You Get What You Pay For We got our boat back, yea, now onto the reason cheaper is not always better. If you remember we sent our boat to JB Automotive to just pull the engine out and put the newly rebuilt engine back in. Well, things did go back in the way we expected and we …
We just got our Bayliner Bowrider 175 back with a freshly rebuilt Mercruiser 3.0. We are now taking inventory of what is needed to get the engine started like restoring the wiring harness, getting everything buttoned up on the engine like the distributor, timing, and the missing hardware. We sent this engine to a mechanic …
Rebuilt Mercruiser 3.0 Engine EP #16 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
The engines out, the Stern Drive off, and the engine is ready to be shipped to the machine shop Xcessive Engines for a rebuild. It should only take about 2 weeks to get the engine back, and if Xcessive Engines has engines in stock they ship out right away. I guess it being summer their …
Stern Drive Off, Engine Out, Rebuild EP #13 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
Engine Needs Rebuilding Trouble in paradise, we have issues with the lower end of the Mercruiser 3.0 engine in our 2004 Bayliner Bowrider 175. We don’t have the A-frame needed to remove it and don’t really want to pull the engine ourselves. Issue found when we got the new head on the engine from Clearwater Cylinder …
We go over why the new head didn’t work on our engine, now going to do a full rebuild on our boat engine. Keep on digging and find more things that need to be replaced or repaired on this 2004 Bayliner Bowrider 175. For this boat we would really love not to spend over $5,000, …
Boat At Shop, Our Plans After EP #14 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
Well, just killed the budget as our engine repair went from $800 when we were just replacing the head, to $2,400 to replace the long block. We lost the $800, this was money that we used buying the new head and gasket, but you live and learn. At the end of this project, we will …
Rebuild Engine, Budget Busted EP #12 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
Sanding Day It got a little hot with all this safety gear on, flashback to wearing MOP4 in the military, but fiberglass is not that good for your lungs. While sanding it felt like any breeze there was stopped, sanding the bilge and stringers to prepare it all for fiberglass feels like the hardest part …
I think sanding Boat Bilge and Stringers is the most uncomfortable part of the restore of this 2004 Bayliner Bowrider 175. We don’t think that the new floor will leak water, but if it does we don’t want the stringers to rot. Fiberglass is amazing, but installing it has to be the hardest part of …
Boat Bilge. Preparing for Fiberglass EP #11 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
This boat’s GelCoat was chalky and white from years of negligent. We restored the color and realized the boat was not white bringing out the original beauty of the Gelcoat. Danielle makes the boat shine and she steps you through how she did it. Danielle is not only great to work with on this boat …
Shine Back For Boat’s Chalky Gel-Coat EP #10 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
Pretty Boat So when buying a used boat, or bring back that luster to your current boat there is hope for your gelcoat. Danielle has worked her little tail off to restore the gelcoat on the boat with wonderful results. Before she started we thought would need a new gel coat applied, but now not …
