Holy hell. Ya saltwater fishing is on my bucket list. Just afraid if I go, I'll never come back. Especially if I went down in Louisiana. Love me some Cajun food. But queeens ny??? You must be a hard MFer, I don't think you could pay me to go to new York. Are you too far north for peacock bass? I've seen shows where they are over 20lbs and fight like he'll. Wufes parents rv in the winter and go to Florida so may have to drop in on them sometime and hunt the peacock. One day... back to getting tge engine running, lol. Do I need the alternator to start it on a stand? Same for the distributor, well obviously i need the distributor but is tgere a way to wire it out? how can I wire them to where I don't have to put it back in? Do I need belts on? Just splice in and lengthen whatever over to the stand? I don't have a cherry picker on hand. Have to rent one so can't just put it in and pull it out whenever the fancy tickles me. Want to re-do some if the wiring while the engines out. But I am now obsessed with hearing it run so I'll do whatever I have to.