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Since I'm now home pretty much 24 hours a day for the foreseeable future, I had a friend bring my boat over to my house (I live about 15 min from where I normally keep the boat at a family house on the lake). So now when I get little bits of free time here and there, I'll hopefully get all the little things done on the boat that I want to do!
What usually happens in the spring is I do the bare minimum to get the boat in on that one hot day the family wants to go. I keep up on PM in general, so this doesn't really scare me. But then I need to find time to DO all the PM after the boat is already in. I know this is not ideal.
Here’s my list right now, more or less in order of priority.
All that stuff is more or less standard PM that I will 100% do. The rest is the stuff I want to do, but will depend on time.
What else? I think I'm dreaming but maybe, just maybe, I'll get all that done. But I'll also find a million other little things "while I'm in there" that will probably keep me from getting to the last few, like the buff / wax in particular. Either way, it's exciting to see the boat in the driveway! My neighbors came by and were like "hey did you guys get a ski boat?" I realized it's never once been in my driveway in 3 years, but no, it's not new.
What usually happens in the spring is I do the bare minimum to get the boat in on that one hot day the family wants to go. I keep up on PM in general, so this doesn't really scare me. But then I need to find time to DO all the PM after the boat is already in. I know this is not ideal.
Here’s my list right now, more or less in order of priority.
- tap and replace one v-drive drain plug (this is the ONLY one that is strictly mandatory as the plug kind of broke off in the fall and I cannot run the boat without doing this)
- fuel filter
- cap & rotor
- spark plugs (no idea how old they are)
- change engine oil
- change transmission oil
- change v-drive transmission oil (oh the joy of 3 oil changes)
- replace impeller
- replace belts (no idea how old they are)
All that stuff is more or less standard PM that I will 100% do. The rest is the stuff I want to do, but will depend on time.
- build a better platform for the batteries, which are currently sitting on a piece of plywood on one of the ballast tanks but otherwise not fastened to anything
- find a way to mount the (new, larger) heater to the floor
- relocate the battery switch for better access and fasten it down
- replace some of the common drain plugs with quick-drains
- replace hoses coming from t-stat (they look a bit kinked)
- relocate water strainer for better access
- clean, clean, and clean some more
- replace head unit with newer one for better bluetooth tech (ability to adjust system volume by using physical volume buttons on the phone)
- buff & wax exterior
What else? I think I'm dreaming but maybe, just maybe, I'll get all that done. But I'll also find a million other little things "while I'm in there" that will probably keep me from getting to the last few, like the buff / wax in particular. Either way, it's exciting to see the boat in the driveway! My neighbors came by and were like "hey did you guys get a ski boat?" I realized it's never once been in my driveway in 3 years, but no, it's not new.