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Not sure if you guys remember but 3 yrs back I purchase a 241 Proline and sold my V20 to a neighbor down the street for $4,500. Well he did not use the boat very much and when he took it in to have some work done the guy said the motor was blown. Well he then sold the boat to a guy down the street who I saw get it running and the motor seemed fine. Well they got into a big fight and the guy had never paid him for the boat and just dumped it off in front of his house. Well $700 later its sitting in my yard and I'm betting the motor is just fine. I got it cleaned up but did not get a chance to fire up the motor because it was raining all day and the batteries were dead. I'll snap a few pics and post them as I get her back in shape. My wife is not to happy having another boat in the yard while we are trying to sell our house but she will live.
 
Well my fingers are still crossed that the motor is OK. It was in perfect shape when he purchased the boat I don't think he used the boat enough to damage the motor but I'll have a good idea after tonight.
 
So far I have not had any real chance to work on the boat. The guy replaced the ignition switch and it seems its wired wrong so I have to start there.
 
Well c'mon man, how about those pics you said you would post. :hi: I wanna see what you are restarting with.
 
Here it is back home waiting for me to get some time to clean her up.

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Nice looking rig and good price too, :clap:

What year is your V20? You posted a good pic of the topside of the gunnel caps on a V20 center console. :clap: I have been wondering how they were shaped for when i rebuild my cuddy into a center console.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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