myhrdly
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- May 15, 2011
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Thanks to someone on the "General Boat" forum, I found this Bayliner specific forum. So I thought I'd cheat and paste my intro into here too!!
Hey everyone. My name is Kim and I just bought a 1996 40th Anniversary Bayliner 1750LS. It is so new to me, I haven't even been to DMV to register it yet. LOL We bought it from a tow yard that my hubby works at. I figure I will try to go to DMV later in the week. If all goes well with paperwork, it will be in our name soon. I always hate dealing with lein sale paperwork because you never know what can go wrong. Crossing my fingers all will go well.
It cleared lein about 2 weeks ago, but the boss just told us last week. Last weekend we uncovered the boat and had a look. We figured out that the motor (Mercruiser Alpha One 3.0L, was locked up. We poured some tranny fluid or oil, not sure which it was now, I really didn't look(hubby did it), let it sit for a few hours and then hubby tried to turn the motor over by hand. He finally managed to get it to rotate two complete turns. We then tried with the key. No go. Starter is no good. So that is where we are at. We pulled the starter and he will drop it off at a starter guy he knows. So hopefully once we get it back, we can see if there was any damage done to the motor.
We figure it was locked up do to sitting and not being winterized properly. At least we are hoping. Once we know the motor will start I'm planning on going to the boat store and getting all the stuff for a tune up, including impeller and all oils.
I plan on bringing it home Friday, if weather permits, and giving it a bath. It is pretty dirty.
Here are a few pics.
We are kind of new to boating. Meaning we have had a pontoon boat, and a 17' flat bottom metal boat. I also grew up around boats when I was a kid. We just haven't been boating in a few years. I plan on taking some boating courses to refresh my memory and get updated!!
Kim
Just to cover some topics brought up in the other forum. Yah, we don't know if the motor froze and broke the block. I doubt it did, but we will find out once we get it started. The motor looks to be in real good shape, as well as the rest of the boat.
We paid $1000. for the boat.
To lein sale a boat, one has to have it appraised. I'm not sure the actual appraisal price, but I do know that the appraiser said it was a real nice boat! So that has to be a plus! LOL
Ok, I'm off to read some of the forum!!!
Hey everyone. My name is Kim and I just bought a 1996 40th Anniversary Bayliner 1750LS. It is so new to me, I haven't even been to DMV to register it yet. LOL We bought it from a tow yard that my hubby works at. I figure I will try to go to DMV later in the week. If all goes well with paperwork, it will be in our name soon. I always hate dealing with lein sale paperwork because you never know what can go wrong. Crossing my fingers all will go well.
It cleared lein about 2 weeks ago, but the boss just told us last week. Last weekend we uncovered the boat and had a look. We figured out that the motor (Mercruiser Alpha One 3.0L, was locked up. We poured some tranny fluid or oil, not sure which it was now, I really didn't look(hubby did it), let it sit for a few hours and then hubby tried to turn the motor over by hand. He finally managed to get it to rotate two complete turns. We then tried with the key. No go. Starter is no good. So that is where we are at. We pulled the starter and he will drop it off at a starter guy he knows. So hopefully once we get it back, we can see if there was any damage done to the motor.
We figure it was locked up do to sitting and not being winterized properly. At least we are hoping. Once we know the motor will start I'm planning on going to the boat store and getting all the stuff for a tune up, including impeller and all oils.
I plan on bringing it home Friday, if weather permits, and giving it a bath. It is pretty dirty.
Here are a few pics.
We are kind of new to boating. Meaning we have had a pontoon boat, and a 17' flat bottom metal boat. I also grew up around boats when I was a kid. We just haven't been boating in a few years. I plan on taking some boating courses to refresh my memory and get updated!!
Kim
Just to cover some topics brought up in the other forum. Yah, we don't know if the motor froze and broke the block. I doubt it did, but we will find out once we get it started. The motor looks to be in real good shape, as well as the rest of the boat.
We paid $1000. for the boat.
To lein sale a boat, one has to have it appraised. I'm not sure the actual appraisal price, but I do know that the appraiser said it was a real nice boat! So that has to be a plus! LOL
Ok, I'm off to read some of the forum!!!
