That engine and outdrive alone are worth $510. Even though the boat was flooded. They can both be rebuilt. You definitely got your money’s worth out of this thing.
First question. Please, tell us that you took the time to drain the water out of the engine, pull the plugs and fill it with oil and additives to pickle it? It would not matter how long she was down but after hitting air you have maybe 2 hours to save that machine. After that... time to pull, rebuild what is saveable and go for new.... I have done maybe 60 of these over my 55 years as a marine mechanic. I learned to do a few things, bring new plugs (two sets minimum), fresh batteries (again at least two) a couple of 6 gallon fuel tanks or a 12 gallon. Fresh fuel water separators, Carb cleaner, by the case, Marvel Mystery oil (at least two to four gallons), oil catch to gather the oil/water in the engine keeping in mind it will be full to the top. tools.. Get it up, drain the engine, re[place fuel water separator and disconnect from the boats fuel tank. Pull block drains and empty that piggy out. Also pick up a siphon setup from harbor freight, run it down the dipstick tube and suck out every bit of crap you can. Pull the sparkplugs and remove distributor cap. Clean that out. fill with fresh water to rinse, and drain. Fill with oil leaving plugs out. When ready, attach battery to the engine and spin it over with the starter. I use a remote start button on the starter solenoid. Dump lots of marvel mystery oil down that carb throat and add to oil in the block... lit it filter out the plug holes turning it over a bit at a time until all cylinders have cycled many times. Hopefully this clears out the intake manifold. Once you are set, drain oil again completely and fill again using about a half quart of mystery oil and then 10-30 or 40. distributor is cleared and dry, spin it over fast for 30 seconds a few times, install new plugs, attach portable fuel tank to fuel water separator, attach distributor, attach sparkplugs, disconnect harness from the top of the engine to boar harness. (this gives you spark) OR turn key on at helm and see if it spins the starter over. Start engine.... it will spit and sputter but start, make sure the outdrive is lowered and not in the up position. Let her run for as long as you can. an hour or more would be great and it should clear itself up. THis is how you save your engine and it has to be fast, especially in brackish or salt water....
Well this is great advise. Some of which I was aware. This boat was under water for some time. I’m pulling the engine today and will have another update shortly. Thanks for your comment.
I almost gave up when I split my head open. But I superglued the cut with crazy glue. Then my buddy said get back to that boat and finish the job. So I was like yeah! I absolutely would do it again. I would just be better prepared.
A tough tale of woe, I know what it's like working on old boats cuz I owned one but my God how relieved you must have felt when you got her on the trailer? WoW, I felt good for you! How long had that boat laid down in the slip where you pumped it out? Now I gotta know more so I guess I'll be looking for the other crap you dealt with to compare w/ the past crap I dealt with? I hope/pray this finds you well.... peace
I love all the comments. I’m really not even a RUclipsr. I just have all these experiences that are really cool if you see it though my lens. I still have more project boats I haven’t really touched on yet. I am working on two new videos now. One for the Navigator Yacht and another one for the Bayliner. I appreciate you all watching. Maybe one day I will make a dollar. Lol
I've had my fair share of these things when nothing really goes as planned but the journey is what I've been told that it's all about. I wouldn't have been disappointment had you cut your losses at the end of day 1 .....lmao, I know the feeling but no matter what any of us out here have to say, most of them don't have the guts even to step out on a limb as you did. I was elated to see the boat on that trailer & the last part stuck on the sand bar at low tide..... Nope, I'd never have given up after all of that !! It's an impressive story, in my opinion. peace
@@lancenutter1067 first step was to get the rest of the water out of her. The remove all the barnacles from the hull. I have scrapped all the sides and it certainly helps. I think I am going to try barnacle buster with what’s left. Probably going to start spraying out the inside shortly.
