Restoration of a cheap $600 Nitro Bass boat from the auction 

Here’s the 2nd part. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nHTgmScUbCY.htmlsi=PIF3jKiFhTdwnhWR

Man that’s the greatest feeling in the world, after struggling to get an old boat started, that’s music to my ears

Love these videos you do. Keep buying boats! We are learning so much!

I bought a 2002 Nitro NX882 and man she was a mess for $2900 from a old timer. I did a complete makeover and redid everything like you did and I absolutely love it now. It looks stinking brand new! I always get comments from other fishermen on how good it looks for a '02. I won various tourneys with it over the years as well. Good ole 150hp 2 stroke never failed me. With everything I did to it and just rewiring everything to redoing the bilge and etc. Also even fixing the motor with replacement parts and doing a complete clean out, she purrs like a hungry cougar. Nothing beats a smokey 2 stroke. If I post it up for sale shes worth a good 15k with everythin.

Nicely done. Can't wait for Part 2

great job

I have a 160TF Nitro I bought in 1996 right before my first child was born. He grew up playing army men and matchbox cars in the bottom of that boat. We made a points game for fishing. 1 point for bluegills 3 points for perch and crappies 5 points for bass and 10 points for a pike. We always had a stop time and my kids and my ex would be trying to get that last little 2 inch bluegill to win. That game completely hooked my kids on fishing.

Yep this is 100% the boat my neighbor was trying to selling me last fall. I was curious if the electrical was going to be an issue with all the rat trap scattered around the boat. Cool to see that you got it running and small world coming across the video! Subscribed and would love to see a final video of you taking it out on the water and running it full throttle great job on the restoration you knocked it out!

Wow in less than a week so many views and 100 subs! Thanks for the support guys!

Great save lol

Awesome restoration!

It turned out great! Add light (Led) to the lockers, lighting is always needed

Cool boat

Good work👍👍👍😃🎣🎣🎣

My first Bass boat was on of these. Great boat

If you are looking for a boat to restore again in the future, the old Champions and mid 2000 Rangers get a lot of money restored. Just be careful buying the Champions as they were the last to use wood stringers and transoms, but they ride so nice and build quality is second to none. Also be careful on the trailers as some of them came with tubular steel that would rot from inside out. If you find one with a Yamaha hanging on it, bonus.

I want to encourage you to continue to learn all you can. The old 2-strokes have received a bad rap over the years and the new governement regs have literally priced the common man out of the ability to afford a boat without having to take out a second mortgage. The old 2-strokes are relatively easy to work on, parts are still plentiful and you require no computer. It's either fire, air or fuel. I see you were having issues with fire initially. If no fire, check any type of in line fuses. That's an inexpensive fix which sometimes is the issue with fire. I have a 1996 model of that same boat that I rebuilt. It had the Mariner 115 option. Like you, I performed a total electric rebuild. You got a great deal on yours and with only 600.00 purchase, makes a rebuild less of a financial issue. Good luck to you.

2 stroke oil in the carbs is how you winterize the boat. Most use 2 stroke. I use marvel Mystery oil. Keeps your carbs from corrosion and moisture.

Great video. I really like to know what was the main problem for not getting spark. I bought a 96 farm find dodge dokata few years ago. No rust ,no dents and no spark. I replaced all almost everything doing with electrical and i had a gut feeling to check underneath battery where cables ran. I sold it my friend who dad found a few correded wires underneath the battery. Thing fires right up and purred lol

Cant anyone just do a nice vid without annoying music it just kills the interest in watching

Fantastic job! That was so inspiring! I have a 1994 Nitro 16TF Ricky Clunn Edition that is in need of some of the same repair. Please....where did you get the steering wheel and the NITRO sticker for the boat. It really does dress it up. I need both!!!! (Cost?) and , what was in the spray bottle that you used while sanding the surface with the 1000 grit sponge pad? Any chance you might do a "soft spot" floor repair in the future? Thanks again!

Don't use that kind of flywheel puller - it can bend the flywheel (ask me how I know) Use one designed to bolt through the middle instead.

You got a great deal on that my old boss has a 90s skeeter in about that same condition still a nice boat but needs alot of cleaning and work he wants 2500 i just dont know if i can risk it even tho im sure i could buy it an put a lil elbows grease in it and make 500-1000 off it

Video muito bom, estou querendo muito fabricar um barco para mim! Estou vendo ideias de como é um barco para poder comprar as coisas e fabricar.

Where on earth do you find these auctions??? I need a boat for $600

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Well at least you have some spare parts

I have this same exact boat color and all except mine is a 125

Nice work, but jeez, get some wheel chocks....

Don’t ever use starting fluid on a two cycle engine unless you want to destroy it

People have no clue the first and foremost thing is 2 fog the cylinders first with 2 stroke oil and skin it over and never use starting fluid. If this is how this boat is treated then give it to someone who knows what their doing

Even though the motor say tracker its a mercury

Probably had a bad ground somewhere. Well, at least you have a lot of spares. You really need to learn electrical diagnosis - at least the basics for continuity, resistance, etc. Loading up the parts cannon does not serve your purposes; indeed, if the motor again goes dark, what will you do?

Your rev limiter was your problem. I have a 115 and had no spark and disconnected the black/yellow cable and it fired right up

These years had a thin hull ask me how I know 😊

Wanna sell it??

Sucks you wasted all that money on electrical parts

An you can tell it's your first boat cause u did some things wrong

Too bad it has the worst engine ever produced on it... nice boat though