Running boat on land

sweet77 wrote: In Petes defense he did give the wink emotion

Halston,
Thanks for noticing the "winky" but maybe I should have posted a few more!

If the motor runs & the interior is usuable, I would say $2200 is a fair price. You can pretty much count on stringers a year or 2 down the road, if they aren't shot already.

76tique wrote: If you have any way to do a water test (test drive on the lake), do it!! There are a lot of things you can't check out as well on the hose. When I bought my boat this spring, it seemed like a cream puff and I settled on a run on the hose in the seller's driveway. The boat sounded great. When I hit the lake it was a different story, ended up spending months and $$ getting all the little bugs out that would have shown up on a water test. $2200 sounds too good to be true for a 2001 with good stringers. Post up some pics here, the guys will give you some straight opinions!

I agree, it does seem a little too good. It is an older man though, he has not tried to sell it at all and I'm not sure he knows what he has. The only reason I knew it was for sale was because my buddy lived next door to him. And I'm not certain on the stringers yet. I am going to check those tomorrow so we'll see then.

Mr. Connolly please dont put a tower on the fastest boat in New Hampshire. I cant believe your selling it. In Petes defense he did give the wink emotion

Cmon pete i like to " KEEP IT ORIGINAL" just like you. But you have to admit Joe has a cool boat

New dimension check out JoeNY boat

Bri892001 wrote: I don't know much about towers, so I'm not making any comment on them. But, you can definitely find towers out there (new and used) that will be an exact fit for an 86 2001 Ski Nautiques. It has to be one of the most, if not theeee most, popular boat for aftermarket towers. I would just focus on the boat first. You could likely keep yourself and your wallet busy just getting all the necessities such as life-jackets etc. first. Not to mention possible repairs and parts replacements. You'd be surprised how expensive all the gear can be. Once you're all set and going on the water for a while, they you can turn your attention the "extras" like towers, stereos, ballast, fancy props etc.

That's a good point. A tower is a luxury at this point.

I don't know much about towers, so I'm not making any comment on them.

But, you can definitely find towers out there (new and used) that will be an exact fit for an 86 2001 Ski Nautique. It has to be one of the most, if not theeee most, popular boat for aftermarket towers.

I would just focus on the boat itself first. You could likely keep yourself and your wallet busy just getting all the necessities such as life-jackets etc. first. Not to mention possible repairs and parts replacements. You'd be surprised how expensive all the gear can be.

Once you're all set and going on the water for a while, then you can turn your attention the "extras" like towers, stereos, ballast, fancy props etc.

Also, I was supposed to give the thing a water test run today. Well, we weren't able to find time to do it. We originally had agreed upon a price of $3000. I was going to get a compression test, and if it checked out, we were going to buy it. He tells me today we can take it off the lot for $2200. If the stringers check out, should I pull the trigger?

Because I can get it for cheap...Are they hard to take off? is it just ugly? or does it suck?

http://orlando.craigslist.org/boa/2707842936.html

Will this tower fit on an 86??

oledb4 wrote: And am I going to eventually want a deep cell if I purchase the boat??

You must has missed reading the previous posts on batteries as well as the links. Please go back and read the thread.

Justin is giving good advice. Leave the points. Since 2003 my points have been changed once. Usually faulty points can be repaired by filing the corrosion off of the tips to get you through the weekend. In the beginning I would take "if its not broke, don't fix it" as the gospel. I do have a distributor tune up kit that I keep in the boat just in case the current set fails. You will usually get some warning that they are going bad before a total failure. EI will just stop working and leave you guessing what is going on.

oledb4 wrote: OK. and I am not familiar at all with the points setup, is there anything involved as far as adjustments that nee to be made or anything like that? Why do some people convert and others dont?

Well this is long answer. really you just need to check the gap between the points (short answer). Points are a regular maintenance issue I have seen some people suggest on a car to change them every 5000 miles. If you check them and change them regularly they will never be a problem. The electronic kit "should" last longer however not all kits are created equal some people have had performance issues etc.

So its a little bit of a gamble but some people have been very happy with their conversions. Alot of guys just carry an extra set of points on the boat so if they burn out they just do a quick swap and are back and running. If the electronic kit fails sad movie. Also the kits are around 100 bucks. I say save your money at first. If you decide you want to convert later fine. There are other better ways to spend your 100 bucks when you first buy a boat and i am sure you will have to. New battery, maybe new battery cables, solenoid, who knows!!! At first if it isnt broke dont fix it.

A lot (maybe most) guys on this site still run points. If your boat runs fine with the points setup, no need to switch.

Most say that the conversion kits are a bad idea. If you wanted to go electronic, better to go with a whole new distributor that is electronic to start with.