The way the camera picked up her clothes made it look like a streaker had snuck in or something. lol. The warehouse looks like a place i want to come and hang out and maybe play hide and seek. Keep up the good work and the place looks amazing. Your hard work is paying off.
Well that's much more wholesome. I bet that's a fun place to play as a kid. It's hard to tell who it is in the video, but we didn't want to make it weird.
If you're dropping the lower unit to replace a seal you might as well install a new water pump impeller while it's down. The rubber fins will develop a memory over time or deteriorate so the lower unit already dropped it's worth installing one for insurance.
really shouldn't ever run an outboard with no water. The pumps die quick, but after 5 years its toast anyway. The old manuals actually said annual, my '07 Evinrude is every 3 years.
I loved Checkmates back in the 80's when I was in my late teens early 20's. They looked like they were going 100mph just sitting in the water. Most of the ones on my lake were jet boats. When you test it make sure the Wizard is yachting he can tow you if need be.
@@murrys5444 The body language (no pun intended )inferred that he didn't want to be seen. Like he took a shower and found out he forgot his towel in the other building.
Indeed, but being a two-stroke helps a LOT - apparently they even made a V8 version. They were direct-injected two-strokes in the early 2000's, which was pretty cutting-edge for any gasoline-powered engine.
Also theres no real complex, self contained cooking system. Water pump and it pulls water from the lake so there's no radiator, coolant bottles, etc. Two stoke as well so there's no valvletrain either.
The oil that you saw when it first started may have been oil that was put in the carbs to winterize/store it. I know people that put oil in the carbs to keep them from gumming up with old gas, and some even remove the sparkplugs and put a little oil on the pistons when storing their boats to keep the rings oil-wet so that they don't seize. Manufacturers of boat engines and even ATV/UTV manufacturers put oil in the carbs and cylinders of every unit and during the dealerships PDI they're started and ran so that they burn that oil out. I'm not sure the exact oil the manufactures put in the carbs/cylinders, but it's a clear-colored oil. I put Marvel's Mystery Oil in mine before storing them. That is a really cool boat, It's something people don't see very often if ever.
Nice thing about 2 strokes, the oil generally has a preservative in it so when you wake them up after a few years there are less carb problems and gumming up...less, not none.
You can replace the impeller after even running it dry for that short time. After sitting 4 years it will have been brittle and is now shredded. Don't ask me how I know this...
It does NOT take long to smoke an impeller and yes they could have done so in that 10 seconds. When they started it on the hose, you did eventually see the tell tale putting water out though it wasn't that strong.
Man Check Mate boats are bad ass it's a very fast hull...I've had a few of them I had one just like that it had a Mercury 300R V8 outboard on it...it would go over a 100 like it was nothing....alot of guys down in Miami like to take the windshields off of them I cant stand the way they look with out it.
Check the water level in those batteries! If they're below the top of the lead plates (look inside w/ a flashlight) they aren't gonna charge. If they need topped up, use distilled water. They may come back!
It's a nasty 6 cylinder TWO STOKE with an exhaust that's modified big-time. Normally it's routes thru the prop to keep things quiet. Also like the intake 'reeds" and carbs have all been modded too. There ain't nuthin' like those final large two strokes from the late 80s. Raw and nasty!!!! Checkmates are fast hulls too. Be careful! Check steering for play and sloppiness! Also it really should have foot throttle if it doesn't.
the exhaust is stock... only mod is the exhaust relief on the midsection so it exits above the water instead of through the prop. it has velocity stacks, but do you have x ray vision to see inside the intake manifold and know if he put plastic leaf valves in it?
Back in the day Checkmate was the cats meow. Sounds like she'll 79mph, Had a friend who's dad built Mercury Racing Outboards. Some of those engines sounded like top fuel dragsters and were damn as fast! 80+mph in a 21ft bass boat is insane, or just stupid!
I had to watch this twice, at 10 minutes in you talked about cams, at the end of the video you talked about smoke on start up, it's a 2 stroke, no cams and no smoke means it's about to seize!
