I Bought a 1960's Mini Jet Boat
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- I buy a 1960's vintage Hydro Mite mini jet boat. #Boat, #Vintage,
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I don’t think you sleep much because you are searching for stuff 24/7!
Definitely one of the most consistent youtubers on the tube
Litterally. I aspire to this level of wheel and dealing
the deals come to him they know hill pay there asking prices
I wish I had all my the money you have to buy all the junk you buy 😢
@@benny8300 one man’s junk is another man’s treasure! I think it’s very cool, and I bet the views will pay for it! That’s his business!!
Actually that's not a electric starter that's where the pull rope goes to start it but it does act like an electric one.
Joe, That is not an electric starter. you wind the rope around the barrel in the grooves below the pinion that engages the flywheel. When you pull the pinion pops up like you showed. This way the kids could start is and the rope would retract and be rewound onto the barrel. Otherwise not very handy if you have to open the hood and manually wind the rope every time.
Not a jet boat, jets don't have exposed props but still super cool. Perhaps it can be made into one or just hot rodded in general. Have a great day all!
@@88s10Durango no
Someone with enough fiberglass experience could graft the jet pump section from a jet-ski into the hull. Fit the motor up front with a driceshaft to the jet pump.
I took one of these out at the Dells back in 1986; a bunch of us went around this huge pool - it rocked! But they definitely called them jet boats - my guess was that this was because it was a good way to advertise these crazy things; let me tell you they were scary fast! They handled really well too; super tight turns, agile, and mine was literally underwater for a few seconds from when my partner passed me and swamped me with her large wake - and it still ran perfectly.
That’s a cork float my man, that’s what they used on old engines
On older 2 stroke outboards typically compression readings over 80psi the motor should run fine
I'm glad you told him he would be saying it won't run on that😂
OMC power head (johnson - evinrude) and bottom end . easy to get parts for
love the vids
Love it that your finding all the obscure, neat machines that were made in the good old days,keep up the good work joe.
*You’re
*Probably the first tine anyone in history every worked on this model with cordless tools.*
That brass pointed jet should be turned 1 and a half turns out to get enough petrol in to start then adjust it for best running.
He said “the exhaust is right here in the front.” 😂😂😂 you can’t be serious Lmao. That’s CLEARLY the air intake.
He's talking way over his head most of the time
This is great project! Awesome find! Always a good day when Joe post!
That's an old Elgin, or Johnson, needs 16-1 oil mix, the top long brass jet is main, adjust in or out, normal is 1 to 1 1/2
What a neat find.
I love these videos. Especially since I have no idea what you're going to be working on next.
Joe, the white hose is fresh air intake for carb. You really should test condensers and coils. The cracking around the one coil suggests it’s on its way out. Intermittent spark can be isolated by keeping spark tester in inline while troubleshooting. A weak coil or condenser can be frustrating to isolate otherwise.
The coils may be leaking hi energy arcs on the underside of the fly wheel.
This... weak spark, you could hear the engine not sounding strong... new coils & spark- plugs.
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Finally dad bought Vinny his own boat. That is such a cool find. Hope the pull cord works, the cord looks short. That will be a fun ride.
Love these things! I have 3 mini boats myself. (2) wooster hellions, and an aqua lark. All outboard powered (for now) got a jet ski donor recently for a swap on one I'll be starting soon. Anything in the 6'-10' range is a ton of fun!
What a fun little project. Amazing variety, always a learning moment, having long since stopped tinkering, still find it entertaining. Keep up the hard work, subscriptions are up, and views are up, even with the lack of 🐕 VinnyTime
This one looks super-unique, hopefully it goes as fast as it looks - maybe needs a modern wave-runner engine swap.
I was definitely thinking an engine swap is needed
Alright check this thing out. Such a rad way to start videos. Ur a legend man. Keep it up brother.
