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Nah..... A 1988 boat is still a 1988 boat

Go to fiberglassics and check the library

You may have the only non-rotten 1988 Bayliner

Most of the welds are cracked. Lots of inspection required.

You will need to address the spider cracks. There are repairs for cracks in the sticky

If the glass is flat, see your local glass shop Or contact Taylor Made Good luck with your late 80s Bayliner Hopefully it was stored indoors

as long as the gel is not scratched or cracked a good sanding with 320 grit will be enough if scratched, fill the scratches if cracked, you may have some fiberglass work first.

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Mercury sells shop manuals every day

Whalers do not have much if any wood other than transom Gunwale reinforcement is either core or aluminum plates Not sure how your boat is made Motor work in the appropriate motor forum on Iboats

Pull drive Pull motor Clean bilge Replace transducer Install motor Align motor Install drive

Built like a whaler means foam sandwich hull (not worth repairing) Soft means something is rotten (near impossible to fix on a sandwich hull) if the VRO works, use it

Thru-hull transducer mounted under the motor

pull outdrive pull motor tear down old stuff off old long block Install stuff on new long block install motor align motor install drive go boating For your 1987 boat, you should have a 4.3 with flat tappet cams and either a 2-barrel or a 4-barrel you can get a 1996 or newer 4.3 with vortec...

both the wide helm seat and the cooler seats are equally comfortable. about as comfortable as sitting on the floor with nothing else but a thin blanket.

most likely if it was a pawn shop, the parts may have been stolen.

could be a bad starter. I would have it rebuilt vs replaced. however you can do either. its your boat BTW, no such thing as semi-rebuilt. you just did maintenance until you have the head off, new components such as pistons, etc and a machine shop is involved. nothing was rebuilt. just...

welcome aboard. have you gone to the companies website and looked for manuals? https://www.plastimo.com/en/support/downloads.html

there is no such thing as "standard" however if you are mixing vintages of motors and y-pipes, you have to be careful. post pictures of what you have. be specific about vintage of components.

welcome aboard most likely the motor does not have a thermostat if you are overheating, service the impeller