tpmeredith
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I obtained this ~19-21' Bass Boat in July. My father owned it and passed away in July and through sad circumstances it is now mine. He was an avid fisherman but in the last year or two had not been using his boat and was fishing with friends more and let the boat deteriorate rather quickly. He did have the engine regularly maintenance which was a Mercury Maxhat 200hp engine and it runs rock solid minus not starting easily (We're going to change the plugs, clean the carb, etc and do an overhaul on it as well).
Overall, the transom has likely completely rotted away which gives the engine a scary amount of sway. I decided I would not trust this thing on the water with that sway until we rebuild it. The floor is rotted out near the drain and gets more solid towards the front. The hull seems to have decent integrity minus some small dime-sized nicks which need to be patched up.
Our plan is to split the top cap from the hull, refloor it and rebuild the entire rear transom. While it's apart I'm going to take the opportunity to redo almost all of the electrical because it is a mess as well. My plan is to run conduits to each section of the boat to allow for easier installation of future accessories. While its apart I'm also going to install a recess troll motor tray and install an LED color-changing rope inside the rubber rub-rail. (With controller in the dash). We also plan on installing a marine audio setup with 4 speakers and a basic receiver. We plan on replacing most if not all of the stringers as well. Fortunately for us he had stripped the carpet off all the panels as well as most of the glue and it is mostly exposed fiberglass on the panels. The only carpet remaining on the boat was the bottom floorboard.
Here are some pictures. I've spent the last few days watching youtube videos on other transom and floor jobs but was wondering if anyone has any advice or detailed guides on this as well? So far we've removed all the carpet and seats, and next we plan on pulling the engine and removing all of the cabinet panels. I'll take some pictures of the flooring area as well and upload them when I get back home today.
I'm planning on this project taking ~4 weeks (I have 2-3 friends helping me with it) and costing me ~$1000 in materials. Is this a pretty accurate guess? I realize the accessories I want to install will bump that up more, but I'm budgeting more for the core essentials repair. Also, while it is all apart would it be a good idea to remove the oil-mixer and do only premixing? I've read online that is one of the biggest problems with these engines is the possibility of the mixer dying and not knowing about it until it's too late.
Overall, the transom has likely completely rotted away which gives the engine a scary amount of sway. I decided I would not trust this thing on the water with that sway until we rebuild it. The floor is rotted out near the drain and gets more solid towards the front. The hull seems to have decent integrity minus some small dime-sized nicks which need to be patched up.
Our plan is to split the top cap from the hull, refloor it and rebuild the entire rear transom. While it's apart I'm going to take the opportunity to redo almost all of the electrical because it is a mess as well. My plan is to run conduits to each section of the boat to allow for easier installation of future accessories. While its apart I'm also going to install a recess troll motor tray and install an LED color-changing rope inside the rubber rub-rail. (With controller in the dash). We also plan on installing a marine audio setup with 4 speakers and a basic receiver. We plan on replacing most if not all of the stringers as well. Fortunately for us he had stripped the carpet off all the panels as well as most of the glue and it is mostly exposed fiberglass on the panels. The only carpet remaining on the boat was the bottom floorboard.
Here are some pictures. I've spent the last few days watching youtube videos on other transom and floor jobs but was wondering if anyone has any advice or detailed guides on this as well? So far we've removed all the carpet and seats, and next we plan on pulling the engine and removing all of the cabinet panels. I'll take some pictures of the flooring area as well and upload them when I get back home today.
I'm planning on this project taking ~4 weeks (I have 2-3 friends helping me with it) and costing me ~$1000 in materials. Is this a pretty accurate guess? I realize the accessories I want to install will bump that up more, but I'm budgeting more for the core essentials repair. Also, while it is all apart would it be a good idea to remove the oil-mixer and do only premixing? I've read online that is one of the biggest problems with these engines is the possibility of the mixer dying and not knowing about it until it's too late.