@@braaapattack2937 you will be suprosed how fast staring fluid can wreck a 2 stroke best thing for them to do is 1 use the choke/primer by pushing in the key and or a squirt bottle with mixed fuel.
Guess my snowmobile and moped I have for a race track run around item, both being 2 strokes are lucky. I don’t unload a can zip ties/peg style, but a quick sniff is the difference of killing a battery and grabbing a jump pack, and maybe getting it to start, then a short hit and gets it moving to get the fuel pump pumping and gas to the carbs
That engine sounds mean: like an old school 2 stroke racing bike.......nice sound! BTW: old engine/been stored a while? Always change the oil as well as the impeller. Can save you from a lot of misery.
Bumpers - At 2:41, I am 90% sure those "bumpers" are actually equipment pads from a Curves fitness facility for women. Most of those are closed, so those would have been used/left over items. And specifically I think they are from the stretching station. Which is a great piece of equipment.
CkMate...very kool boat. Erude? Evinrude Outboard Motors was a North American company that built a major brand of outboard motors for boats. Founded by Ole Evinrude in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1907, it was formerly owned by the publicly traded Outboard Marine Corporation since 1935 but OMC filed for bankruptcy in 2000
If your dropping the lower unit make sure to put a new water pump impeller in too since they are rubber and they break off after a while and you end up with no water circulating and burn up the engine
Back when my dad had an RV shop, he had SO much business from folks who wrecked their water impeller with "just a quick check that it starts" dry like this... often discovered when the engine seized out in the lake... make sure you have a good oar on board...
That little bit wont hurt it. Good motors, had a boat with one. 2 stroke was a pain in the ass, I much prefer my 300 Pro XS Merc, no pesky oil to worry about in the fuel.
Never put a plug in front of the plug hole to test for spark. Good way to start a fire. That fuel filter is also a no no. That type absorbs oil causing it to seize the engine. Also never use starter fluid to start a 2 stroke. I picked up a few other things you are doing wrong but you’ll learn. Good boat for free.
The shine should come back on that boat nicely. It was clearly cared for. And yeah 70 should be easily doable on that hull, it's basically like a bass boat. That motor is NOT worth 4k. 2k if your lucky unless you really have provenance that it's been modified and has 10 hours since rebuild
*Is Amber ever making a comeback or have yall called it quits finally? just curious if you're doing the lonely guy thing or if she's just too busy to be there with you*
Big outboard engine prices are insane. Been trying to find my father a replacement engine for his pontoon boat for over a year but with a $1000 budget it just aint happening
Just saying, the "streaker" is a 13 year old girl in a dress playing hide and seek with her brother. 🤔
was about to say who the heck is that at 1 minute in the episode just causally trying to sneak on past the Recording session XD
Watched this on my phone and was wondering!🤣
The way the camera picked up her clothes made it look like a streaker had snuck in or something. lol. The warehouse looks like a place i want to come and hang out and maybe play hide and seek. Keep up the good work and the place looks amazing. Your hard work is paying off.
Well that's much more wholesome. I bet that's a fun place to play as a kid. It's hard to tell who it is in the video, but we didn't want to make it weird.
I am so glad you pinned this comment!
Josh has his boat for the Cleetus challenge with a full $2500 left in his budget for repairs. Domination!
If you're dropping the lower unit to replace a seal you might as well install a new water pump impeller while it's down. The rubber fins will develop a memory over time or deteriorate so the lower unit already dropped it's worth installing one for insurance.
Absolutely. Especially for such an inexpensive/important component
I was coming here to say exactly this.
Nah you good. Just save the money
He said he's doing the seal and water pump.
really shouldn't ever run an outboard with no water. The pumps die quick, but after 5 years its toast anyway. The old manuals actually said annual, my '07 Evinrude is every 3 years.
Starting fluid is the enemy of 2 strokes! It washes away all the fuel/lubrication from the crankshaft.
First thing I thought when I saw that 😬😬😬 can’t believe all these “mechanics” don’t know that or don’t care enough!!
@@crbetwistin he also messed up the impeller by starting it dry but it probably has to be changed anyways
Starting fluid. OMG!! And checking for spark in front of a cylinder hole with fuel vapor. DUH. Looking for trouble.
