New to me toy.

[THEFERMANATOR]

I went over today and picked up my new to me CAROLINA SKIFF. It is an 04(not 05 like I initially thought), with an 04 75HP HONDA outboard, and 04 MAGIC TILT aluminum trailer. The trailer needs new carpet on the bunks, the boat itself is pretty much ready to go except for swapping out to the bigger 20 gallon fuel tank and hooking the bilge pump back up, but the engine needs some attention from sitting for so long. The carbs were green inside despite him having put it up with no fuel in them, both fuel pumps are pouring fuel out the covers from the o-rings being dry and hard, and the lower unit was froze on. I ended up pulling the threads out when I eventually got the bolt out because of how much heat I had to put to it to get it to move, and after getting all the bolts out I got the lower off as it was just frozen to the dowel pins, so a few wacks with a hammer, and a prybar got it off of them. The oil in it is still bright in color as it has no hours since I changed it for him, and I bet it doesn't have 100 hours on it total run time.

I remember saying before I would never own a 4 stroke because of how much parts cost for them, and this HONDA is proving why I said that. I won't mention how much the parts for the engine are setting me back to get her back up to par, but she'll be right when I'm done.

[scook]

Great looking boat. I wish our climate out here was more conducive to a center console - there are just too many days that are cold and wet enough (when there are fish).

20,gal. tank and a 4 stroke, your range should be somewhere near Greenland.

Enjoy the new toy.

[bradford]

Looks good Ferm! Where are you mounting the new tank, and what manufacturer/model are you using?

I see something vaguely familiar on the extreme right of your picture.

[RidgeRunner]

Nice buy Ferm. When you get used to the quiet/efficiency of the 4-stroke it will ruin you.. The horny part, not so much... And it all costs big $$$ to fix them these days..

[THEFERMANATOR]

Yep, that's your old engine bradford(need to make soem time and finish her up to help offset the cost of the new boat). The tank is going in the console. it was the tank that came with it, but he put a 12 gallon in it, so I'm going to put the 20 back in it. And I know they're quiet and effcient, but almost $500 for some basic parts to perform maintence, and over a week to get them because nobody stocks parts sucks. At least if it was a YAMAHA parts are pretty easy to get, but HONDA parts are all scarce to find. Looks like it will be next weekend before I get to actually use her. Going to add some rod holders to the console, and find a new grab rail for it. Was REALLY hoping to use it next week as it's spring break and my wife is off since she's a teacher, but I DO still have my jon boat for the time being.

[charlie_the_tuna]

wazzat, a 16 footer??

[THEFERMANATOR]

19 foot DLX model. Wished it was the 80 inch wide model, but it's the narrow 65 inch wide model.

[spareparts]

let me know if you need any Honda parts

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by spareparts

let me know if you need any Honda parts

Already ordered them through boats.net. Was hoping to have it going this weekend, but most everything is special order for this thing. I just have to remind myself of how much fuel I will be saving from now on. And having the fiberglass boat will be nice as it won't be no where near as hot as the aluminum gets in the sunlight.

[spareparts]

the place my wife works at is set up as a Honda dealer if you need anything. I'm not saying they have it in stock() but they can order it