baseball_guy_99
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So my buddy calls me the other day and tells me he wants to sell his boat...or maybe fix it up.
It's a 1989 16' Lowe 150 with a modified v, side console steering, and a 20" transom. The motor is a matching '89 25hp Johnson with a long shaft. The trailer is a Galvanized 1989 Haul Rite.
So today I met him at his uncles where he stores the boat. Well i thought he kept it covered behind the garage but nope, it has sat uncovered for almost 4 years. The jack was sunk in the ground over the wheel, the back tires were flat and sunk about 4 inches into the ground. There were wasps nests everywhere! I got stung once on the arm. The carpeting in the bottom is dry rotted and the seats are rotten.
We thought the steering was locked up. But a little PB blaster and some grease and it works just fine.
So we put air into the tires (they surprisingly were not dry rotted and held air). I squirted some grease into the bearings and we hooked it up to the truck. The lights still work too!
Pulled it about 10miles to my house and felt the hubs...not hot at all so we don't have to replace the bearings.
My first project is to tear into the motor and give it a good thorough cleaning...wasps nest everywhere. Then replace the guides on the side of the trailer and then we will just go from there.
I will try to take as many pictures as possible.
It's a 1989 16' Lowe 150 with a modified v, side console steering, and a 20" transom. The motor is a matching '89 25hp Johnson with a long shaft. The trailer is a Galvanized 1989 Haul Rite.
So today I met him at his uncles where he stores the boat. Well i thought he kept it covered behind the garage but nope, it has sat uncovered for almost 4 years. The jack was sunk in the ground over the wheel, the back tires were flat and sunk about 4 inches into the ground. There were wasps nests everywhere! I got stung once on the arm. The carpeting in the bottom is dry rotted and the seats are rotten.
We thought the steering was locked up. But a little PB blaster and some grease and it works just fine.
So we put air into the tires (they surprisingly were not dry rotted and held air). I squirted some grease into the bearings and we hooked it up to the truck. The lights still work too!
Pulled it about 10miles to my house and felt the hubs...not hot at all so we don't have to replace the bearings.
My first project is to tear into the motor and give it a good thorough cleaning...wasps nest everywhere. Then replace the guides on the side of the trailer and then we will just go from there.
I will try to take as many pictures as possible.
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