Also said it has a cam
I loved Checkmates back in the 80's when I was in my late teens early 20's. They looked like they were going 100mph just sitting in the water. Most of the ones on my lake were jet boats. When you test it make sure the Wizard is yachting he can tow you if need be.
Fun fact: 1 minute in a streaker runs across the shop. Random boat episode complete with random streaker appearance. JR always surprising us folks. 😜
Was just about to post about that… and his lack of a cool T-shirt just like *this one*!!!
I'm guessing that is one of Josh's kids in skin-tone shirt and shorts.
@@murrys5444 The body language (no pun intended )inferred that he didn't want to be seen. Like he took a shower and found out he forgot his towel in the other building.
Literally has a dress and shoes on but ok.
I honestly saw a light color shirt and Khakis
I'm impressed with the packaging of outboard engines. To put a 3.2 liter 225hp V6 in such a small package is no easy feat.
Indeed, but being a two-stroke helps a LOT - apparently they even made a V8 version. They were direct-injected two-strokes in the early 2000's, which was pretty cutting-edge for any gasoline-powered engine.
@@Timmayytoo that’s badass! After this video, I’ll go look them up!
Evinrude is no longer in business.
Also theres no real complex, self contained cooking system. Water pump and it pulls water from the lake so there's no radiator, coolant bottles, etc. Two stoke as well so there's no valvletrain either.
If that technology was put in a car it would be awesome.
Did anyone see someone running in background at 1:03
Yeah, it looked like a streaker!
And unless you pause it, it appears to be naked! 🤣
The oil that you saw when it first started may have been oil that was put in the carbs to winterize/store it. I know people that put oil in the carbs to keep them from gumming up with old gas, and some even remove the sparkplugs and put a little oil on the pistons when storing their boats to keep the rings oil-wet so that they don't seize. Manufacturers of boat engines and even ATV/UTV manufacturers put oil in the carbs and cylinders of every unit and during the dealerships PDI they're started and ran so that they burn that oil out. I'm not sure the exact oil the manufactures put in the carbs/cylinders, but it's a clear-colored oil. I put Marvel's Mystery Oil in mine before storing them.
That is a really cool boat, It's something people don't see very often if ever.
You have a streaker! lol
I had to rewind it to make sure I actually saw that lmao
Looks like someone is running around the shop naked in the background. lol
We're going streaking to the quad, let's go!
I was looking for the comment about the streaker
Nice thing about 2 strokes, the oil generally has a preservative in it so when you wake them up after a few years there are less carb problems and gumming up...less, not none.
Corvette then a boat. You’re spoiling us.
You can replace the impeller after even running it dry for that short time. After sitting 4 years it will have been brittle and is now shredded. Don't ask me how I know this...
Yeah even if you use the boat every year you should change it every other year.
The impeller is shot. There should be a stream of water coming out of the lower engine cowl.
@@robertbeirne9813 has to get warm enough for the thermostat to open first
@@rossmiller7275 No, should squirt ALL the time the engine is running.
It does NOT take long to smoke an impeller and yes they could have done so in that 10 seconds. When they started it on the hose, you did eventually see the tell tale putting water out though it wasn't that strong.
Those boats were made right here in my hometown of Bucyrus Ohio. Checkmate used to employe a lot of the area.
Man Check Mate boats are bad ass it's a very fast hull...I've had a few of them I had one just like that it had a Mercury 300R V8 outboard on it...it would go over a 100 like it was nothing....alot of guys down in Miami like to take the windshields off of them I cant stand the way they look with out it.
Check the water level in those batteries! If they're below the top of the lead plates (look inside w/ a flashlight) they aren't gonna charge. If they need topped up, use distilled water. They may come back!
Water level in marine batteries. Good joke. They are AGM which has no serviceable water/acid ports.
@@JohnDoe-zr6bk not a joke.
@@JohnDoe-zr6bk you were in the shop and saw they were agm?
