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Re: a project found its way back home
today i made a little progress. finished cutting out the stringers that were rotten. and drilled some test holes in the transom. i drilled 4 holes 3 were ok, one the wood is wet and black:mad: here are some pictures
this is the tent i built to contain the...
Re: how long should it take?
got the engine out in about 30 mins only had one bolt that was difficult the drivers side rear engine mount bolt took a little persasion to come out. here is a few pics of the contraption we used to get the engine out
Re: a project found its way back home
the boat is an 87 truck is an 80
the engine came out today super easy i was shocked. got the boat back home and got the floor up around the engine
this is the area i want to turn in to a live well. the live well would come up to about where the saw is...
this weekend myself and a friend are going to be pulling the engine out of my boat so i can start on the floor. its a 87 renken with 4.3 mercruiser. the outdrive says alpha. we are both decent mechanics and will have air tools but have not done a lot of work on boats. any other good pointers...
Re: a project found its way back home
here is a picture of the boat i could not get them all to upload in one post and here is the future tow vehicle (my other project)
Re: a project found its way back home
here are a few pictures of the boat as of now i removed most of the floor i need to get the engine out this weekend
this is the space i was thinking of making fish wells this is beside the engine i have not removed this floor yet i wanted to wait until...
about a year and half ago I was in a bad way with money and decided to sell my 87 renken 2050 limited. i sold it to a buddy of mine who we agreed would pay me over time. since then he lost his job a few of them been in the hospital ect ect and managed to give me about 50 bucks towards the boat...
i have an 87 rebkin with a 4.3 l merccruiser. the power steering ram blows fluid out while removing it found a cracked hose so now im looking at about 500 dollors to repair the power steering. My question is can i just scrap the whole powersteering set up? if so i what will i need as far as...
