Katrina Boat Rebuild....

mrvivid5

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Hello all...been a lurker here for quite sometime. There are quite a few individuals with some real knowlwge on this board...

I have a boat that was a victim in the hurricane and am now rebulding it...rebuilt my golf cart, and jetskit and am ready for the boat...

It is a 1986 Aquasport sandpiper 22. It had a 1999 Johnson Ocean Pro 200 on it when it went under...it was under the storm surge for about 2 hours...it floated on the trailer until it got stuck under my brother in laws house, which is a house on stilts, then it sank...it was a couple of hours before the storm surge receded. We didn't get to looking at the motor for weeks, so we figured it was a loss and gave it away...my brother in law pressure washed the boat and tried to get all the mud out of the hull he could...drained the gas out, and there wasn't much water in it, but am going to disassemble the fuel tank this weekend and clean it...have purchased another 1999 Johnson 200 Ocean pro with all cables, gauges and binnicle control...

my question is how difficlt is the installation of this motor, and do you think the original cables might be okay...Is there anything I should look out for? I ordered a clymer manual for this thing so hopefully will have enough info to help...any input on this situation would be appreciated...

thx
 

JasonJ

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Re: Katrina Boat Rebuild....

The original cables may or may not be okay. Considering the cost and work you are having to do, it seems like just buying new cables would not be a terrible thing to do. Eliminates the possibility of problems down the road.
 

mrvivid5

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Re: Katrina Boat Rebuild....

thanks for the reply JasonJ...I do have the cables that came with the "new to me motor"...guess your right in using those...just burnt out of working on things and was hoping for an easy way out...don't really want to get stranded because I was looking for a shortcut...will just suck it up and rewire everything and I will know its good...

anyone done this before?...any tips or trick would be helpfull...anything I need to be aware of?
 

tashasdaddy

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Re: Katrina Boat Rebuild....

if the new to you wiring harness looks ok, use it, the shift and throttle cables are the ones that go bad
 

mrvivid5

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Re: Katrina Boat Rebuild....

tashasdaddy said:
if the new to you wiring harness looks ok, use it, the shift and throttle cables are the ones that go bad


Looked in the box last night that cam with the motor...he even sent the throttle cables...nice....

thanks for the response...
 

tashasdaddy

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Re: Katrina Boat Rebuild....

hopefully, they are the right length.
 

mrvivid5

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Re: Katrina Boat Rebuild....

tashasdaddy said:
hopefully, they are the right length.

I hope so too...they came off of a 21 center console, and I have a 22 foot dual console...may be close...hopefully will find out this weekend...
 
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