Hit a rock and sank!

smokeonthewater

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Re: Hit a rock and sank!

Whew... spent ALL day today washing.... after cleaning every possible bit out I would fill it to the top and drain it and end up with more nest material bits of foam and feces... was just about to start cutting the flotation foam out when I discovered channels outside the footwells that were only accessible by shoving the hose over the foam and then motherloads of nastiness came washing out at the very back of the ski... I mean HUGE amounts! Those little buggers had a regular mouse city in there.....

Now after hours of flushing those channels and filling n dumping the ski I FINALLY have it all out... I'm gonna let it sit over night and if I can't smell anything tomorrow I'll start the transplant... If there is still any odor it will get filled to the top one last time and I'll run up to the pool supply store for some granulated chlorine shock treatment for a final cleansing.
 

Jonnybbad

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Re: Hit a rock and sank!

Wow, what a nightmare that must be.
 

26aftcab454

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Re: Hit a rock and sank!

You could not make up a better story !
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smokeonthewater

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Bought a swimming pool shock treatment .. supposed to super chlorinate 10,000 gal and used the whole thing in the ski.......
 
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GA_Boater

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I don't Febreeze would have helped. This is sounding like the rumored Vette the guy died in and sat in the woods for months. :eek:
 

smokeonthewater

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Well making progress... I dropped the engine in last night and hooked up all the wiring... I got the power trim working after taking the motor apart, cleaning it up, re-gluing the magnets, and bypassing a thermal resistor with a solder bridge...... It seems that my fresh rebuilt starter is likely full of water as it has developed "issues" so I'll pull it and take it apart again......
 

smokeonthewater

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Had to unplug the trim limit switch too as it wasn't allowing me to trim up... Just have to make sure I (or more likely other people) don't burn up the trim motor holding the button too long.

Fixed starter and got her all together and fired up last night..... Heading out to register this afternoon.
 
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GA_Boater

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Guessin' she smells like a bed of roses now. Or 2 stroke. :)
 

smokeonthewater

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Well I'm not sure I'd want to keep my dinner in the hull now but I figure if I have to stick my head in there and sniff several times and then try to decide if I can smell anything or not it's GOOD ENOUGH to go flog in the nasty Ohio river!
 
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