These are short post of DIYs, Reviews, HowTos, and other things we that have a YouTube video but no long format blog entry. Videos that are posted in here may later become an expanded blog depending on how much love they get!
Dollar weeds are at bay, but at what cost? We have the cost of TruGreen, plus now we have Sod that may have to be replaced and broken sprinkler heads. Not happy that TruGreen aerating our new sod even after we called and told them there was new sod. When the tech came out they …
TrueGreen 6 Month Review, Ripped Up Sod, Broken Sprinkler Heads Read More »
This was exciting, huge fireball out of the carburetor, took all the hair off my hand. In this video, we show how we set up our newly rebuilt 3.0 Mercruiser in our Bayliner Bowrider Boat for initial startup. If you want to know how we installed the distributor at top dead center and primped the …
Starting Boat Engine First Time EP #45 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
Getting close to starting, have to primp the oil pump and install the distributor at top dead center number one. In this video, we show how we prime the oil pump on the cheap, and then how to find top dead center on the number one cylinder using a compression gauge and a screwdriver. With …
Priming Oil Pump And Stabbing Distributor EP #44 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
The spring broke in our Bayliner Bowrider 175, nothing like have a boat you can’t start. In this video, we show how easy it is to install the Sierra marine ignition switch in our boat. After installed we tested and the Sierra marine ignition switch work as expected in our ski boat. Was really impressed …
Install Boat Ignition Switch EP #43 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
To go with our grey boat theme we opted to paint our custom speaker plates. I did like the wood grain but it just didn’t work with anything else in the boat. We used paint to seal the wood then added Kiwi Grip to add texture. All the materials used for this project were scrapes …
Custom Boat Speaker Plates Painted EP #42 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
Got our boat windows on and they look good, also as the boat driver I don’t want to get wet. LOL The weatherstrip we found on Amazon worked really and we have already used it for other projects beyond this like the speaker pods and Jeep projects. I loved working this project with my wife, …
Installed Our Window On The Boat EP #41 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
This our 4th service, 5th encounter with TruGreen and we’ve only had a few issues to report. In this video, we are going over our concerns. We are in contact with TruGreen to see what can be done, that update will be in our next video part of this series. We are still really happy …
TruGreen Service, Aeration Issues With New Grass Read More »
When we started our aluminum boat widows restore the chipping paint and corroding was bad, now they are so pretty. In this video you will see how we restored our boat windows, this would work on any metal frame window. It was a lot of work, and it is much easier to do with the …
Restoring Aluminum Boat Windows EP #40 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
After cleaning the boat seats for the gazillionth time, we tried NeverWet from Rust-Oleum on it. Hindsight we should have got the silver NeverWet from Rust-Oleum, we may try it later. We have also left a link below for where we got ours, ordering with our link helps us grow at no added cost to …
Rust-Oleum NeverWet, Will It Work? EP #39 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
We painted on the Interior Rubber Strip in our boat with KiwiGrip and it worked better than we expected. This was used to replace the rubber strip, we think it works great, won’t mold, and be very easy to clean. New rubber trim to go around the boat was going to cost over $100, and …
KiwiGrip Painted For Interior Boat Trim EP #38 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