It's a nasty 6 cylinder TWO STOKE with an exhaust that's modified big-time. Normally it's routes thru the prop to keep things quiet. Also like the intake 'reeds" and carbs have all been modded too. There ain't nuthin' like those final large two strokes from the late 80s. Raw and nasty!!!! Checkmates are fast hulls too. Be careful! Check steering for play and sloppiness! Also it really should have foot throttle if it doesn't.
the exhaust is stock... only mod is the exhaust relief on the midsection so it exits above the water instead of through the prop. it has velocity stacks, but do you have x ray vision to see inside the intake manifold and know if he put plastic leaf valves in it?
Back in the day Checkmate was the cats meow. Sounds like she'll 79mph, Had a friend who's dad built Mercury Racing Outboards. Some of those engines sounded like top fuel dragsters and were damn as fast! 80+mph in a 21ft bass boat is insane, or just stupid!
I had to watch this twice, at 10 minutes in you talked about cams, at the end of the video you talked about smoke on start up, it's a 2 stroke, no cams and no smoke means it's about to seize!
I have the exact same boat with a Johnson 225 these old boats are a ton of fun and super fast with some modifications
Man never use starting fluid on a 2 stroke engine! You'll kill it!
That little bit won’t wreck the motor
Agreed never use starting fluid in 2 stroke
@@braaapattack2937 you will be suprosed how fast staring fluid can wreck a 2 stroke best thing for them to do is 1 use the choke/primer by pushing in the key and or a squirt bottle with mixed fuel.
Guess my snowmobile and moped I have for a race track run around item, both being 2 strokes are lucky. I don’t unload a can zip ties/peg style, but a quick sniff is the difference of killing a battery and grabbing a jump pack, and maybe getting it to start, then a short hit and gets it moving to get the fuel pump pumping and gas to the carbs
“I got a free boat!”
“Well actually it’s Josh’s”
“Well actually it’s Josh’s dad’s boat”
I'm getting the, dad past away vibe from Josh's mannerism in this video.
@@mre2795 Yeah also taught he spoke of his dad as if he passed away
@@mre2795 thats unfortunately the same vibe I picked up on. Hopefully our vibe is wrong.
@@scottjrichter but on the plus side, free boat!!!
Sweet Checkmate, love the 2stroke! Get ready for the duck-walk at high speeds!
That engine sounds mean: like an old school 2 stroke racing bike.......nice sound!
BTW: old engine/been stored a while? Always change the oil as well as the impeller.
Can save you from a lot of misery.
Did someone escape his cage at the one minute mark?
Damn Hoovie…
Bumpers - At 2:41, I am 90% sure those "bumpers" are actually equipment pads from a Curves fitness facility for women. Most of those are closed, so those would have been used/left over items. And specifically I think they are from the stretching station. Which is a great piece of equipment.
CkMate...very kool boat. Erude?
Evinrude Outboard Motors was a North American company that built a major brand of outboard motors for boats. Founded by Ole Evinrude in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1907, it was formerly owned by the publicly traded Outboard Marine Corporation since 1935 but OMC filed for bankruptcy in 2000
The two happiest days of a boat owner's life: the day he buys it, and the day he sells it.
Looks like the bottom left intake to the cab is missing a bolt.
That Prestige Worldwide was awesome. Let's see how many people get the reference. Or do the rap.
Boats and Hoes
Lawdy that V6 sounds amazing :O
Doesn’t it? 🤔
So did the streaker come with the boat?
If your dropping the lower unit make sure to put a new water pump impeller in too since they are rubber and they break off after a while and you end up with no water circulating and burn up the engine
Boat sounds like a beast
What’s up with the streaker at 1:00?
That's one BADASS boat!
That motor sounds awesome, like a racecar!
Should put out cloud of blue smoke. Do not think it has the oil mix working. It should self mix
I lost my dad this past friday. I have no idea how I’m going to make myself deal with his boat and fishing gear.
u should check to make sure ur bilge pump works to
Be sure to replace the water pump impeller when you have it apart.
Wow, what range, Z06 and Admiral Josh. Free boat - you get what you pay for
Checkmate's are one of the best boats you can get :)
Back when my dad had an RV shop, he had SO much business from folks who wrecked their water impeller with "just a quick check that it starts" dry like this... often discovered when the engine seized out in the lake... make sure you have a good oar on board...