Been around boats all my life (64 yrs old). The amount of time and money you will spend to bring this boat to usable condition is 10 x more than you think. Seriously give this boat away to anyone that'll take it. Put together a down payment on something with an Yamaha 4-stroke and while you still bleed some money on maintaining it you would be able to use it. The Baylliner is one of most popular first time boat for new boaters.......nobody who owns one buys another
@@theroofguy625 This is my 3rd Bayliner. I am currently working on 4 project boats. Each I will be highlighting in videos. I will be surprising people how I do things. This boat I really like and have always wanted. So it’s really a labor of love. Money wise I do things very unconventionally. Stay tuned because it’s going to be awesome!
You look like the cartoon characters that had a tooth ache !😅 I'm laughing with you. I have a 1985 21' trophy hard top with volvo power. I love that boat. With outboards costing 50k there's no other choice. I have no debt and don't want debt. Remember your eating a 20,000 pound elephant. Little bites at a time.
I was a mess man. My head was so split open. I used crazy glue to glue my cut closed. I had it in the video but then my nephew said I may get flagged so I edited it out. It was an ordeal.
Ok, not to shame you. Everyone who owns a boat over 25 feet goes through the learning curve. From now on, plan things out as if you were flying a plane. Channel bridges, navigation hazards, contingency plans and provisions even if your just going a few miles up the shore. Boats are obviously less hazardous than flying, but you just graduated into a cruiser, 20 foot runabout rules will no longer be enough
This is the first boat that I have ever tried to re-float. Adding the part about trying to drive it to the boat ramp 4,000 feet away was exponentially more difficult. I honestly expected to see the boat and turn around and go home. I really believed I have a 50/50 shot of re-floating it. So I was so focused on that, then I got hurt bad. I had a concussion and just wasn’t thinking 100%. I should have researched which side of the channel was dredged. I should have also checked the tide. But your right. I missed some things for sure.
So what your saying is your career as a boat salvage is a non starter. Pretty much everything that went wrong did you wrong and it was all your own doing buddy still look at it like its a life lesson.
I think 99.9% of the population would have never attempted this. I knew it would be a challenge by myself and I did it. I raised the sunk boat and drove it to the dock, loaded it myself and drove it from south FL back to GA. I am pretty proud of myself.
@itsathaithing oh its a good effort I would have asked a friend to come with me with a tow boat so pull you round to the slip. The surf doors on those boats are pretty poor at keeping the water out. Instead of screwing a board to the back toilet wax would have saved you drilling holes it's the ring you set a toilet on, dirt cheap from plumbers supplies shops you mould it round the seem of the door then press the door closed and it forms a water tight seal. So you can pump out the water and when your finished it just peels out the door seal and no holes in the gel coat. I'm surprised the previous owners didn't get police knocking their doors I didn't notice any oil booms to catch the engine fluids over here you'd get hauled over the coals by the environmental police for doing that.
Let’s not forget this boat was submerged for a long enough period of time for all that growth to occur. I’m still not convinced it can be salvaged. If you ask my wife she would agree I am a little mad.
Please keep this project going. I really enjoy following projects like this. Wishing you the best of luck! On to Episode 2.
I am ripping out the carpet today. Taking it down to the bare bones!
Episode 2
ruclips.net/video/qjA9Ejwf2nc/видео.htmlsi=E5mQh9ryyRLI4CGF
Just posted this video of our 53' Navigator we are working on as well.
ruclips.net/video/4ivEVTm6218/видео.htmlsi=uN6MOlA-aQEfU4LG
You did everything without proper thought. You went the hard way about things. I hope you win at the end
I always had an affinity for those boats. Best of luck and you have a new follower.
Lmao. Such a reassuring wife. Alligator bay
Best of luck with it
@@AM-ni3sz Thanks
This hilarious. Sorry brother all the best with it
Great video..be careful..this could be an interesting project.
@@richardknott2021 Thank you!
If you’ve been around the water you know that save takes guts
@@markschroth5700 Man I like to think I can do anything I set my mind to but their are so many things you can’t plan or expect.
That engine and outdrive alone are worth $510. Even though the boat was flooded. They can both be rebuilt. You definitely got your money’s worth out of this thing.
