Oh, man it's a good thing I love a meaty project. I mean if it werent for the fact that so many parts were included in the deal I might be pissed. I mean, The guy I bought the boat from never got around to doing any work on it. He only had it maybe 8 months. But the PO really wore this thing out. It's a good thing the spare lower end is rebuilt because the lower end on the boat is beat. I took a close look at it while trying to figure out water supply during repairs. The tail of the lower end was broken and welded back together and painted over. But the weld wasn't very good. And there is another broken off chunk on the port side. And I still need to swap the lifters. So guess after I finish rewiring the power to the lights tomorrow that's next on my agenda, just drop THAT bottom end off and hook a water line straight up to the inlet hose in the drive unit. Oh and when I DID have power to the lights (read: rats nest) I found the front light worked but they just wired in a car light socket, which was lopsided and started to melt the inside of my red lense. So ANOTHER thing to replace. I was going to Atwoods Monday to get a new tail light, now I will need a new bow light also. But question? They didn't have ASTROTURF carpeting on these things? Did they? There was still a piece under the light and a bit is evident under the bow cap tip. I'm glad I decided to run wood down the center of the bow cap from the windshield door up. So many screw holes.
