Great boat to refurbish for wakeboarding, skiing, or lounging with a group. The stringers need to be rebuilt, along with new floors, upholstery, etc. The PCM 351 is still turning over, but will...
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Great boat to refurbish for wakeboarding, skiing, or lounging with a group. The stringers need to be rebuilt, along with new floors, upholstery, etc. The PCM 351 is still turning over, but will...
30 years of fun but the stringers on our 1990 Sunsport seem to have finally met their end. The Vinyl has been a mess for awhile, floor and rug well past their prime, and the engine needs at least a...
Progress was slow this weekend as I came down with strep throat. But, I was able to tough it out for about 5 hours on Saturday (thought it was just a bad cold) before realizing I should just stop...
Thanks lively.
I'm going to try to get the holes drilled tonight or tomorrow to let everything hopefully drain out by Saturday so I can get the shaft log and glass done this weekend. I'll also do...
Thanks Ptown. Anything I can actively do to dry out the stringers, or now that I've opened up a hole, do I just wait for whatever can to seep out? I'll have to look around to see how water could...
...and here are my questions for everyone, including a few issues I ran into.
1) Should I leave the 1" x 3" piece in place? I'm thinking no, but welcome other opinions. It would make for less...
I finished almost all of the grinding today. 4.5" angle grinder with 40 grit flap disc made the job pretty easy. Used dremel for the hard to reach spots. Dremel battery died so just have a little...
The bottom of the hull pics may be confusing. The bottom of the hull and the shaft are both painted for salt water. The piece with red where the paint chipped off is the shaft.
Pics of the 1" x 3" piece under the aft of the log.
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So here's my update for the weekend, lessons learned so far for anyone trying this in the future, and some questions for Okie and the board...
Took about an hour to get the boat covered (kind of...
Thanks Okie. I went back through your pics late last night and looking at the size of the pieces I think I figured out the order. Another couple questions if you remember...
Can I begin laying...
I get the same problem. Suspect after a certain period of time, they stop storing pics on the server. The post on WB is more extensive and Okie took a ton of great pics of the whole repair. here...
Hi all. Finally diving into this project this weekend. Checked alignment and everything looks good. Started chiping away at the cracked fiberglass with a screw driver and most directly on top of...
Thanks all. Okie, your threads on supra and wb are great! Can't tell you how lucky I feel that its all there and documented. Much less intimidating to take on with all the detailed discussion and...
I probably should have put this at the beginning of the last post... If I misinterporeted Okie's thread and this is a job that can reasonably be done in a day as opposed to a month of weekend work,...
Thanks for all the info. I like your first answer better though :)
So my next question is obviously subject to a million different variables. But any thoughts on about how long option 1 might...
Great! I haven't found someone I trust in the area yet (and being the overly frugal do-it-yourselfer with everything, I likely never will), so I'm happy to hear this is doable.
As I mentioned,...
Have some pretty big cracks in the shaft log on our 1990 Supra Sunsport and now water trickles in when in the water. Pressing lightly around the cracks it feels somewhat flexible/soft, similar to...
will try that, thank you!
...also replaced oil and fuel filters before running
a couple other notes:
- replaced oil pressure sender before taking out (dont think that should affect this)
- retrofitted with standard distributor a couple years ago (i.e., no more protec)
Hello All,
Took the boat out for the first time on Monday after making the folllowing repairs/maintenance for the season:
- New Fuel Pump and Line
- New Starter Motor
- Installed Sea Strainer...