This is just an FYI for you guys who do your own maintenance. Do not swap your impeller in the fall, lube with an abundance of dish detergent and then let sit for an extended period(say the whole winter). Dish detergent gets hard after a period of time and it never occured to me. Stupid mistake...
I have the side vinyl panels off the boat as a few of these plastic fasteners have aged and come loose. They are about 2" long and maybe 1/2" in diameter. They have little fingers around the whole circumference. They push in to the wood panel and in to the glass of the boat holding the panel in...
Ok folks,I bought a very nice condition 1999 186 SEI Travis Edition with 150 hours on it. We have put about 10 hours on it so far with no major issues.
This boat came with an Attwood v450 bilge pump. Its not working. I can turn on the bilge switch and get no noise from the pump.
I also checked...
Going to look at one today. Is there anything bad this year and or model boats me be known for?
I know to look for the obvious like weak floors, transom issues/stress cracks, engine issues.
The owner has only owned the boat since april of this year so that concerns me a little.
His reason...
