Bravo Sea Pumps
 

Does anyone have a ballpark as to the cost a Marina charges to rebuild a "pair" of Mercruiser Sea Pumps on my 1995 Avenger.

My guess would be $3-400. Why not do it yourself? Two rebuild kits would run about $160 and several hours of your time. Simple to do, just awkward work environment. Lube the new impellors!

I just bought the boat last fall, but this is well within my mechanical capability. Time might be the issue. For the winter, I left the boat in the previous owners rack storage building till 4/15, but have to have it out by 5/1. The good thing is that the "entire" cockpit interior is sitting in my basement completely recovered. So, access is a bit better, but I got a little concerned when I found ou the fuel lines are tied to the fuel pump which is all on the Sea Pump. Since, its used (1995) I don't know how buggered up the line fittings are or the bolts on the pump. Since, I bought it the last week of September and only had it out once, I really wasn't able to take a good look at everything.

I appreciate your feedback....

where are you at in ohio,I'm in toledo and could help ya out if your close by.

Sea Pumps
 

I have yet to make a decision about bringing the boat from ABM to Toledo Beach Marina, which will be "home" for this boat. I don't have a truck to pull it to my home in Celina, OH. which would be ideal (as far as working on it). One option is to drive it from Algonac to TBM and just do all the work there. I'd at least have to put the bolsters in prior to driving it down which would be no big deal. A lot of unanswered questions at the moment.

Thanks for the "help" offer - I may take you up on it. If nothing else, maybe we could boat together this summer....

Sounds good ,keep me in the loop .TBM is just down the road.
we keep a lot of are fleet at Lost Peninsula Marina on lifts they have camping and a nice pool and club house.
good luck ....John

It sounds like the boat you bought is at the same Marina I keep mine, Anchor Bay Marina on Lake St. Clair Michigan, let me know if you have any questions that I could help you with

Summer Storage
 

Lightning Jet,

Your reply indicates that Lost Peninsula Marina stores boats on lifts? Or did I mis-interpet your response? I've looked for "outside rack storage" and thought TMB is the only facility in the area that offers this. They gave me a price of $314/month -paying monthly. This is ideal for me out of the water, but not at the cost of Inside Storage. I also still have a vision of storing the boat at or near my home for the winter, so this is why I'm going month-month. Please advise if Lost Peninsula offers the same and at what cost.

Questions - Avenger
 

johnny b good,

I bought my 95 Avenger in late September that was for sale - you might know it since you are at ABM and that's where the boat was stored. Last fall, I pulled the entire cockpit interior out and had it re-covered and its sitting down the basement. I cleaned the bottom of the boat where in spots it had an ugly build-up probably from abuse in the past. Boat exterior is in decent shape for the age, motor rebuilds have less than a 100 hrs on them, drives were taken off, gone thru and re-alinged during installation. So the interior (in my mind) was the downer of this boat - which now has been rectified.

Do you know any history on this boat - good, bad or indifferent? since you have a 97 - any words of wisdom/advice?

we own are hydrohoist and store them at LP in the winter outside there is no inside storage at LP but I do have inside storage for 2.00 a foot inside,heated,alarmed within 7 miles of LP give me a call I will be more than happy to help you out with what ever I can ......pm sent

Unfortunately I don't know any history of this boat, other than I noticed it showed up at ABM towards the end of last season.
As far as My Avenger and a friend of mine who bought a 97 Avenger( Perfect Mix's previous boat) They have been good solid reliable boats with just some minor nuisances. I have put about 350 hours on mine over the last 5 seasons since I bought it with no problems. I am very meticulous on maintenance and don't beat the crap out of the boat though. I have done a lot of little upgrades thru the years. I would say the biggest weakest link on these boats are the sliding cabin door which can cause issues. Mine finally started acting up last year so I will be repairing it come spring. Feel free to keep asking questions on here as things come up. Enjoy this summer!..John

Sliding Door & Toliet
 

What happens with the sliding door? Mine seemed pretty solid. It also seems "sgnificant" compare to what I've seen on other boats.

The toliet almost seems like a port-a-poty rather than a pump-out. Are there any issues? Are there any do's or don'ts? Do you know the number of gallons/capacity of the holding tank?

two exits north is bolles harbor,,,i thing its exit 11 off I-75,,,check it out,, some other L.E.O.P.A members keep thre boat there also,,

all depends on how it was ordered,some did have a pump out port a poty with a 2.5 or 4.5 holding tank and a pump out fitting on the deck.
others had manual flush or vacoum flush..

sounds like you have a port a poty with the hose,I like that option best,,simple!

Mine is a Vacuum flush with the pump out fitting on the cat walk next to the fresh water fill on the starboard side of the boat, I believe it's a 6 gallon holding tank, It works great and it is used for pee only.

The sliding cabin door should be slid open when running the boat per the manufacture and others, because otherwise it puts a lot of stress on the lock mechanism and you run the risk of not being able to open it if you have any problems. The doors them self are solid, It's the 2 piece track system the door and frame is mounted to that is the problem. Something happened to my lower tracks on the door ( possibly misaligned) and not it won't slide shut all the way. I should be able to fix it but will have to get creative to access it. Do a search on here about cabin doors and you will see what I mean.