Nebie...

[crunch]

First off, let me thank all of the posters here, I was recently given a 1976 Larson 15 ft. Tri-hull with a 1978 Merc. 800 that has been in storage for 4 years and you guys and gals have been a fountain of info to let me safely start it... cudo's to all !!!

I'll tell you how ignorant I was, I didn't even know it was a 2 stroke, I didn't know the fuel/oil ratio... LOL, I didn't even know how to find out what it was. (SR# 4835014)

I've been reading your forum for about a week and have de-carbed it with Seafoam with a gas mix of 25 to 1, but will go to 50 to 1 with a few more gals. run thru, cleaned out the tell tale with weed-eater string, checked spark on the flat plugs (very good ran a compression check (140 to 142 on all 4 cold !!! replaced fuel/water separator and squeeze bulb, most of the fuel lines... yadda, yadda. (when first started, squeezed bulb and fuel shot out of short pipe at bottom of both carbs) runs really rough at idle, smokes like a demon.

I think i'm on the right track, I have a kit for the water pump, have ordered a kit for both carbs, going to change lower end lube at the time I do the water pump.

I've got two questions:

The prop and skag are lightly corroded, can I sand them down by hand and paint them with a good enamel paint?

And, and here is the show stopper:

This boat weighs 950 lbs. The motor, 250? The trailer is badly corroded and needs to be refinished, the hull leaks at the keel (I filled it with water and figured where it leaks coming out, it will leak going in

I've worked in the building industry for 25 years, jacked up and moved buildings that were 10,000 times this weight, but not as delicate. Can anyone send me to a link for a home built lift? I can brute force it and over build but easy is better.

Thanx all,

Salmon rule.

 

[Chunder06]

Re: Nebie...

I would lay some old carpet on the ground, hook the boat to something solid like a post and slowly pull the trailer out from under, with some help from friends you can push it onto its side and prop it there to repair the keel, do the inside of the keel when you winch the boat back onto the trailer.

 

[Chris1956]

Re: Nebie...

Crunch, The easiest way is to drop the tongue of the trailor to the ground, and put some cement blocks under each rear corner of the boat. Block it tight with 4X4s, 2X6s etc. Make sure you have at least a four inch wide by six inch long wood block under each part of the hull you want to support. Now you need to block up the bow and pull the trailer out. On a boat that small, you can likely have someone lift up the bow and someone else pull out the trailer. Now put the bow onto some blocks and wood.

PS two of you can remove the motor and make it a bit lighter. You can also remove the windshield, and drop it on the ground and gently roll it over.

 

[r j f]

Re: Nebie...

As for the prop and shag, they sell paint just for this. I just bought some at West Marine in a spray can.d