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Glad it is all seeming to work so far. As this is a boat and designed to be around water the electronics should be sealed. How well the electronics are sealed, time will tell. The motor and trans will probably be fine until old age. If you get out of this with only a sub and pulley needing replacement, you are lucky. It sounds like your insurance company paid you well for the stress factor of watching your boat get continually beat by the waves. The many hours of work you put in were good therapy. Good luck in the future.
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That is great news! I remember one boat in particular we used to work on that the owners would leave at the dock for weeks at a time, uncovered, and it would sink every few years. That motor had been under water at least half a dozen times, and every time, we'd drain the oil, run it with an oil/kerosene mix, then drain, put oil in, run, repeat. It was often just a day or two out of service before it was back in the hands of the owner. Mind you, this boat didn't have any electronics, and was an old aluminum sterndrive. However, an engine being underwater is far from the end of it. We probably did this 4-5 times every summer on average, all kinds of motors.
The only one I remember being junk was a small outboard someone dropped off a dock, then pulled it out and left it for several days before bringing it in. Had it come in right away, it might have been fine.
Best of luck with the electronics - I hope you're not chasing gremlins in the coming years... but if so, it seems like you've got the budget to replace faulty systems. This looks very positive to me.
On the upholstery, I recall using something like 900 staples to re-upholster a single jump seat a few years back. It's amazing what it takes to do it really well. And you should get a pneumatic staple gun if you don't have one already.Comment
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You know that old saying : "Every boater will leave the plug out. Once." Well, he's now on number four...Originally posted by jtryon View PostComment
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Changed the tranny fluid last night and it appears to be clean with no water although a little more than two quarts came out. Not sure if prior owner overfilled or what. Trans should be fine though. Another relief.
The first cushion I took apart was the front seat cushion in the bow. It is small and I thought an easy place to start. Literally 500+ staples. Carpel tunnel after that one.Comment
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Agreed, the transmission sounds fine. Even better, it looks like it didn't even get any water in it at all. Very nice.Originally posted by laddski View Post
Just out of curiosity, do you really have to pull all those cushions apart? They're designed to drain themselves. Maybe take one, soak it really good in clean water and see if it'll drain itself out? That could save you a TON of time and effort.
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Unfortunately they don't drain. I just tore the last two apart on Saturday and they still had water in them. Due to the plastic coating over all of the foam, the water can't drain like you would think it should. Some of the foam is also very dense and even when totally uncovered it doesn't drain or dry. The back seat bottom cushion I actually had to put a towel under it and one over it and drive over it in my Tundra to get the water out. That was after it sat in the open air for two weeks. Crazy.Comment
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Ahhh... gotcha. Well it sounds like you have a good winter project then. Like someone else here suggested, get a power stapler. And make SURE you use stainless-steel staples.
You should post photos of this project as you go. PN absolutely LOVES photo runs of projects.
-Charles
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