Hello cast and crew of a very knowledgeable forum.
My name is Josh and I am a long-time lurker (google has been bringing me here for over a year), but first time poster. The lurking was to find answers to fix my brother in law's, but now my new boat.
It is a 1990 Renken 2000 MBJ "Elite" with a Mercruiser Sterndrive 3.0 I/O. I plan on restoring/customizing it, but overall I would give it a 7 out of 10.
It could use a new prop, thinking of switching over to an aluminum 4 blade for more holeshot.
First thing next on the list however is to complete the headgasket job (this Friday night) as it was blown between cylinders 2 and 3. Boat ran fine last year according to the previous owner, but I am not buying it. The diagnostic of the head gasket job was after a damaged fuel pump (wouldn't pump anything) was replaced, the carb was cleaned out and rebuilt, new cap/rotor/points, new plugs, the fuel tank was drained and refilled, and a fuel/water seperator was added to the boat. I wonder if the fact that the boat was "winterized" yet stored from spring until last week in a bow down position had to do with any of it? We did take it out last weekend and it averaged 11mph, with some trim monkey work it got up to 29mpg, not bad for 130-40-45-130 compression (did this prior when we were trying to figure out why it was so darn slow to plane, next time we start with that test).
I am confident that once the headgasket is repaired tonight that this boat will plane out and acheive speed. Post the repair, I plan on replacing the trailer bunks and figure out why the running lights don't work (probably broken wire as the rest of the wires for the trailer have been repaired by this guy). From there it looks like a prop swap and then start repairing some of the interior.
My background is in performance engine tuning, so I am familar with engines to say the least.
The boating is new to me, but I have always grown up on/around boats, as my uncle works for Brunswick (Lund), just never owned one until last week. While the laundry list of parts replaced seems daunting, it was all nessessary, as we had issues with no fuel, then no spark, and now weak compression.
My name is Josh and I am a long-time lurker (google has been bringing me here for over a year), but first time poster. The lurking was to find answers to fix my brother in law's, but now my new boat.
It is a 1990 Renken 2000 MBJ "Elite" with a Mercruiser Sterndrive 3.0 I/O. I plan on restoring/customizing it, but overall I would give it a 7 out of 10.
It could use a new prop, thinking of switching over to an aluminum 4 blade for more holeshot.
First thing next on the list however is to complete the headgasket job (this Friday night) as it was blown between cylinders 2 and 3. Boat ran fine last year according to the previous owner, but I am not buying it. The diagnostic of the head gasket job was after a damaged fuel pump (wouldn't pump anything) was replaced, the carb was cleaned out and rebuilt, new cap/rotor/points, new plugs, the fuel tank was drained and refilled, and a fuel/water seperator was added to the boat. I wonder if the fact that the boat was "winterized" yet stored from spring until last week in a bow down position had to do with any of it? We did take it out last weekend and it averaged 11mph, with some trim monkey work it got up to 29mpg, not bad for 130-40-45-130 compression (did this prior when we were trying to figure out why it was so darn slow to plane, next time we start with that test).
I am confident that once the headgasket is repaired tonight that this boat will plane out and acheive speed. Post the repair, I plan on replacing the trailer bunks and figure out why the running lights don't work (probably broken wire as the rest of the wires for the trailer have been repaired by this guy). From there it looks like a prop swap and then start repairing some of the interior.
My background is in performance engine tuning, so I am familar with engines to say the least.
The boating is new to me, but I have always grown up on/around boats, as my uncle works for Brunswick (Lund), just never owned one until last week. While the laundry list of parts replaced seems daunting, it was all nessessary, as we had issues with no fuel, then no spark, and now weak compression.
