scottn83
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Aug 26, 2011
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- 187
Hello all
This my first attempt at a boat restore. I am a pretty handy type guys so i think i can handle it.
I paid $500 for this boat and broke a cardinal rule of buying a boat by buying it without putting it in the water. I did start the motor and run it for about 15 seconds to insure that it wasn't locked up but the boat had been stored for 3 yrs in a barn was taken out to the lake the Exhaust bellow, exhaust elbow bellow, shift cable bellow and the u joint bellow were all dry rotted so there was no way to water test. I figured for $500 I didn't have really much to loose.
The good the floor is nice and solid the carpet was replaced just before the barn stored it, The hull is in good shape has a couple of small places in the jell coat. The bad the interior was all sun damaged and falling apart .
I have removed the exhaust bellow and the exhaust bellow elbow and ordered the 4 parts i need to get it on the water.
This my first attempt at a boat restore. I am a pretty handy type guys so i think i can handle it.
I paid $500 for this boat and broke a cardinal rule of buying a boat by buying it without putting it in the water. I did start the motor and run it for about 15 seconds to insure that it wasn't locked up but the boat had been stored for 3 yrs in a barn was taken out to the lake the Exhaust bellow, exhaust elbow bellow, shift cable bellow and the u joint bellow were all dry rotted so there was no way to water test. I figured for $500 I didn't have really much to loose.
The good the floor is nice and solid the carpet was replaced just before the barn stored it, The hull is in good shape has a couple of small places in the jell coat. The bad the interior was all sun damaged and falling apart .
I have removed the exhaust bellow and the exhaust bellow elbow and ordered the 4 parts i need to get it on the water.