Good luck and welcome.