Hello, I'm new to this forum.
First a little history. I bought a 1975 MFG Gypsy 17"4" 140 io in 1985 (NEW outdrive installed then). Since then I've had the upholstery redone, I put new floor in it & added storage between the seats in front of the gas tank, new carpeting in it, redid the trailer & many other things that I will add in the future, maybe with some pictures of the boat. It has been stored (inside heated) since 1996. This year I decided to get it running to sell it or play with it. Of course I had to pull the gas tank to clean it & other things.
I live in Michigan.
I took it out a few weeks ago to a small inland lake & it ran flawlessly other than I had to bump up the idle. It runs about 35 MPH with a 21 degree stainless.
On 07-03-2010 I took it out to Lake St Clair. It ran great other than
getting me a little beat up on some of the bigger waves (Trihull) mostly it wasn't bad (5-10 mph winds).
I have a few questions:
The lower molding in the walkthru where it was stapled on is coming off.Is there replacement molding for it that I don't have to split the boat apart (no clearance).I tried glue. Also since I've owned it getting up the transom ladder is very had since it's on a backward angle on it. The ladders I've seen for sale don't look like they will fit (backward angle of transom & angle/radius of deck.)
Any answers or comments welcome.
First a little history. I bought a 1975 MFG Gypsy 17"4" 140 io in 1985 (NEW outdrive installed then). Since then I've had the upholstery redone, I put new floor in it & added storage between the seats in front of the gas tank, new carpeting in it, redid the trailer & many other things that I will add in the future, maybe with some pictures of the boat. It has been stored (inside heated) since 1996. This year I decided to get it running to sell it or play with it. Of course I had to pull the gas tank to clean it & other things.
I live in Michigan.
I took it out a few weeks ago to a small inland lake & it ran flawlessly other than I had to bump up the idle. It runs about 35 MPH with a 21 degree stainless.
On 07-03-2010 I took it out to Lake St Clair. It ran great other than
getting me a little beat up on some of the bigger waves (Trihull) mostly it wasn't bad (5-10 mph winds).
I have a few questions:
The lower molding in the walkthru where it was stapled on is coming off.Is there replacement molding for it that I don't have to split the boat apart (no clearance).I tried glue. Also since I've owned it getting up the transom ladder is very had since it's on a backward angle on it. The ladders I've seen for sale don't look like they will fit (backward angle of transom & angle/radius of deck.)
Any answers or comments welcome.
