1986 Ski Nautique 2001 resto project

[TRH299]

I haven't posted here for a long time since I finished my Larson restoration some years ago. We have been enjoying it a lot. https://forums.iboats.com/threads/1995-larson-214-lxi-floor-and-stringers.702533/page-14
Last week while staying at an Indiana lake with the kids/grandkids I made the mistake of driving past an old 1986 Ski Nautique 2001. When I was younger I always lusted after them.

Well I told my wife about it and she didn't protest... much. Next thing I knew we were driving back home to get cash and bring a second tow vehicle back to the lake. Next day the boat was mine. Two days later at end of of lake vacation, I towed the Larson home and my wife was given the task of pulling the Ski Nautique home with our SUV (first time she ever pulled a boat... she did great).

Boat was cheap as 80 yr old original owner said transmission needs replaced as it won't go into reverse. After getting it home and backing it into my pond I confirmed that reverse does not work. Boat has recent new carb, distributor, starter and coil. It starts and runs great. Thus far have just power washed bilge/engine/trans and will start removing transmission this week.
Not sure if I will do floor and stringers yet as I have not inspected them yet very carefully.

Feels great to have a boat project once again!

 

[MikeSchinlaub]

Feels great to have a boat project once again!

Says the man who forgets how itchy fiberglass is

 

[alldodge]

Look forward to seeing the progress, and right ow is a bad time at iBoats because pics cannot be posted. We all hope that gets fixed soon

 

[redneck joe]

See posts 7 and 9 for pic work around.

File uploads no good again?

Seems for me today, that file uploads are failing in the same way they did back in August of last year: https://forums.iboats.com/threads/photos-not-saving-to-server.773767/ Had it both on my phone earlier and now on my laptop... both were on my WiFi so technically it could be ISP related?

forums.iboats.com

 

[TRH299]

Tried the googlephoto work around.... did not work for me. Will try another way later.

 

[TRH299]

 

[redneck joe]

You need to put the / inside the brackets on the ending img. The start img only has brackets.

 

[TRH299]

 

[TRH299]

 

[redneck joe]

Yeah baby, that's sexy....

 

[TRH299]

Got the motor lifted/rotated and transmission ready to remove last night. Hopefully I can get it removed tonight after work.

 

[Scott Danforth]

for a 40 year old boat, it sure is clean.

trans should be easy fix.

 

[TRH299]

I did a pressure check on the reverse test port and it makes pressure in reverse so the likely problem is simply broken reverse clutch plates and possibly some mangled springs. When I drained the trans oil last night it looked clean with no metal particles. "Should" be an easy fix.

 

[TRH299]

Yanked transmission out last night... Split case and found the two reverse clutch plates were broke and the 12 return springs were mangled. $100 in parts and this boat will be working again! Can't wait to put it in the river and give it a test run.

 

[garbageguy]

Helpful thread and pics, thank you!
That boat looks great, definitely better cosmetically than our 1991 Mastercraft. We're OK mechanically, for now.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

That is a beauty, great shape