look what $150.00 can still buy.

[tashasdaddy]

saw this on ebay, bid $150 called the guy to ask somequestions, he sold it to me on the phone. said it would not start had been off his boat for 2 years, leaning against a tree. went to get it today, got home leaned it against a horse. connect battery compression 150 both. spark good both. connected tank, fire 3 rd try, carbs and impeller, lower oil change, will have to be done. ingition to go to dash, and i have an almost new johnson electric single handle controller. he broke the throttle linkage in the controller, trying to force a bad cable.

 

[Gary H NC]

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Dang TD!! Sweet!! You stole that motor.
Even got an ss prop too?

 

[Pony]

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50hp 1971.......I like it!

I had the 60hp version and it still is my favorite.

 

[mobyjaws]

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Nice moves! Go Gators! MJ

 

[kenmyfam]

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Sweet deal. Good luck with it.

 

[studlymandingo]

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Like I said before: You have a serious boating habit!!!

Sweet deal!!!​

 

[tashasdaddy]

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it's and ADDICTION!!!!

 

[Rancherlee]

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great deal! decent running ones sell for 600-800$ around my place

 

[WillyBWright]

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They have one of the loudest barks on muffs I've ever heard. They blow smoke rings too.

 

[hitace]

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another one for the collection eh?

 

[jeeperman]

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Sweet!
I think I looked at that motor on ebay too!.

 

[tashasdaddy]

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got it on the Duracraft yesterday. now to get it bolted, and wired. waiting on new control, impeller, carb kits.

 

[waterinthefuel]

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They have one of the loudest barks on muffs I've ever heard. They blow smoke rings too.

Dude you aren't kidding. We had an old 55 and it was scary on the muffs. And yes, the smoke rings were very cool!!!

 

[bassboy1]

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Whats with the smoke rings? We are about to get our 71 50 horse (that we got for 600 w/o controls. course, we had no clue what we were doing - its amazing what I have learned in a year off this site) running, and maybe we should throw it on the muffs to see the rings.

 

[tashasdaddy]

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this get even better, the stainless prop had never been in the water. i didn't pay much attention to it, just that it need to be changed since it was for a small hub, and this is a big hub. It's a brand new $250 Rapture Prop. went on ebay this morning. i have an aluminum for it in the shed.

 

[Drowned Rat]

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Good find td. I do the same thing looking at Craigs list all day long for deals. I need to stop, but I can't pass up a deal.

 

[hitace]

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so if you get more then 150 for that prop on ebay you will make money off this whole deal.how sweet is that

 

[tashasdaddy]

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got it mounted on the Duracraft today, started and was running on one cylinder, trouble shot it, carbs are a real mess, don't know how it started.

 

[redjmp]

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I have one of those as well! '71 lark 50 selectric with push button shift like my old valiant! Only paid $120 CDN! I put 100's of hours on it now.
Unfortunately I blew a hole in a piston because I didn't replace the head gasket with a thicker one nor did I retard the timing to run today's lousy gas and always ran it at wot.
Unfortunately, they don't make pistons for that motor anymore and had to settle for a used from my local dealer. Quick hone and new rings got her back to 150 both holes. Beware the old green coils are prone to cracking and can give you fits troubleshooting. Blew a swtchbox last time out so I swapped out for a merc I6 (86 115). Paid $750 for that 115 with a great 17' deep vee and trailer. I thought the merc would burn way more gas but that is not the case. The lark would get about 2.65 km/litre running 23 mph at 3500 via my navman gps with fuel sensor while my big merc gets a very respectable 2.5 km/litre running at 27mph also tuning 3500. The fact that the lark has a nice steel prop while the merc has an old aluminum means that the merc might do just as well if not better if it had a steel prop as well. That lark could idle all day though while the merc needs to get up and go. I got myself a 3 hole '75 70 johnrude as well now and that will be my next project. $500 with a good 15' boat and trailer and it runs well but needs cleaning and paint.

 

[Pawdog]

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Think you got ripped off......I'll give ya two hundred to take it off your hands, save ya some time and effort!! J/K Sweet deal!