That is way cool joe can’t wait to see it run on the water I hope you fit in it lol very unusual never seen one like this before look forward to the maiden voyage 😉😀 all the best have a great week 👌👍🔧🔧🔧❤️
Never seen one of those, very neat find joe keep up the great work. Vinny would make a good captain
Hello Joe I just wanted to tell you, your videos are great. There are a few things I would like to point out like most floats are not hollow and you can't shake and hear gas inside. The OMC motor here has a cork float ( like old wine bottle stoppers). Revisit that Yamaha you burried, aside from possibly flywheel key it could be a fouled spark plug. Lastly running an engine with a loose flywheel nut is deadly.
When is the first plane or helicopter coming? 😂
i would love to see that tiny helo from James bond movie what name i cannot just now remember 😆
Don't tempt him lol
Wouldn’t be surprised if he rolled out a full on tank one of these days
Little Nellie 😊
Love the "Tink" sound as you cracked the Carb Jet!
Joe., This brought back so many memories of my Hydromight, It was my first boat. I was around 10 years old when I bought it from my cousin, the engine was long gone. I worked for quite a while learning to fiberglass and installing a transom for a 3.5 Sears outboard motor that I mowed lawns all summer to get. I hooked up the steering cables. Painted it white and yellow with Sears 2 part Epoxy. If anything it was probably one of my best learning projects at that age. That whole engine setup is quite different for sure.
Hey Joe, been watching your channel for a while now...very impressed!!! I have that same motor and the mechanism you called electric start is actually the recoil starter. Just run the cord around the spiral and it will recoil just like any other outboard motor.
That’s cool I hope he reads your comment.
I told him the same thing. I have a Johnson twin outboard just like that motor
I’m sure you will figure it out thats not exhaust coming out the front probably air intake
How amazing that after 44 minutes of compression problems the spark plugs solved that problem👌🏼must be compression enhancement plugs..
Joe , you always find those crazy machines that are as rare as a bigfoot sighting , lol!! This one was a bit tuff , but i knew you'd get it !!
You should pick up one of those cheap, or expensive, borescopes from Harbor freight that you can stick into the spark plug hole and look around first. Doesn't always necessarily save you a teardown, but you can get them so cheap nowadays everybody should have one. Excellent for checking your piston wash as well.
The white hose is to put fresh air into engine bay to extract fuel fumes in case of a leak. Invest in a points file; they are cheap!
That is a neat little 2cyl 2 stroke. Remember that since it is water cooled, it could have a crankcase leak (vacuum leak) between the cooling jacket and the crankcase. Fixing the goonie googo choke and throttle linkage should help everything work better.
when I was a little kid back in the 50's and into the 60's, my Dad had a Johnson outboard motor, with a rope pull just exactly like that. I don't remember what HP it is, maybe a 5 or 7 or so, very small though. He'd take my brother and me down to Lucy's Branch, a local fishing lake, rent a John Boat for the day, stick that motor on the back, and we'd stay out all day long. VERY fond memories. BTW, I still have that motor, although it's locked up right now. This one may inspire me to go get that thing down and see if I can get it running again. Thanks for this one.
Do it dude ! At least tear it down to find out why it locked up, I'd watch any clip you made of that.
@@scudger99 That would be a fun video, wouldn't it?? My recording and editing skills leave LOTS to be desired though.
@@JohnnieBravo1 As long as you keep an intact master copy kept safely somewhere you can butcher it at your heart's content.
I've yet to try it with video myself, but audio was a fun learning curve.
I was going to say crankshaft oil seals as there was play when you lifted the flywheel up and down, great it was something simple like the plugs, cant wait to see it on the water.
Another great find , wish I could find obscure and weird things like that to mess with here in the UK 🇬🇧
Joe that is cool. That forward scoop looks like a vent. There is one aft too. Air circulates through the compartment and out the back one while your moving. Removes heat and gas fumes. They should have a blower forcing air in so you can vent before you spark ignition. Just a thought. 😜👍👍
U need to open a museum joe these funds are epic and awesome 😎 keep doing what u do - I’m loving the vids
This things sweet! nice catch Joe!
