What a difference a few days can make. I am totally in love with my craftsman powerwasher! I spent all day and night yesterday working on this boat outside in the rain (my neighbors think I am nuts) and considerable time after work last week. I am talking good old fashion hand and knees scrubbing every inch of that boat.
I am pretty sure I got every stain out of that carpet and the sand and grime I sucked up with the wet dry vac was amazing. I got all the drains unclogged which was not an easy task but I did it. Cleaned out the livewell, storage compartments, seats, etc. Scrub, scrub, scrub! By the time I parked it in the covered storage last night, that thing was sparkling. I went home, showered and caught the last hour Bass Pro was open. I bought batteries, plugs, boat buckles, lights, screws, etc. and plan on installing everything today.
I am torn about fixing it up and keeping it or fixing it up and selling it. I have no doubt after I am done with it, I will make a very nice boat for someone and they won't have to deal with any issues. Just start it and go which is what it should have been for me. I feel this boat will always have bad mojo with me so I am not sure I want to keep it. If I fixed it up for myself, I would do it differently, like installing the best of everything, versus fixing it for someone else. At this point, I am fixing it to sell and buying nice things but not "the best". Not sure how I really feel.
I put the motor up last night and didn't put the transom saver on it (didnt come with one). I put the little built in latch down for it to rest on and took it to storage. When I got there, I couldn't get the latch undone so I can't get the motor down. When I trimmed it up a bit to undo the latch, the latch went forward instead of backwards and now it's stuck. I can't put the motor down because the latch is resting in the wrong place. My guess is hauling it here put a strain on that little lever and it probably popped a spring or something. I am going to try to fix it today. I didn't have any tools with me. Any ideas?
Thanks for all your support thru this. I will make it right one way or the other and hopefully along the way I will make this guy pay for what he did.
I am pretty sure I got every stain out of that carpet and the sand and grime I sucked up with the wet dry vac was amazing. I got all the drains unclogged which was not an easy task but I did it. Cleaned out the livewell, storage compartments, seats, etc. Scrub, scrub, scrub! By the time I parked it in the covered storage last night, that thing was sparkling. I went home, showered and caught the last hour Bass Pro was open. I bought batteries, plugs, boat buckles, lights, screws, etc. and plan on installing everything today.
I am torn about fixing it up and keeping it or fixing it up and selling it. I have no doubt after I am done with it, I will make a very nice boat for someone and they won't have to deal with any issues. Just start it and go which is what it should have been for me. I feel this boat will always have bad mojo with me so I am not sure I want to keep it. If I fixed it up for myself, I would do it differently, like installing the best of everything, versus fixing it for someone else. At this point, I am fixing it to sell and buying nice things but not "the best". Not sure how I really feel.
I put the motor up last night and didn't put the transom saver on it (didnt come with one). I put the little built in latch down for it to rest on and took it to storage. When I got there, I couldn't get the latch undone so I can't get the motor down. When I trimmed it up a bit to undo the latch, the latch went forward instead of backwards and now it's stuck. I can't put the motor down because the latch is resting in the wrong place. My guess is hauling it here put a strain on that little lever and it probably popped a spring or something. I am going to try to fix it today. I didn't have any tools with me. Any ideas?
Thanks for all your support thru this. I will make it right one way or the other and hopefully along the way I will make this guy pay for what he did.
