Tracker Panfish PF16

[jonboatboy]

Don't remember if you said what brand the motor was but looks just like 18hp evinrude I had whitch are also the same as 25s and maybe 20s or 30s. I traded it for my little 9.8 because it had a fist full of little problems I didn't wanna try to fix but those are great little motors.

 

[warefishin]

Its a johnnyrude 25 tracker. This one needs some work too man, the previous owner pained over the zinc so there is some corrosion and pain chipping in spots. Once I get the boat headed in the right direction I am going to to work on it, clean the carb, new plugs, service the lower unit etc. I haven't done a lot of work on 2 strokes so it takes me a while but I like working on them before I take them out and get stuck on the water.

on a side note, I bought an attwood "self venting" gas tank when I was checking out the engine, and the thing was blown up like a balloon after just one day of sitting. I am going to take it back to Wal Mart, I might try another one, but that makes me a little nervous.

 

[jonboatboy]

Their easy to work on. Fuel fire and compression and they should run. I got a heck of a deal is the only reason I traded that 18 off and it went to a family member so its not like I wont ever see it again. Boats commin along pretty good.
On that carpet subject again. LMAO my new boat has a light tan carpet in it and it was dingy looking and had a few gressy looking places. I grabbed my gallon sprayer with Purple power and a bottle of dawn and soaked and scrubbed my rear off and it looks brand new. Lol I was at the car wash at like 3 in the morning cause I couldnt sleep washing it out. Had the bildge pump going and pumping water and soap out the boat because the drain hole wasnt letting it out fast enough. Im happy with it. One of these days Ill figure a way to post some pics.

 

[warefishin]

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[warefishin]

I am about to prime the floor. I have been putting coats of spar on my new transom. It is taking awhile giving each coat 24 hours to dry. I have also been trying to only paint the horizontal surfaces so It will go on thick.

 

[warefishin]

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This is the foam they have at my local lowes its only a half inch thick so I would have to layer it.

 

[rscottp]

I have the same foam available but in 1" and 2" thick 2'x8' sheets.

 

[warefishin]

Alright I will check some of the lowes stores out of town. Thanks man. I just wanted to make sure thats wgat everyone else was using.

 

[rscottp]

The foam in the pic is blue? Mine is, hard to tell in your picture.

 

[warefishin]

Yes sir its blue. They didnt have any pink.i have seen some before but they didny have any when I looked.

 

[rscottp]

Pink and blue are the same stuff. I have also seen a green version. It is all XPS foam which is what you want. I live in NE and when I googled the stuff there are a couple places that sell recycled foam for cheap, you may want to see if there are any places in your area that do the same.

 

[warefishin]

Sure will man thanks for your help this stuff was in 4x8 sheets

 

[warefishin]

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I primed the whole interior hoping it might provide a little protection and give the carpet something to stick too if I go that route.

 

[warefishin]

Just to clarify I am still putting in decking.

 

[warefishin]

I went ahead and used some tractor paint drom tractor supply to paint the transom before I put the transom board back in. I used the ford gray and it is lighter than I wanted. They had another gray. I think it was new holland gray I am going to try it on a spot next. I have decided to go with the tractor paint and go with the black for a bottom paint and the gray everywhere else.

 

[jonboatboy]

Sorry man but I gotta get a laugh in because you was talking about puttin the carpet in. I think youll like it. Speaking of carpe5. Took my new boat to the lake last Saturday and was creeping in the shallows when I seen the biggest crawdad ive ever seen in my life. My buddy wss trolling so I jumped out and grabbed the craw and when I got back in 5he boat I tracked m7d all in the carpet that I had just washed and scrubbed but I let it dry and hit with a shop vac and it all came up . Left a fine brown color behind but I believe the water hose will wash it out with no scrubbing when the temp warms up. Just got a galaxy s4 phone so I hope to post pics soon as I figure this thing out

 

[warefishin]

Haha man I have the same phone. If you use the app it ask you to download. I think its tapatalk its pretty easy to post pictures off your phone.

 

[jonboatboy]

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[jonboatboy]

Finally I figured out how to post pics. Thanks for the info. bro. I wanted to post a couple of pics on your forum because I kept talking about it and didnt wanna be one of those people that no one believes even has a boat. Lol. Need to clean my garage so I couldn't get any good angles without everyone seeing all my junk. Let me know what you think.

 

[warefishin]

Nice Clean looking boat, looks like a great setup.