Hello,
I am currently looking at picking up a 1988 210 Classic. I am looking for peoples opinions on this boat. I am going to take a look at it in the next week or so. I know it has the Mercruiser V8, the original motor, that has about 600 hours on it. They have done some work a few years ago, the carb was rebuild in 2005, and the shift and throttle cables were replaced at the same time. It has new exhaust risers, a new water pump, and the outdrive works great. Also, the hull looks great on this boat. There are no cracks or signs of wear.
One or two of the issues they mentioned about the boat were that the motor runs a little rough, but it has been sitting for a few years and gets fired up over the summers a few times a year but it hasn't been in the water for 4 years or so. This could be fixed with a standard tuneup but the other issue is that it had began to run a little warm. Granted, the boat was running warm in his yard and sitting for a while but I was not sure if the tuneup and a quick once over of the motor might fix.
I was looking for peoples opinions on this model and also the motor. I've never had an inboard motor since the boats I grew up around were always outboards. Any info I can great would be great. I was having a tough time finding info online since most of the sites i found were ads to sell.
Thanks in advance.
I am currently looking at picking up a 1988 210 Classic. I am looking for peoples opinions on this boat. I am going to take a look at it in the next week or so. I know it has the Mercruiser V8, the original motor, that has about 600 hours on it. They have done some work a few years ago, the carb was rebuild in 2005, and the shift and throttle cables were replaced at the same time. It has new exhaust risers, a new water pump, and the outdrive works great. Also, the hull looks great on this boat. There are no cracks or signs of wear.
One or two of the issues they mentioned about the boat were that the motor runs a little rough, but it has been sitting for a few years and gets fired up over the summers a few times a year but it hasn't been in the water for 4 years or so. This could be fixed with a standard tuneup but the other issue is that it had began to run a little warm. Granted, the boat was running warm in his yard and sitting for a while but I was not sure if the tuneup and a quick once over of the motor might fix.
I was looking for peoples opinions on this model and also the motor. I've never had an inboard motor since the boats I grew up around were always outboards. Any info I can great would be great. I was having a tough time finding info online since most of the sites i found were ads to sell.
Thanks in advance.