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Picking up the boat in Central Texas.
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This is what we bought...Day 1. The hull and stern drive is in good condition, the motor on the other hand is a problem.
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Looks good from here!!
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Picking up the boat in Central Texas.
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Picking up the boat in Central Texas.
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Day 1, as you can see the interior needs a lot of work. We had no idea how much. It turns out the wood in the bow and dash sections is mostly rotted and needed to be taken out.
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The engine looks good from this side, all the parts look like they are there.
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Picking up the boat in Central Texas.
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Picking up the boat in Central Texas.
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Not so on this side. The spark plugs are not there. The engine cylinders have been open to the elements for an unknown period of time. This is bad.
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Inspecting the damage after getting the boat home. We drained a little of the oil out of the stern drive. It was golden and clear, so we think it is okay.
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Inspection at home.
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Tearing down the engine.
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we took the head off of the engine to get an idea of how bad the engine was. This is what we found. We decided to have the engine rebuilt. We removed the engine and took it to a master engine re-builder. Total cost for a engine rebuild was 1030.00 dollars. The engine had a crack on the left side below the cylinder head. It was repaired and tested to 16 psi, way more pressure than this engine will ever see. We also had it bored out .030 over, this should add a few horse power.
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Most of the wood in the bow and dash was rotted, so we cut it out along with most of the fiberglass holding it in. We replaced it all with 1/2 plywood, fiberglassed it over to seal the wood completely.
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Cutting out all of the wood in the bow and dash area.
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Rotted wood
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You can see the extend of the rotted wood. The foam was in good condition.
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We cut the gas tank out. The tank had about 10 gallons of water and gasoline mixed. We washed it out and put it back in.
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Cut out gas tank
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New interior work
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You can see the new interior carpet and the rear boxes are built in. We are going to use less upholstery and more carpet. Not only is it cost effective, but is better for wear and tear.
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We are going to add the cushions later.
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New bow seats and carpet
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The new engine
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Putting on the accessories after getting the engine back.
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Look below the manifold gasket, you will see the repaired crack.
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Repaired engine crack
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New gauges for the boat
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In the coming weeks we will post photos of the new engine in the boat and that new gauges in place.
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We made the the bow and interior cushion for the boat out of plywood and all season fabric from WalMart..
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New interior
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New interior
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Before....
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After....almost finished.
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New interior
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New Gauges installed
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new gauges finally working, note the fuse box hanging down. The entire box had to be brushed with a wire brush and new fuses installed to work. Everything works now!
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rear of the boat
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Stern drive
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We took off the stern drive and replaced the gimbal bearing and the bellows tubes. The gimble bearing pretty much fell apart when we got it out. Went back together fairly easily and works well.
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