Recent content by royalto3rd

All the great feedback so far! I feel the consensus is to have the seller do the necessary fixes since there's no way to know the depth of the problem without opening things up, which a mechanical surveyor can't do. Furthermore, moving forward with a purchase is a risky gamble ($15k, ouch!). I'm...

My broker, for all intents and purposes, says to hold for the oil samples I pulled after the trial. Those are due within a day. Should be telling if there's coolant traces or too much wear (ie. if overheating has been going on longer than just the trial). The seller wrote a counter to my...

Hello Friends, Overwhelmed and grateful for how much information is in this forum as a newbie! It has been tremendously helpful as we recently made an offer on a boat we located. Surprisingly, I found threads from the owner before the current owner, when he was asking this forum for advice...

Hi All - First post after reading a ton and sucking up a wealth of info on the fabulous TF forums. My wife and I found a Miracle Marine Co. (DeFever) 41 sitting in a marina. Hasn't moved/started/been cleaned in over 4 years. We had a friend contact the owner and got some history on it. The...