Amatuer Hour
Cadet
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- May 28, 2015
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I'm sure the older members are tired of these posts, but I'm another new boat owner without a clue. (skip to the question in bold to avoid the long story)
I bought it a couple years ago with the intention to go boating, 1994 Bayliner capri the owners were elderly neighbors that said it had been winterized only a 'couple' of years ago I found a recipt in the glovebox for a winterization service but it was dated 2004 so probably 11 years of sitting with no protection in Idaho. (last registration 2000) The floor was rotted out and caving in, a knowledgable boat friend and I ripped out all the rotted wood and got a look at the stringers and transom, we did a little drill test and clean dry wood came out he said the structure was good to run. All of the electrical switches were hit and miss most things seemed to work except bilge pump, and horn. The outdrive moved up and down effortlessly except I had to use the ''trailer'' switch to move up the regular trim up switch didn't do anything. I turned the key and heard a click-click-click-click possibly a starter? Also not sure where I need to connect a garden hose to run the engine, it is a mercruiser 3.0L alpha one.
That was the last I touched the boat, a month after I brought it home I let someone borrow my truck (tow rig) and they ended up rolling the truck on it's top.
It was a lot of work but that truck is finally driveable again but my expert boat friend has moved away.
The truck turned into almost a full resto-mod
I bought it a couple years ago with the intention to go boating, 1994 Bayliner capri the owners were elderly neighbors that said it had been winterized only a 'couple' of years ago I found a recipt in the glovebox for a winterization service but it was dated 2004 so probably 11 years of sitting with no protection in Idaho. (last registration 2000) The floor was rotted out and caving in, a knowledgable boat friend and I ripped out all the rotted wood and got a look at the stringers and transom, we did a little drill test and clean dry wood came out he said the structure was good to run. All of the electrical switches were hit and miss most things seemed to work except bilge pump, and horn. The outdrive moved up and down effortlessly except I had to use the ''trailer'' switch to move up the regular trim up switch didn't do anything. I turned the key and heard a click-click-click-click possibly a starter? Also not sure where I need to connect a garden hose to run the engine, it is a mercruiser 3.0L alpha one.
That was the last I touched the boat, a month after I brought it home I let someone borrow my truck (tow rig) and they ended up rolling the truck on it's top.
It was a lot of work but that truck is finally driveable again but my expert boat friend has moved away.
The truck turned into almost a full resto-mod