danrnsmyth
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https://us-east-1-02640025-view.men...dW0uY29tL2ltYWdlcy9lbW90aWNvbnMvYmFuZy5naWY~I bought an old boat in June and have been working on it and doing what my limited level of expertise allows. So far wet sanded three areas on the boat , buffed and polished and waxed the hull, and cleaned the carpet and then reglued the carpet after getting a little carried away with the pressure setting on the pressure washer and the age of the carpet glue. Had to reglue all the seals on the hatches for the dry storage areas. Replaced the termination board under the console and snipped off the old terminals and put new ones on. Replaced the warning horn, rewired the trailer and put LED lights on it. Had to replace the brake actuator and solenoid and the brake lines were rusty and bought a roll of brake lines and fittings. Got an education on 3/8ths SAE threads versus NPT or tapered NPT as some of those adaptors around the quick connect or disconnect converted brake lines SAE thread to NPT, previous owner had simply used a couple of rolls of teflon tape and forced some .405 1/8th npt into some 3/8ths or .375 brake connections. He is now in a nursing home and not doing well. Made up new brake lines after a three day learning curve on how to make a decent double flare with that little hand tool that seems to always want to walk down the vise holding the brake line when you try to tightened it to create the flares. Rebuilt the calipers with Orings and dust seals. Had not seen any Kelsey -Hayes Brake Calipers since the 70's but found out they were used on this trailer as well as cars like a 1992 Plymouth Acclaim...found some calipers on Rock Auto loaded on closeout for 14.80 after I have spent more than that on Orings and seals..insert head bang here..... Rebuild the jack and the winch on the trailer.
The boat had sat for years under a cover, so the bunks were gone and had to be replaced and for the running boards I got the metal posts from Ranger and put in trex using their 1/2 inch facia boards. Replaced the rollers on the trailers.
The EFI motor cranks easily and runs and idles ok and I have pulled the seats and replaced all gas lines (2 tanks) and the fuel feed hoses that are like wrestling a python, replaced the gear lube and fuel filter and probe. I am getting compression reading on 107 /108 so the motor probably has some wear but if things work out and the boat shapes up as I think it could I may look at a 175 pro xs down the road if necessary. ~
The boat had sat for years under a cover, so the bunks were gone and had to be replaced and for the running boards I got the metal posts from Ranger and put in trex using their 1/2 inch facia boards. Replaced the rollers on the trailers.
The EFI motor cranks easily and runs and idles ok and I have pulled the seats and replaced all gas lines (2 tanks) and the fuel feed hoses that are like wrestling a python, replaced the gear lube and fuel filter and probe. I am getting compression reading on 107 /108 so the motor probably has some wear but if things work out and the boat shapes up as I think it could I may look at a 175 pro xs down the road if necessary. ~