What a deal. That thing is adorable. Can't wait to see it running in the water!
Imagine something like this as a single seated small car/velomobile with an aerodynamic enclosure that could do 55mph on the hwy but also be drove directly into water and used as a small boat
Dude !!! You always find the coolest stuff !! For only having a 7 hp motor it should be a little ripper !!👍
second one of these ive ever seen. i tried to buy a yellow one in the late 80's as a kid out of a tow yard. cool you have the lower unit. excited to see how it turns out!!!!
Worlds first jet ski can't wait to see this test drive!!!
Love watching your videos man, and I live right down the road not far from the address by the engine lol
that starter is meant to act like a lawnmower recoil. the rope winds around the lower coil like part.
Those old outboard engines can be an absolute pain in the butt but can be a real joy to work on at the same time. I’d replace the coils, condensers, and maybe even points. Also putting a 15hp power head in there is a great idea
Thats so cool. I had this exact boat when i was a kid, i paid 50 bucks for it and couldn't get it to run (being a kid and all, maybe 12 or 13) then sold it for 100 bucks a few months later. Also i lived in west Michigan. Makes me wonder if it might be the same one. Would have been at least 25 years ago
On those old Johnson and Evinrudes the coils are common replacement parts.. every one I had would need a coil or two,
You continue to amaze me. I would have been throwing tools across the shop by then.
Awesome find. This engine looks really similar to the engine in my old 62 Sea King 5HP outboard. I believe its an OMC engine. That float is cork, no way for it to fill up. They do eventually start to disintegrate, but yours looks fine. Also as you know the carbs on these engines don't have jets like most of the stuff you work on does. You need to adjust the high and low speed needles to allow more or less fuel during idle and WOT. They can take a little bit of messing with to get dialed in properly. I typically start at 1 1/2 turns out which will usually get it running and go from there.
That thing us too cool!! Dryer hose is a vent inlet for venting fumes out from inside body. Should be an outlet as well. Nice find, you 2 need to have some kiddos so they can ride some of this cool stuff. They'd have the coolest stories when they got older. 👍
I'd check the waterpump impeller if you didn't already. Seems there should be a little more resistance when you were turning the prop.. I've replaced a few I'm my day and even the worn ones were noticeable when turning.
I am still waiting for you to bring home either an ultra lite plane.....or Gyrocopter.....Great video Joe..!!
This is awsome great video by the way keep up the amazing job u do
Majorly cool! I never saw such a thing!
Wow, Great Find in good condition - mostly there. Would have been a kid's dream, as an adult, it would be more like a submarine.
We used to have one when I was a kid. My dad bought it at a boat show. It does have a round gas tank for the back We didn't wait very much for ours went pretty fast. Good luck thanks for the memory
That is a late 60s' to early 70's Johnson 6 H.P. engine ,they are great engines that run for ever. Great You Tube channel you have,
That's exactly what I thought but 1979 6hp
What you have there is a Johnson/Evinrude probably 9.9 or 15 horse outboard they were very popular for many different applications. The starter that you’re looking at is a recoil starter and always was a recoil starter. If you do a search for Johnson 9.9 parts you should be able to get anything you need.
I think you will find it is around a 1979 Evinrude motor
Priceless, don't want to run it to long it's water-cooled but let's start it one more time. 😂 I love it. Ur one of us ole guys too. One more time won't hurt. Will it.
Keep on keeping on. Stay safe one more time.
My fav channell!!!!! Vinnie!!!!!!!!❤
What you think is a starter is where the rope is supposed to go. I have an old 2cylinder Johnson boat motor and that's how the pull cord works on it.
That's a sweet little fun toy awesome find
I went in one of those in the Wisconsin Dells way back in 1986! There was a huge circular pool, and around 10 of us that went out at a time. It was AWESOME! The things was crazy fast!!!
Another rare find. Awesome job .