That is a really cool boat.
I used to sell these OMC outbounds, you don’t use starter fluid on 2 strokes ..these are good engines ..
That little bit wont hurt it. Good motors, had a boat with one. 2 stroke was a pain in the ass, I much prefer my 300 Pro XS Merc, no pesky oil to worry about in the fuel.
Use a GPS speedometer. Those water speedometers fold up or break at speed.
Finally boat content
🥉 next, floating boat content!
Nice streaker JR
14:55 The battery is from 7/11? Cool, I can get a Slurpee and a battery right by my house.
Damn nice freebie
Cleeter Mcskeeter has a race going, bring the boat! He could use one of those plugs. 😆
Looks like it also has snaps for some sort of top. Damn it sounds like a racecar
I have been waiting 2 years for another boat video
That thing is going to be scary fast full throttle across the lake and it sounds real good.
Very cool boat, Liked
That sounds insane
Say goodbye to water pump it's history!!!!
Any chance you guys still have that ski pylon? I just picked up an 89 Starflite and it went missing sometime in its life.
IT IS 50 to 1 fuel to oil ratio... They say to put a large bar of Lava hand soap in the bilge to keep it clean...
That thing sounds pissed! Nice!
Never put a plug in front of the plug hole to test for spark. Good way to start a fire. That fuel filter is also a no no. That type absorbs oil causing it to seize the engine. Also never use starter fluid to start a 2 stroke. I picked up a few other things you are doing wrong but you’ll learn. Good boat for free.
love Josh , awesome
The rubber water impellor without water going through it will only last 30 seconds before it wrecks it self from friction BEWARE.
Well that's a pretty shiny boat. Even got the towing pole.
The shine should come back on that boat nicely. It was clearly cared for. And yeah 70 should be easily doable on that hull, it's basically like a bass boat. That motor is NOT worth 4k. 2k if your lucky unless you really have provenance that it's been modified and has 10 hours since rebuild
Looking skinny there JR?
You good?
The Evinrude sounds badass! Go visit Wizard on the lake!
Um just saying I think it is against fcc regs to transmit on cb from a boat so that might be something to consider.
Don't forget the bilge plug...
They know it’s a 2 strike right? Not a lot of smoke from exhaust
Let’s see it on the water! 👍👍🤘🏻🤘🏻
Oh man, if you only did this at the beginning of summer!
Pretty common with a tilt switch for the ignition might be the reason u had issues before letting it down.
We're talking boats, boats, boats. When the ship hit the fan.
Pop"s has good taste in boats. I like it
Where I live that engine is worth 5 grand alone.
OMG, add that automixer back on to that engine.
Certified ripper!
Glad you didn't have to Rebuild/Clean the Carburetors!
Free boat with a streak on the side
Is that a Yamaha V-6 motor on that boat? Not a boat guy but it looks like a Yamaha based on my limited intel.
I really thought for a second it was naked person running by in the background 🤣😅
a free boat is one of the most expensive things you can buy.
You get what you pay for, free stuff included
Damn that motor is MUSIC!
When the boat breaks down on John... #WatchJrRowRowRowyourboat .... 😜
Lmao I subbed to your channel from the last boat build
*Is Amber ever making a comeback or have yall called it quits finally? just curious if you're doing the lonely guy thing or if she's just too busy to be there with you*
That’s a nice boat for free
I have the "on a boat" T-Shirt. I might have sang the song from the bow while cruising into "Party Cove".. Maybe... :)
That's a pimpin ass boat 🚢
At one min. in on your vid... did I see a streakier ?
Is this still for sale?
Boats & Bros
Boat Wizard need's another Boat !
Big outboard engine prices are insane. Been trying to find my father a replacement engine for his pontoon boat for over a year but with a $1000 budget it just aint happening
Am I the only one who saw the streaker in the background at 1:02 ? Haha
Planning on racing Cleetus? Lol
Looks like Checkers the fast food place. Or Rally's if you outside Florida