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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Dahlonega , Georgia
Posts: 15,077
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Here's the story on the engine as told to me by the seller which is the dealer that originally sold/rigged the engine to this boat. The owner of the boat a few years ago had to repower. This dealer had a " left over " 1999 115 Evinrude from a previous 100 engine buy. So it was in the shipping crate for many years at the dealership. They rigged the boat, fired it up, did whatever adjustments/tuning were needed and the owner picked up the boat. He ran it only 3-4 times on the water and decided the boat needed a restoration. Motor was pulled off and the restoration began. Boat restoration was completed and the motor was put back on. Seller never drove it again due to failing health. The rig sat for a few years and now the son wants to sell the boat. The dealer has confirmed that the computer shows 1.6 hours and that the latest software has been loaded. Having said all that I know the early Ficht engines had problems but most of the search results I have found tends to say it was the V6 engines that had the problems not the V4's. The selling dealer in the past month has done a $400.00 service replacing fuel lines, filters in anticipation of selling. So if it is a " good one " it could run for the next 10-15 years but if it is a dog it could be a money pit. But the overall price is attractive just for the restoration of the hull. The trailer is a single axle galvanized from a Hydrosport boat so not specific for this hull but is a bunk trailer that I suppose supports the hull well. It appears to have no rust. The boat however does not have any helm seating so that will have to be purchased. If purchased new the RPS seating is about $700.00 so I need to factor that in. To be honest I'm old school and am nervous about any manufacturers EFI system on an outboard, much more complicated for a DIYer. If this had an OMC 70 hp triple with carb's I would have already bought it ! I am not interested in buying anyones new outboard just not going to spend that kind of money. At the end of the day I may just keep my 13 ' Whaler which is paid for 
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2002 Boxster S . Arctic silver + black top/int. Jake Raby 3.6 SS engine " the beast ". GT3 front bumper, GT3 side skirts and GT3 TEK rear diffuser. 1999 996 C4 coupe black/grey with FSI 3.8 engine . Rear diffuser , front spoiler lip with ducktail spoiler .
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