why did he take it off and bring to a marina/repair shop rather than leave both on the boat to sell? The guy knew it had issues. At least call the marina you dropped it off and ask them what the deal is and pass it on to the customer.

I don't know and don't care. If he though he was buying a turn key boat he should of done a sea trial. The fact that a sea trial could not be done is representative enough that the boat needed repairs to make it sea worthy. No sympathies, buyer should have checked it out thoroughly.

expose the p.o.s. so he cant screw anybody else .

ok , hers the deal, i bought the boat with two drives on it, I knew one was bad it was locked up, seller told me he had a fresh rebuilt drive at a marina, I went to pick it up and it was trashed, I questioned the mechanic about it and he said the seller knew it was bad and told him to give it to me anyway, on the way home i called seller and asked to confirm; didnt you say the drive was rebuilt,ready to go, he said yes, then i told him the mechanic told me that Jim(the seller told him he knew it was bad and to give it anyway, once i said that the seller(Jimmy) hung up on me, and wont return my calls,lol , he is a pos !! yes i know , with boats should always do a water test, but i did hear the motors run, I did do compression tests, went through all the motor build papers, and i went through the boat hull,mechanicals, and electrical very thouroly, knowing one drive was bad, but what gets me is how someone can blatently lie like that, Dont tell me you have a good spare drive an hour and a half drive each way to get it,when in fact its a pos and wasted my day, that my friends is the story, he is a 30 year old punk P.o.S.

Is it anywhere in writing about the drive? You may have a case for court but depends on what you can prove.

Out of Curiosity what did you pay for the boat?

no unfortunately , he did not put the extra drive on the bill of sale, and I didnt even think of asking him to, he lives in the same city as i do,frequents the same bars as i do and he is a aquantance of one of my friends, I did not think that i would get screwed, especially since we live in the same area and boat and snowmobile on the Chain o Lakes,, I know every one around here and word will get out about him,

anyway, Im in good hands now, a fellow OSO contacted me, and he is rebuilding the second spare drive, it is salvageable, so hopefully this weekend i can do a quick water test, since the water levels are close to normal on the Fox River in McHenry, that is if they dont open the gates any further:drink:

Definitely will see a noticable handling difference with counter rotation drives.. not sure about a speed increase , but I feel you will see some improvement

No sympathies:eek:


WOW pull that C@ck out of your azz & smile once in a while TEX :kiss:

If they are Pentas all you need is a left hand prop. The drives can be switched by flipping a lever.