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  1. merkinstine

    I need help with a 58 super thunderbolt iekhaefer!

    I'm going to go and get some pb blaster and wd 40 tomorrow soon as walmart opens. Have you ever seen one of those evenrude out boards I posted pics of? It runs, I just got a new pressurized tank for it day before yesterday. I put a little fuel and oil in it to see if it would crank in my...
  2. merkinstine

    I need help with a 58 super thunderbolt iekhaefer!

    I hooked up a battery and it turned over, I also pulled the cord a few times to see if it would turn. It spins really easy for a four cylinder.
  3. merkinstine

    I need help with a 58 super thunderbolt iekhaefer!

    Thanks alot for the links, I have what I was told the first allison speed boat, my brother's father inlaw said he worked with the guy who founded allison or something of the sorts. Either way he sold me it and I never found anything on it. It's a 16' and now I know what motor is supposed to...
  4. merkinstine

    I need help with a 58 super thunderbolt iekhaefer!

    It seems pretty stuck, I might have to go and get some wd 40
  5. merkinstine

    I need help with a 58 super thunderbolt iekhaefer!

    When I got the boat I was told by the wife of the man that ownd it that he had rebuilt it in the fall of 1997 then his health took a turn for the worst. It has sat in the barn since yesterday when I got it out. Would I still need to rebuild it after sitting in a barn for 26 years? I bought a...
  6. merkinstine

    I need help with a 58 super thunderbolt iekhaefer!

    These are the only markings I have found, how would I know what model it is? And thank you for answering, im trying to get this thing on the water this season. It might be ambitious but I hooked a battery up to it and it turns over. Now I just have to figure out where to get pure gas at and...
  7. merkinstine

    I need help with a 58 super thunderbolt iekhaefer!

    The one that looks like a fan?
  8. merkinstine

    I need help with a 58 super thunderbolt iekhaefer!

    So I came across an old fiberglass boat with the mark 58 super thunderbolt bolt on it, the starter works but I can't get the cowling off. Can anybody here help me with this old dinosaur? My first question would be how do I open up the motor? And does anyone know what type of boat this is...
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