First question. Please, tell us that you took the time to drain the water out of the engine, pull the plugs and fill it with oil and additives to pickle it? It would not matter how long she was down but after hitting air you have maybe 2 hours to save that machine. After that... time to pull, rebuild what is saveable and go for new.... I have done maybe 60 of these over my 55 years as a marine mechanic. I learned to do a few things, bring new plugs (two sets minimum), fresh batteries (again at least two) a couple of 6 gallon fuel tanks or a 12 gallon. Fresh fuel water separators, Carb cleaner, by the case, Marvel Mystery oil (at least two to four gallons), oil catch to gather the oil/water in the engine keeping in mind it will be full to the top. tools..
Get it up, drain the engine, re[place fuel water separator and disconnect from the boats fuel tank. Pull block drains and empty that piggy out. Also pick up a siphon setup from harbor freight, run it down the dipstick tube and suck out every bit of crap you can. Pull the sparkplugs and remove distributor cap. Clean that out. fill with fresh water to rinse, and drain. Fill with oil leaving plugs out. When ready, attach battery to the engine and spin it over with the starter. I use a remote start button on the starter solenoid. Dump lots of marvel mystery oil down that carb throat and add to oil in the block... lit it filter out the plug holes turning it over a bit at a time until all cylinders have cycled many times. Hopefully this clears out the intake manifold. Once you are set, drain oil again completely and fill again using about a half quart of mystery oil and then 10-30 or 40. distributor is cleared and dry, spin it over fast for 30 seconds a few times, install new plugs, attach portable fuel tank to fuel water separator, attach distributor, attach sparkplugs, disconnect harness from the top of the engine to boar harness. (this gives you spark) OR turn key on at helm and see if it spins the starter over. Start engine.... it will spit and sputter but start, make sure the outdrive is lowered and not in the up position.
Let her run for as long as you can. an hour or more would be great and it should clear itself up.
THis is how you save your engine and it has to be fast, especially in brackish or salt water....
Well this is great advise. Some of which I was aware. This boat was under water for some time. I’m pulling the engine today and will have another update shortly. Thanks for your comment.
Wow was it worth almost getting killed
I almost gave up when I split my head open. But I superglued the cut with crazy glue. Then my buddy said get back to that boat and finish the job. So I was like yeah! I absolutely would do it again. I would just be better prepared.
That trailer cost more than the boat!
A tough tale of woe, I know what it's like working on old boats cuz I owned one but my God how relieved you must have felt when
you got her on the trailer? WoW, I felt good for you! How long had that boat laid down in the slip where you pumped it out? Now
I gotta know more so I guess I'll be looking for the other crap you dealt with to compare w/ the past crap I dealt with?
I hope/pray this finds you well.... peace
I love all the comments. I’m really not even a RUclipsr. I just have all these experiences that are really cool if you see it though my lens. I still have more project boats I haven’t really touched on yet. I am working on two new videos now. One for the Navigator Yacht and another one for the Bayliner. I appreciate you all watching. Maybe one day I will make a dollar. Lol
I've had my fair share of these things when nothing really goes as planned but the journey is what I've been told
that it's all about. I wouldn't have been disappointment had you cut your losses at the end of day 1 .....lmao, I
know the feeling but no matter what any of us out here have to say, most of them don't have the guts even
to step out on a limb as you did. I was elated to see the boat on that trailer & the last part stuck on the sand
bar at low tide..... Nope, I'd never have given up after all of that !! It's an impressive story, in my opinion.
peace
How long was it under? Seems to have a lot of algae on it.
@@aaronhooks6258 I am really not sure. Maybe a year. Where they bottom paint was it was clean. But all the bare fiberglass was a mess
@@itsathaithing Wow, that is a long time to be under. You did a great job getting it clean after being under so long.
Well, now I kinda want to know what you’re gonna do with her! I own a 17 foot Bayliner Cuddy with Force 85 and really like the boat.
