My son and I have started to redo my old 1985 Bass tracker 17 tx, which I have had since it was new. It hasn't ran for several years now and has sat behind a building in the weather and all the decks and carpet and seats need replacing, but we are working on that. I intend to replace the water pump impeller and I think I can put kits in the carbs, but I wonder weather to get the OMC parts kits or to get some of the after market kits like the Sierra kits. I have read that some people thing the after market stuff is junk and some like some of them. I have been on the Ishopmarine site and they seem to list both but the aftermarket stuff is much cheaper. I just want to ask the experts here what I should buy to get this thing running again. I am looking for a manual for it and have picked up a spark tester and a compression gauge but I haven't even thought about trying to start this motor or even just crank it over yet. The VRO seemed to be working the last time I ran it but after some reading I believe that I may disable it and just mix gas for this old of a motor. I am all yours so fill me in, please.:redface:
