Busted Bass Boat, 1st Run after10 Years under a tarp. 

well l screwed this release date up, so much for sunday,

Just so you know. the reason that anode has a fin on it, is so you can counter steer any torque steer. If you take you hand off the wheel and it tends to turn to one side or the other. Just turn that fin against the turn direction and it will steer straight with your hand off the wheel.

The impeller goes on the drive first. No grease on the key. Then set housing on impeller. While pushing on housing turn drive shaft clockwise. This motion will bend impeller blades and the housing will fall into place. Hope this helps next time.

I loved seeing Mustie1 Sr. having fun on the boat with his son. It would also be great to see them both on more videos in the future. This was awesome!

Man, I wish I knew what you have forgotten. I have thoroughly enjoyed your channel.

Having worked on Merc's and Johnson outboards I really enjoyed this project. I was yelling at the screen telling you that "there's a bolt under the anode" and you must have heard me. You even said so. If there's any doubt about the automatic oiler it's wise to run on premix until it's sorted. Many outboards have been written off by crook oilers. The thermostats also may well be stuck causing your alarm since it sat for so long without being used. You are now officially a marine mechanic !

The pattern is to keep the choke switch pushed in while cranking. Just pushing the choke switch in without the engine turning over does Nothing to prime the engine.

I was literally yelling at the tv most of this video i was a boat mechanic for about 8 years and iv done hundreds of this same waterpump and there are several tricks to make that job alot easier lol but i knew mustie1 would soon figure it out he always does

Father and son bonding time…. The best! Glad to see the boat on the water..

Really enjoy watching your boat restoration vids. Please do more of them. Do another bass boat. You really have me thinking about getting a bass boat like this to fix up. Love the boat motor repair or restoration vids. Great job on the vids. Keep them coming.

Dear mustie while watching you both together it reminds me how much love and trust you have for each other.I am so glad you got to have good times together an these memories to sustain you. I hope you can share some older videos once an awhile with him in them. I know the same loss .at least you had him into his 80s. My dad left us in his 50s do to a drunk driver.I wish l could say the hurt leaves but in just eases up.bless you an the whole family 👪

No sealant between lower unit and engine. To have easier time to put the impeller in, slide it over the drive shaft, use grease to hold the key in place, then put the lower unit into gear and as you push the water pump housing down onto the impeller spin the propeller by hand. You can also use the propeller spin technic to line the drive shaft spines up.

When you choke the bass tracker. U push the key as you turn the key to start. It doesn't do anything but close and open the butterfly when you push it. Kinda like putting your hand over a carb when it's not running. Keep up the good work.

I could literally watch the cruising around on the water for hours. I miss having my own boat.

I was saying in my head as you were starting to remove the lower unit, "he's gonna miss the bolt under the round thingy..."😂 same thing happened to me the first time...🤷‍♂️

The starter has written on it "DO NOT STRIKE WITH HARD OBJECTS" What a bunch of party poopers!

Welcome back Mustie. Missed you last week.

Your dad sure gets around well to be 85. Good to see you guys out there making memories. Hope to see Papa Mustie in more videos. Hope Mama Mustie is well. Take care.

Your Dad was right about keeping a paddle in the boat... have always done that w our fishing boats. Nice payoff getting the new boat in the water and running! Bonus doing it with your Dad too. ☺👍

This series reminded me of the many misadventures of my youth. I had an old forty horsepower Johnson that loved to shear the key on the flywheel at inopportune moments. I always carried the tools to take care of that problem while dangling off of the stern.

D , I’m jealous, haven’t been boating in years. That’s a beautiful lake. I’d say money well spent! Great you took your dad out with you. You will treasure this video, believe me.

Your Dad is in incredible shape for his age. Kudos to you for including him in this adventure. Thanks for sharing.

I have the same engine.. Choke only works when you hold key in..

Seems like your dad had a blast. Good on you for showing him a good time. Nice to see

Thank you for showing how the water pump is installed I am putting together a boat myself and I got to do that next

I think you need to check your trolling motor battery wiring. It should be wired like two separate 12v systems. But the trick is figuring out which pos goes with which neg. (You have a 50/50 chance.) Then the switches at the panel will combine them into 12v or 24v as desired.

Lubing the lower unit: the best investment one can make is a lower unit pump and a bottle of lube. It screws into the drain/fill plug and a few pumps on the bottle and bob's your uncle. I used to watch my dad fuss and fight with the tubes and when I had my boat? pump pump pump done. No fuss no muss easy peasy. Well worth the $10.00.

Annoying beeping? Drown those out with more throttle... Ha, what a payoff to the series!

So glad to see the boat out on the water Mustie.. And I'm pretty sure dad had fun whilst on your quick little outting.. Lol.. Fishin with Mustie..😀👌

Your trip to the lake reminds me of the scene from the movie " Deliverance!" "Where you going city boy, its only the biggest damn river in the state!"

"You're gonna need a bigger lake"

The alarm does two things, low oil warning and overheating. Check your thermostats. There's one for each head. Also, fill the reserve oil tank on the powered all the way up.

" I got a bunch of lube and a pump, if that ain't makin's of a good party i don't know what is " hahaha, laughed that one out loud Mustie, cheers from canada !

Hope you get a nice bass. Great job here, and lovely to see your Dad, Happy days on the lake. Beautiful area. Reminds me of my days Boating on the st Lawrence (Gananoque ) cheers

Great job on the steering. I had the same thing happen on a Novamarine 16' yacht tender. But sadly had to have a shop in Miami Beach free it. I had no access to a press on the 70 foot Yacht I worked on. That is how they removed the frozen rod. I also had them drill and tap Zerk grease fittings!!

you're lucky to still have your dad with you to enjoy things ...i miss mine , make the most of your time together............

I started fixing weed eaters and lawn mowers, thanks to you, I'm make a couple of dollars on the side, I'm learning a lot from you, thank you.

I lost my 87 year old father 2 weeks ago. We boated for years. This video hits hard as I mourn my fathers passing. Enjoy your fathers company as I remember the all the good times we had in our boat. Life is short. Never trust anything that runs out of oil before it runs out of gas. Premix forever.

So nice to see you out on the water with your Dad, looks like you were having a great time.

Great video, nice to see your dad. Beautiful lake.

Make sure your 2 stroke oil tank is full.. Down to half, it will start giving the alarm.

Never underestimate the lengths someone will go to avoid paying a boat ramp fee...

"Harold, that crazy guys back and someone gave him the keys to a rocket boat!!" wow she zips along at a fair lick

Very good job on the over haul, Spend ALL the time you can with your Pop, I sure miss mine, See Ya, Texas

You should sell Mustie1 T-shirts with “We do it right, ‘cause we do it twice!” 😜

I have been waiting the whole week for this

A Saturday upload, or am I living in some sort of alternate reality where is actually sunday...

"I got a bunch of lube... And a pump! If that ain't the makings of a good party, I don't know what is...." Hahahahahahahahhaaaaa! omg, the cofffee came out my nose... hurts.... Heh heh heh! classic....

You forgot your Rods. That looked like a perfect fishing Day.

Your dad seems like a really nice person. Good work Darren!

His Dad seems more like 65 then 85. Must be some good clean living.

WARNING: Those older VRO units have a fault. Without getting into it, abandon the auto oiler and mix 50:1 in the gas. Or you will burn up your motor. Mercury used to sell a kit to remove pump on motor and included A block off plate.

If I ever make it to 85 I hope I'm half as spry as your dad!

Sure hope you can take your dad fishing. At his age its good to get quality time with them. My dad is around the same age.

I'm glad I live in NZ, I live 2 minutes from the harbour boat ramp on tarseal road, that track is ridiculous LOL

for the trolling motor, i think you need both batteries, each hooked up to its own pair of battery terminals and not bridged together, and i think the 12v/24v switch is an H bridge that puts in it 12v long run mode, or 24v high power mode. Its not for choosing what battery wiring you decide to use.

Good Morning Must! Thank you for being here for us and I want to thank you for personally for reminding me of my dad who passed when I was young, I never got to learn as much I wanted to now as I did then. He always wanted to teach me these things but he didn't want to push it on me. I took it and him for granted, but your videos have been such an inspiration to me and I'm sure others, and listening to and learning from your wrenching has been a much needed therapy for me. You remind me of this show me and my old man would watch on Sundays called Shade Tree Mechanic. You take the stress away! Adapt and Overcome!

I noticed that rubber ring fall out. I said something, but I guess you didn't hear me.

That thing sounds amazing

Howdy from Dixie again Mr. Mustie. I looked at dozens of videos on a Yamaha water pump replacements. What I found (too little to late ) was leave the trans in forward when you drop the foot. The splines are so fine you can spin the prop slightly when replacing the foot to help when reinserting to help. Maybe next time because. I know you will do this later on on another motor for sure.

You should get a collaboration of youtube lets dig 18 or dirt perfect to fix your road

That lake trail sure brings back some sweet summer memories.

Hi Mustie! For that particular trolling motor setup, you need to find out what positive battery cable matches with its negative cable. You wire each battery as a regular 12V setup. The trolling motor controller will put the batteries in parallel or in series depending what mode you are in. And this will also allow you to charge the batteries through the controller port without having to reword anything. So again, don’t wire for 24V. The trolling motor controller (the switch) does that for you.

Another great Mustie adventure....Some footage from the bank blasting across the Lake would have been nice...😳😀🇬🇧

Great job. I've seen the three videos. I love this model (Black Max 150HP) and I would buy it if I could. It's one of a kind. All the best!!

You know the “sacrificial lamb” is a Zinc. Plus the “rudder shape” is adjustable to fine tune the boat running straight and counter act the rotation of the propeller.

Nice to see it out and running on the water. I did warn you about ditching the oiler a couple of weeks ago and premixing yourself. (Just sayin')

This has been one of my favourite projects of late. Can't get over how good those 2 stroke outboard motors sound! Taking your 85 year old dad out boating is priceless, hope you can find out what that alarm is and take it for another rip on the lake.

Good health to enjoy the boat amego. Hello from Omagh Northern Ireland.

Great video you should get Andrew Camarata to level your drive into the lake, that would be a brilliant crossover video 😊

I'm fairly confident you have the two batteries hooked up incorrectly. The two sets of leads go to each battery. The batteries should not be directly connected to each other as you have them now. *** When the switch is set to 24v, it puts the two batteries in series for you. **** When the switch is set to 12v charging, it takes the batteries out of series, and allows you to charge both batteries at the same time with 12 volts. The way you have them wired now, you would have to apply ~26 volts for the batteries to charge. If you put a single ~25 watt solar panel on those batteries, it will definitely not charge; there won't be enough voltage.

"We do it right because we do it twice" lmao! I can totally relate

I'm with you. Disconnect the auto oil injection and do it manually. Much safer.

I'm 59 and I can't even walk you dad gets around pretty good Nice to see him in a video

Hey just a tip. If you push the key in when you start it it will keep the choke on. At least that’s how my bass boat works

I'm sure you won't see this, but you just gave me a "Eureka" moment with that boat anode/sacrificial lamb! I've worked on multiple boat motors, always just thought that was a breakaway piece and stabilizer, never once considered that it's called an "Anode" for a reason.... When you mentioned dissimilar metals, my brain nearly exploded! It works as a passive battery for corrosion while in the water! It's a freaking boat lemon battery! Corrosion gets attracted to the anode, and all other dissimilar metals works as the cathodes. Such a perfect solution for something I had never thought of before.

