What to expect

Crownline230

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Part two...............

Boat arrives at shipper, they send me these pictures and it's is on it's way across the Atlantic Ocean. On the outside it looks a bit better than I expected, but the carpet looks like it needs to be replaced and the upholstery needs refurbishing.


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Anybody have any idea what those white stains are on the out drive and propeller? I'll get the full picture when it arrives. Cheers!
 

MarkSee

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Looks like a couple different kinds of growth and hardened salt to me.
Good cleaning should take care of it.

Mark
 

Crownline230

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Thanks, she's almost about to arrive and I'm getting ready. I've just purchased a high pressure washer, would that be ok for cleaning inside and out, or would it do some damage? Thanks.
 

81_chapparel194

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For the outside i think you will be fine for pressure washing. and the inerior is pretty much toast anyway so yeah i would say you were ok to power wash the inside as well. did you ever find out the story behind the damage? it had maryland (or maybe misouri) regisration stickers on it. i would say prob maryland if its salt water. just be prepared for the wors and hope for the best.
 

rbh

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It will be a nice boat once its fixed up and I bet just moving it over to Libya raised the price of it.
If I was going to start on getting it up and going, first I would remove the engine, strip it of the starter, alternator ETC, pop off the intake, heads and the oil pan and flush/preasure wash it out with fresh water first to get the salt out (blow dry), then dunk it in a diesel bath and attempt to turn the crank over.

As for the interior, soak it! to remove the salt, lots of fresh soapy water and some scrubbing on the seats and it will be a good start, because now you need to strip the interior down as there will be a lot of salt residue in the foam.

So basicaly strip soak repeat rebuild replace, sorta in that order.

Good luck
 

81_chapparel194

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Don't know if its just my eyes here, but it appears in pic #4 there is a hole in the drive upper just above the end of the trim cylinder. That would be a negative thing to add if it is so.

sir you are correct.. that IS a hole in the driv unit. bullet hole perhaps? or a hard strike against something. but if a blow that hard what else took the lick? transom? drive shaft? engine cradle? that would be a negative thing indeed, but a hole is a hole indeed.
 

LippCJ7

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I think the carpet is snap in and can be taken out, cleaned and possibly be ok, the very first thing I would do is to get that motor and outdrive drained, take the plugs out and spray mystery oil in each of the cylinders liberally, and hook a breaker bar to the crank shaft and turn the motor over a couple of dozen times spray mystery oil in a couple times during the process, drain the fuel cell completely, and replace the starter, fuel pump, alternator, power steering and trim pump, buy three or four fuel water separators and oil filters, cap rotor and wires.

When I say drain I mean everything, every once of fluid in the oil pan and fuel cell, get some cheap oil and run it down the motor to flush any remaining water out, go over every electrical connection and clean them, I would solder them, the gauges should be Faria which has a pretty incredible warranty so you may as well test it and see if they can be gone through otherwise get on ebay there are plenty of Faria gauge sets there.

Cycle and re lube your throttle and steering hopefully its salvageable.

After you have let the mystery oil settle into your motor and your fairly certain your electrical system is ok and your throttle works, grab a LARGE fire extinguisher and hook the hose up to the outdrive, install your battery, plugs and a fresh fuel water separator and oil filter, a couple gallons of fresh fuel and cheap oil and fire her up, be prepared for the exhaust to smoke quite a bit its the mystery oil.

Best case scenario is that the motor is ok but likely got kicked in the junk, if it runs(no knocks) go ahead and let it run the fuel dry, change the fuel water separator, oil/oil filter and plugs put some more gas in and do it again, things should run better with less smoke and it may be ok.

I would look into a rebuilt outdrive, not sure your going to need it but you may as well have the info, your also going to need a new blower.

I have to tell you your pictures make me sick to my stomach, best of luck to you.
 

Crownline230

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Wow, you got quite an eye. I didn't catch that! I hope that hole is weldable for a temporary fix - till I can get a replacement. I'll be on the look out for any other damage underneath when it comes.
 

Crownline230

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Don't worry, hopefully i'll have pictures of it soon that will be a pleasure to see. Hahahaha. Thanks for the detailed advice, I sure will need it.
 

Crownline230

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Actually shipping added about $4000 to the total price. I would of paid the same amount for any other boat any way. I just hope the repairs don't go north of $5000, so It will have cost half price of Market value. It will be fun anyway.
 

81_chapparel194

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Actually shipping added about $4000 to the total price. I would of paid the same amount for any other boat any way. I just hope the repairs don't go north of $5000, so It will have cost half price of Market value. It will be fun anyway.

im afraid 5 grand is only gonna be the tip of the ice berg. you will spend that much just in electricals. a new engine will eat up a good chunk (60%) of that amount. then the outdrive. if that engine had salt water intrusion its toast. or atleast rebuildable but a complete rebuild with cylinder boring. not just new gaskets and rings. but new crankshaft new camshaft all new internals. salt will do nasy things to the steel friction parts. but we are hoping for the best. if you have the time and money you will resurrect this bohemuth.
 

Crownline230

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After shipping her half way across the world, I only have one way to go... and that's bring her back to life, at whatever cost and time she needs. Next time I'll probably go for a clean boat, but this is probably going to be the fastest way to learn about boating. A boat Resurrection. Is that hole in the bell housing? Been trying to pin that broken part, and I think it's the bellhousing. Thanks.
 

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Is that hole in the bell housing? Been trying to pin that broken part, and I think it's the bellhousing. Thanks.

I'm not very familiar with cobra drives, but yeah, the hole appears to be in the bell housing on second look.
 

Crownline230

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Yes NYBo. As Jonnybbad previously pointed out to me, there seems to be a hole in the upper unit. On searching, I think it's the bell housing. Just need a confirmation on that. It looks quite puzzling how a hole could of got into it at that location and angle. Maybe a forklift or while reversing?
 

Crownline230

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It's not puzzling anymore how that hole got there. After several days and many hours searching for the part with the hole, ways to repair it, and sourcing the parts to be mailed to me, I found out what caused the hole..... Volvo. That's the way they were made. :facepalm:
 
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