Official Boat out of Storage Thread
05-13-2008 | 12:02 AM
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From: Omaha/LOTO
Mines been out of storage a bunch of times. All I need to do is pull it forward 40 feet
Unfortunately it hasn't seen any water except for running on the hose.
Been doing a bunch of stuff to get it ready, though.
1. Installed half a dozen guages that had cloudy lenses or were not working right.
2. Rewired my fuel tank senders and installed new billet vents for the fuel tanks.
3. Installed a big 3rd battery
4. Installed a new stereo, amp, remote, speakers and prewired it for the next stereo upgrade. Its gonna get another amp, 2 or 4 more speakers and a pair of subs next year.
5. New purple Isotta steering wheel.
6. New bigger billet cup holders.
7. New flush mount stern light--had to take off the swim platform to cut the hole.
8. Buffed and waxed and cleaned bilge.
9. Had my mechanic fix the shift linkage/detent ball and replace a shift cable on one drive and service both drives.
10. Filled it with fuel today at the station where the price hadn't gone up yet $3.54/gallon compared to $3.69 everywhere else. I saved enough to get a bottle of Li'mon
I guess I'm about ready. Just need to clean the cockpit vinyl and might wait until after the first outing to do a real good job on it.
Unfortunately it hasn't seen any water except for running on the hose.
Been doing a bunch of stuff to get it ready, though.
1. Installed half a dozen guages that had cloudy lenses or were not working right.
2. Rewired my fuel tank senders and installed new billet vents for the fuel tanks.
3. Installed a big 3rd battery
4. Installed a new stereo, amp, remote, speakers and prewired it for the next stereo upgrade. Its gonna get another amp, 2 or 4 more speakers and a pair of subs next year.
5. New purple Isotta steering wheel.
6. New bigger billet cup holders.
7. New flush mount stern light--had to take off the swim platform to cut the hole.
8. Buffed and waxed and cleaned bilge.
9. Had my mechanic fix the shift linkage/detent ball and replace a shift cable on one drive and service both drives.
10. Filled it with fuel today at the station where the price hadn't gone up yet $3.54/gallon compared to $3.69 everywhere else. I saved enough to get a bottle of Li'mon
I guess I'm about ready. Just need to clean the cockpit vinyl and might wait until after the first outing to do a real good job on it.
Last edited by Griff; 05-13-2008 at 12:06 AM.
05-25-2008 | 07:46 AM
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From: Petoskey, MI
we are on mackinaw island, great run up through the straits yesterday. popped a freeze plug on the climate control pump over the winter though and darn was it cold last night. warming up very nicely this morning
Had a great time with a bunch of people the place was packed!!!
05-27-2008 | 07:43 PM
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