Boat

As of Monday this week, im on vacation for 2 weeks. been working on my boat everyday to get it back on the water this summer. it turned into a fairly large project. the interior was carpeted, and that mixed with ocean water, beer and fish blood was a really horrible mixture. so i pulled all the carpet up to find about a solid inch of glue that was holding it all down. tried a scraper first, that wasnt cutting it. then busted out the solvent, still no luck. finally brought out the belt sander with some 50 grit. about 15 belts later, got mostly all of it up. found a little dry rot in some of the wood, so sanded the fiber glass off of those areas, and cleaned them up some. gotta grab some plywood from home depot tomorrow. i got all my interior upholstery back in and installed. once i patch up the dry rot areas, ill put down my rubberized deck coating.

once all that is done, its time for oil change, gear oil change, plugs, wires, cap/rotor, rebuild carb, flush fuel lines, new fuel filter and fuel/water separator, new bilge pump, rewire a few electronics, and install new bait tank/pump.

new pics will come tomorrow, heres a couple before pics. right now im tired, and covered in fiber glass. its time for a beer or 8.










whatever retard used that much glue to install the carpet...... i hope all the bad things in life happen to him.

Wow what a task ODJ.

that does seem a little on the excessive side for glue.
Waiting to see what ya got now

Wow that is alot of work but it will be worth it when that first fish hits your new deck.

Nice boat!

MDK that guy, its gonna be top notch.

cool boat

thanks guys. just went out and got all the fluids, plugs, cap, carb cleaner, etc. cost me over $100. now i need to go get a skill saw, more deck paint and some plywood. sawzall isnt gonna cut it for making strait cuts.

progress is on hold for today, heading over to the hospital to visit my friend and his wife. their newborn baby isnt doing so well. she was born with a super rare condition, shes the 92nd reported case in the US.

got the deck done. found a bunch of dry rot. took care of that. now onto paint and engine.

Check out iboats.com There is a lot of good information and knowledgable folks on their forums.

just found out there is no drain plug on the bottom of the oil pan... gotta suck the old oil out of the dipstick tube. wtf, lame. serves me right for having a chevy motor in this thing i guess.

heres the oil pump i had to buy so i could change my oil. splurged a little and got a nice one. wasnt much more than a regular hand pump, and worked really well.

That's pretty standard on boats. My mercruiser has threads in the dipstick to hook up a pump.

FML, changed the lower unit's oil. then took apart the carb, need a carb rebuild kit for the seals and such. and now i found out my starter is seized up.

Boooo for setbacks... But so far great work man. Going to all be worth it!