Thanks for posting your journey! The port at 27:00 is the diagnostic port. There is a code scanner available that does Morse code type trouble codes from Code Mate, part #94008, it basically jumpers two terminals and puts a test light between two others for $120. You can scour the internet for ways to use a piece of wire and a $5 test light to do the same thing, but you need the list of trouble codes for it to be valid.
I have the same boat , same color it took two and a half years to restore and $5,000 later . I loved working on it every single second ! Then another five years saving for the new motor .
Got free boat with 165 merc.water in oil. I cut the hill and used interior for my boat. But then seen only 3 bolt in riser. Riser are hard to keep sealed. With .4 bolts lol. . I got to try to fix it now. 😮would that get water in oil.?? 😮
Yeah, i should probably make a video about all of the costing I did for different options, but here is the final cost to get it to WOT(wide open throttle): Purchase boat w/trailer: $3500 Spare block: $200 Spare block rebuild and machine work: $4050 Rebuild gasket set: $400 New cables: $150 Fuel system flush/repair (done by myself, but not shown in video): $550 Random shit(battery, random gaskets, oil change, hear oilwater pumps, belt, spark plugs): $430 If you are thinking about this yourself, keep in mind, this dont include the $500-$1000 in tools you must have. And we had to modify the engine hoist to get it to lift the engine high enough to clear the transom. Total best estimate just to get to the water, this boat has me about $9300 if my math is correct...
Months later update comment: I sold this boat to a guy who is planning on rebuilding it with his kid. I just didn't have the time for that project, because I got another bargain boat... I am editing the video for that complete disaster right now. But anyway, yeah, if you subscribed to see me restore this boat, sorry, for my purposes, it still isn't a boat that I want to pour hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars into. all of my content will be boating stuff, but if you unsubscribe due to this, I completely understand.
It's work. Plain and simple. But none of it is hard to do. Just time consuming. Check out my classic boat restoration playlist on my channel. May inspire you because my project was pretty much in the same shape as yours. Don't give up!
I’m in the middle of a 18’ Charger rebuild. It’s worth saving these old boats that’s for sure! The good news is rotten wood comes out easier that the good stuff. Clean it out to the bare haul and start from there. One bite at a time! Good luck.
Hate to admit it, but we totaled a 24' Maxum on our maiden voyage last year (2021). Total newbies and we paid the price by hitting a rock dike. We have another boat (1963 Cruisers Inc 202, (vintage wood boat) and are out there 3-5 days/week during the summer. Enjoyed your video thanks! I was the 15th like and you might be picking up that trash sooner than you think ;) Steve & Laura Young Longshot Marina
Its gonna be awhile till we get back to work on the hydrostream. Ill make an update video, but of my three boats, none of them are water ready. so im gonna get the other two boats going and save up to buy the epoxy resin we need for the hydrostream. Right now, im hoping to have a complete plan and start work in January.
I'm rebuilding a 1970's checkmate, core, transom, stringers, floor, bulkheads, there is no easy way to do any of the work. I am two year into it now and now at the point of painting the boat, will be 3+ years in the end. it is very time intensive and you will not get your money back out of it. will cost thousands of dollars to do correctly. only fix it if you really love the boat, and want to keep it forever. no that foam is not structural, it is safety foam for coast guard regulation.
yeah, right now, I have zero fiberglass skills. its pretty daunting, but I also hate to not finish something I have started. None of my workspaces are heated at the moment (i.e. my back yard and the shop) so I really cant even start doing any fiberglass work. I want to learn how to do this work though... if you could pick out some bottlenecks in terms of time on your project, what were the most time consuming parts? or parts that held you up?
Do the cores run alondside the floor? Or is that the center board that was underneath the floor? I made another video of inspecting the boat further if you dont mind taking a look
@@jessiejamesii1651 it's under the floor . There is balsa wood fiberglassed to the inside of the outer hull. You will literally have to take it down to basically the shell of the boat. There is a hydrostream forum that has alot of builds. I had to do it with mine. I replaced floor, core and transom and added gussets from floor to transom.
I watched this entire series before I started, but I haven't popped the cap off yet. I am basically going to work on to other boats that needs much less work to become operational.
