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Stillrunning · #11 04-26-2012, 04:31 PM

I made up the cap and its does nothing just trims it out better. I use aluminum L shaped peices to make the cap. Its totally sealed under it. If you want I can get a few better pics.

tartuffe · #12 04-26-2012, 07:27 PM

Its gotta be an 81.

It looks identical to mine. Nice looking boat. I look at new boats all the time and while they have all kinds of great features I would love to have, I have not seen a boat with a more efficient layout maximizing fishable space minus the necessary evil of that splash well on the 20" transom.

If you take that bow rail off it will look 3' longer.

Stillrunning · #13 04-28-2012, 02:29 PM

Up date:

Well I got the batteries charged and put in a new ignition switch. Had to crank it a few times then it fired right up. I ran it for a few minutes then I check the compression. All six cyl test right at 90psi give or take a few.They all were so close I almost wonder if the guage is correct. I ran a can of sea foam through the motor with a fresh 1/2 gallon of mixed gas. It started raining so I did not get to check the psi again but will try later. At this point I'm going to assume the motor is just fine but I want to get it out with a load on it. Everthing seems to work the only issue was the steering was stiff but I have that working pretty good.

Stillrunning · #14 08-27-2012, 10:22 AM

I've had a very busy summer and I finally got the V in the water for the first time sense buying the boat back from who I sold it to. It ran a little rough at low speeds but when I hit the gas the 150 Johnson sprung to life. It ran great I think after I replace the gas separator it will run better at low speeds. The tech did not work so I'm not sure if I'm getting all the RPM's out of the motor but it seemed to run as it did prior to me selling the boat. I still don't get why the prior owners shop told him the motor was blown and thats why he sold it back to me for only $750. I was really thinking of selling the boat but by this time next year we will be living on the water and it will be nice to have something smaller then my Proline to run the creeks. I wanted a smaller skiff but I'm not going to find anything close to the V20 that kind of money.