I've worked on tons of 2 strokes and I would suggest replacing the crankcase seals as that would affect the compression as well.
great toy man! looking forward to see it in the water!
Just to rule everything out, there's a small aluminum disk with a dent in it on the outside of the carburetor that is a cover for a mixture screw (I believe). You can drill a small hole and remove it with a sheet metal screw. You may want to pull it and clean it out. They can get pretty nasty. You shouldn't have to replace the aluminum plug. It's a tamper plug to prevent people from messing with mixture. I believe it's probably out of warranty by now.
@1BIGRichard_Bulge Not much.
Pretty neat man. Little thing sounds pretty good!
Looks like fun can’t wait to see it splash around
Its not a electric starter. It is a pull start. The cord wraps in the grooves.
Correct. It should be spring loaded and coil the rope around the barrel in the grooves. Old style :) .
I’m a way his drill turned it into an electric start lol.
I vote drill
Is that a rotary motor. That's cool if it is. This is a very interesting video I like the little boat it's cool 😎. Love all your work to keep it up
Air intake not exhaust
Dude you find the coolest stuff!!!
Dude. That thing is badass. Nice find.
That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen
I love it when you do unique vehicles
Great find joe.
Looks just like my 68 Johnson 6hp. Really Cool, never seen one.
This is 😂fun all the junk you bring home and get them running. 🏃 😊
That starter thing is where the pull start rope goes and manually coils back up
That was a great find! I would put a 200hp 2 stroke jet ski engine in it! Super cool
Great video as always
LMFAO. Wish I could talk to you while you were working on it.
nice video! what do you do about gas fumes in the garage? Mine always smells of gas (from small spills etc) gives me a headache after a while.
Unreal find bro Awesome machine…
When you rebuilt the carb, how many turns did you turn for that giant jet? Something I just thought of though is if you have a worker maintaining them and he has to teach the new guy to adjust it, it would be very obvious of which one to adjust. It's size also lends itself to being easy to access.
Cool find!
Hi. I watch your channel all the time. Haven't missed an episode. I recently bought a 1996 trx 400 Honda ATV. Got all back together and running. But am having trouble with it running. It will idle great, but I ride it, it pops in the carburetor. It doesn't throttle out without popping. Any suggestions? I've cleaned the carburetor twice.
My unkle had one that sat in my grandmothers back yard forever. I thought it was awesome because its like a gokart of boats.
That's a sweet lil ride
Outboard motors also have an ignition timing that goes right in sync with the throttle
Check if the coil plate under the flywheel can move. Most old outboards have a moveable “timing plate” that’s tied to the throttle so it advances as you give it throttle. If that’s the case, there’s a start position, run position, fast position, etc. It may be locked static on that motor to keep it from revving up high.
It ran and ran fine though
Exactly.
@icantd sorry dude on those motors the throttle and the ignition timing go hand-in-hand togetherriftjk9064
Good man pull the motor fix it up nice - looking forward to seeing this this run on the water . Wow it runs ! Still sounds like it’s down in power hopefully not .
Please put one of those super sick Bass Boat paint jobs on this one. that would look freaking sick AF
Love to see the Michigan tags 😁
Came from Michigan brother love the dritbike too I’m been looking at 250 dritbike please keep your eye open for one thinks brother
I can't wait to see how it goes on the water.
The flex tubing up front is air intake, the one on back is exhaust.
3 things, that is basically an old omc outboard and should have a lower unit with a propeller below the head. It looked like it was sitting flat on the trailer so maybe it is missing? The white hose is the air intake, the exhaust exits out the lower unit like a normal outboard.
right above the prop is a crack in that lower unit, dont know if ya seen it or not but thats the first thing my eye caught lol
It's hard to believe how old that motor is, some of it looks better than some 1 year old engines. Really cool retro craft.👍
I have a 1975 outboard motor just like it to me it's not that old.
that starter looks like the pull rope hooks to it as a recoil starter ive never seen a electric starter wher the body of the starter rotates but i could be wrong hope it runs its cool lil boat