Wow, great video ! Seeing ur dad up in ur area was cool.. just remember when ur dad took U out on a boat.... now 20-30-40 years later, ur standing where he stood and u'd be sitting where he sat !! The memories man !! Enjoy this time with ur dad(and mom)!!!

Your dad laughs so readily, I see where you get your jovial nature from!

Off topic,, I got a Honda BF 50 HP on my boat and I go to a Honda Marine dealer to buy a timing belt & tensioner. They tell me they don't change them they sell a new outboard when the timing belt snaps and bends the valves ++. I bought the parts on line and replaced my timing belt. The Honda manual says 200 hours. Its a sweet four stroke.

That Black Max was all the rage back in that day!

I STRONGLY recommend buying a factory oil injection block off and premixing your fuel and oil. It's an easy process and will likely save the motor.

12:05 "Let's see what's up the hole." Mustie1 proceeds to reminisce about his first year of PROCTOLOGY 101.

Caddyshack, “it’s in the hole” 😁 I keep a paddle in, just in case.

I think we can see the origin of the Mustie laugh when you hit the throttle with dad on board!

I would take off the prop just to check to see if there is any fishing line around the shaft. That is how line gets behind the seal and will make the seal fail, getting water in the lower unit . Its a regular check that I do. That so called sacrificial fin is there to counter the torque when the prop turn so its easier to steer. It does dot go on strait like you put it back on. It is cantered to the left or right .I`m not sure which way it was before you took it off. The way you put it back on is wrong . Just to let you know.Great video . Cheers from Canada.

The little bag inside the cowling was to hold the emergency pull rope.

This must be a special Saturday edition.

Believe it or not, the clear bag you removed from under the cover had once held an emergency pull rope.... lol!

Where the hell is that body of water? Once my boat got there it would never leave. Thanks for all the great info and videos.

I didn't have time to read all the comments. Hope this helps. May be you figured it out by now. Regarding the buzzing alarm while on the lake, mine would sound when moss and/or debris covers the water intake on the lower unit. The alarm sound is to prevent you from overheating the engine.

“Bunch of lube and a pump” first laugh of the day

Holy Chitt, Mustie sprung for all new batteries and parts, GRABS CHEST, HELP ME MARTHA..... LOL

I thought its Saturday, am I wrong or what's going on?

Some of my best fishing trips were during bad storms. Once a tornado popped up on us.

Good deal! Its about time we got a win for the home team. I mean a significant win. That is a heck of a find ya got there ol boy. With all the more u had to do u pretty much stole that

Beeping is low oil alarm in oil tank on engine. Under the cap is a float and sensor. Oil level drops then sensor beeps. I had a 200hp in this series many years ago. I may have filled the tank, cracked open the screw cap and bled the air out. Others will know more. Cheers for the video.

Just wanted to add this, On my boat, there is an O-Ring that sits between the smaller inner tube and the plastic tube to center it and seal it for stronger pumping action, otherwise, its only able to pull water properly at low speeds and the waterline can rise high enough on the engine that the gap in the tubes is under the waterline. The 2 copper washers are for the fill and drain bolts. Secondly, make sure to check that troller motor that it's not 12v, because I previously had a bass boat that had a 3-way switch similar to yours, that in one position it placed the troller on the main engine battery circuit, in the middle position it combined both circuits between the troller battery and engine battery as the "charging circuit", then the last position was to use the troller on the troller battery only. I hated the switch, because I kept killing the engine battery using the troller on mistake and went to a relayed setup that defaulted to troller battery only when the engine was off, but triggered to both batteries on startup and engine in on position, so both batteries would charge while driving.

I love this guy, he makes us feel like we are there with him

You need to raise the trolling motor so its not so deep in the water and straighten the 'head" to a forward position then lock it down. Probably had the thing lowered for storage and transporting. Nice boat.....enjoy!! Have enjoyed watching the videos. Jealous of your new "toy" ; o )

Forget the boat!!! Tell us about that 69 Cougar. That was my first car. Loved it :)