@@lancenutter1067 first step was to get the rest of the water out of her. The remove all the barnacles from the hull. I have scrapped all the sides and it certainly helps. I think I am going to try barnacle buster with what’s left. Probably going to start spraying out the inside shortly.
Man what a story to save this boat !
@@100pyatt I just uploaded another video update.
ruclips.net/video/qjA9Ejwf2nc/видео.htmlsi=AB8SdL5DQz5OX2v0
Been around boats all my life (64 yrs old). The amount of time and money you will spend to bring this boat to usable condition is 10 x more than you think. Seriously give this boat away to anyone that'll take it. Put together a down payment on something with an Yamaha 4-stroke and while you still bleed some money on maintaining it you would be able to use it. The Baylliner is one of most popular first time boat for new boaters.......nobody who owns one buys another
@@theroofguy625 This is my 3rd Bayliner. I am currently working on 4 project boats. Each I will be highlighting in videos. I will be surprising people how I do things. This boat I really like and have always wanted. So it’s really a labor of love. Money wise I do things very unconventionally. Stay tuned because it’s going to be awesome!
@@itsathaithing Me, too. Number three and still lovin' it.
It's $500 let the guy have a little fun with it.
I’m pretty sure he was not laughing at himself after injury..
@@richardknott2021 Yeah I was a mess.
You look like the cartoon characters that had a tooth ache !😅 I'm laughing with you. I have a 1985 21' trophy hard top with volvo power. I love that boat. With outboards costing 50k there's no other choice. I have no debt and don't want debt. Remember your eating a 20,000 pound elephant. Little bites at a time.
I was a mess man. My head was so split open. I used crazy glue to glue my cut closed. I had it in the video but then my nephew said I may get flagged so I edited it out. It was an ordeal.
Ok, not to shame you. Everyone who owns a boat over 25 feet goes through the learning curve. From now on, plan things out as if you were flying a plane. Channel bridges, navigation hazards, contingency plans and provisions even if your just going a few miles up the shore. Boats are obviously less hazardous than flying, but you just graduated into a cruiser, 20 foot runabout rules will no longer be enough
This is the first boat that I have ever tried to re-float. Adding the part about trying to drive it to the boat ramp 4,000 feet away was exponentially more difficult. I honestly expected to see the boat and turn around and go home. I really believed I have a 50/50 shot of re-floating it. So I was so focused on that, then I got hurt bad. I had a concussion and just wasn’t thinking 100%. I should have researched which side of the channel was dredged. I should have also checked the tide. But your right. I missed some things for sure.
Buy insurance ........ take her out to deep water and pull the plug!!
Good advice 🤨
So what your saying is your career as a boat salvage is a non starter.
Pretty much everything that went wrong did you wrong and it was all your own doing buddy still look at it like its a life lesson.
I think 99.9% of the population would have never attempted this. I knew it would be a challenge by myself and I did it. I raised the sunk boat and drove it to the dock, loaded it myself and drove it from south FL back to GA. I am pretty proud of myself.
@itsathaithing oh its a good effort I would have asked a friend to come with me with a tow boat so pull you round to the slip.
The surf doors on those boats are pretty poor at keeping the water out. Instead of screwing a board to the back toilet wax would have saved you drilling holes it's the ring you set a toilet on, dirt cheap from plumbers supplies shops you mould it round the seem of the door then press the door closed and it forms a water tight seal. So you can pump out the water and when your finished it just peels out the door seal and no holes in the gel coat.
I'm surprised the previous owners didn't get police knocking their doors I didn't notice any oil booms to catch the engine fluids over here you'd get hauled over the coals by the environmental police for doing that.
Stop polishing and tear out all the wet stuff up front. Are u mad. Get that thing dry.
@@BrentonEllard interior came out the next day. Just haven’t finished the video.
Let’s not forget this boat was submerged for a long enough period of time for all that growth to occur. I’m still not convinced it can be salvaged. If you ask my wife she would agree I am a little mad.