mddubya
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Any DIY boat owners on here?
Anyone on here own a boat and do the work on it yourself?
I own a 1982 Galaxy Executive ski boat. Last summer the stern drive, its a I/O, screwed up and I took it to be repaired. Almost a grand later its "supposedly" fixed and I pick it up on a Friday and head to the lake. I back it into the water, fire it up and it still won't pull, won't even back itself off the trailer. Sunday evening after we leave the lake I drop it off back at the marina that had done the work on it. Later that evening the shop was "supposedly" broken into and all the owners tools were stolen, bonded but not insured, so he goes out of business, taking my warranty with him.
Frustrated, I parked it under a tree at my Dad's house, (bad idea in hind sight). Short version, tree limb falls, rips the cover, boat fills up with leaves and pecans, unbeknown to me. Fast forward, I get the itch to go boating again and go to take it to another marina, find the MESS. Now the stern drive is still messed up and the wooden floor under the carpeting is rotten.
Have any of ya'll ever replaced a stern drive? How difficult is it to do? And how about the flooring? How hard is it to rip up and replace?
A cousin of mine has offered me a used stern drive off his boat he doesn't want anymore, I just have to remove it and dispose of the boat afterwards.
Anyone on here own a boat and do the work on it yourself?
I own a 1982 Galaxy Executive ski boat. Last summer the stern drive, its a I/O, screwed up and I took it to be repaired. Almost a grand later its "supposedly" fixed and I pick it up on a Friday and head to the lake. I back it into the water, fire it up and it still won't pull, won't even back itself off the trailer. Sunday evening after we leave the lake I drop it off back at the marina that had done the work on it. Later that evening the shop was "supposedly" broken into and all the owners tools were stolen, bonded but not insured, so he goes out of business, taking my warranty with him.
Frustrated, I parked it under a tree at my Dad's house, (bad idea in hind sight). Short version, tree limb falls, rips the cover, boat fills up with leaves and pecans, unbeknown to me. Fast forward, I get the itch to go boating again and go to take it to another marina, find the MESS. Now the stern drive is still messed up and the wooden floor under the carpeting is rotten.
Have any of ya'll ever replaced a stern drive? How difficult is it to do? And how about the flooring? How hard is it to rip up and replace?
A cousin of mine has offered me a used stern drive off his boat he doesn't want anymore, I just have to remove it and dispose of the boat afterwards.