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so what you're looking at is a 1988 aqua sport to-to-to it's a really sought after boat it's actually it's in decent shape and needs a lot of loving but let me show you guys what it looks like we already removed the leaning post on it because we're going to powder coat that white we do have the cushion that goes right here is a good lean on it's right there came with a dual axle aluminum trailer it's in pretty decent condition has a jack plate trim tab hydraulic steering like I said this is a mercury 202 stroke really good motors this one is carbureted no electronics I think there's a few LED lights up there I have no clue if this motor runs all I know is that I went to the guy's house and I bought it as is so gonna walk you guys through the whole boat and we're gonna attempt to start the motor so let's go to the front like I said it's in pretty decent shape no bottom paint added on here and yeah just this boat just needs a lot of cleaning and loving and she'll be on the water here soon [Music] so we just finished pressure washing the boat and now it's time to see if this motor is any good this is my first time taking the hood off technically all the spark plugs are removed there's no rust or anything on the plugs which is a good sign that this could be a good running engine you ready it's a water on [Applause] there he goes so we just started the motor and we noticed two things there's fuel coming out the carburetors which tells us that the floater is sticking and the Peller is not pumping water so common things that happen to be blood boats it so I'm gonna have to take the carbs off I'm gonna clean them while I'm in there and I'm gonna put a new impeller in the engine so I just removed the impeller housing and here is the old one and here is the brand new one this one is gonna pump a lot of water this one is just old and it's been here for a while and it was pretty much due for a new impeller so she's getting a new one and we're already stained the wood in here that piece of wood up there is stained and we also have all the other wood pieces ready to go except the ladder so we came to a decision that we really like this color and we are going to use this color that we are painting the inside of the boat with we are going to paint the outside the whole outside with the same color right now I'm taking the stickers off originally we were going to polish the Jellico and make it all nice but I think it's gonna look really good with that blue on the outside so we're pretty excited and we're wondering how it's going to come out and it's gonna make the boat really pop out I'm almost done with one side this is the second coat that's coming out looking really good we're getting the inside another coat and I haven't I'm prepping the other side to paint on this side this is what it used to look like and big difference it looks really good it's coming out better than we expected so what we're gonna do now is we're gonna paint the top side of this and I already have it taped off we're getting to prep for paint and I also have to do that side we're going to do that do it the same color as a floor and run it all the way to the back over here now the mice come along you know trying to glue man what I superglue you're scared I guess stick my whole head in there to look at him oh they seem tense [Music] so you're almost done man how you feeling trying to make these lights take because the tape in the back doesn't really make a mistake Wow what a genius always finds a way to make it work that's that boot guy for you so just finished installing the lights wraps around the whole boat the battery's a little dead so they're not too bright but my buddy he's gonna shut the lights off to give you a little idea of what its gonna look like completely at night look at that there we go just looking great huge difference so I'm getting prepared to remove the motor and the jack plate I already removed the swim ladder the trim tabs are pretty much off all this is gonna come off as just gonna hang with the tractor just have two more bolts and she's gonna be right off we're doing it because we need to paint the back in order to match the side so I just finished pulling the motor off I had to cover the tractor because I'm pretty much done for the day and it looks like it's gonna be raining and I have to cover the whole engine still but this gives us enough room to paint the back up to prep it to sand it down and we don't have too much work to do just paint I already completely finished a motor it's running great it's all cleaned up she looks almost brand new on the inside but there's a few things we have to do and a few things we're eating to be shipped to my house such as um we have an aqua sport sticker that's going to go right there and a few other things but it's looking great so far so the gel coat is finally dried up I took the tape off it looks great now I could go ahead and I could sand it down and I could polish it out to get that mirror shine out of it but I like the flat look on it so I'm just gonna leave it like that the paint's the back of the boat is painted on the transom I'll have to do now is start putting the trim tabs on I'm gonna put the motor back on and I'm gonna start putting everything back on so I just finished putting the motor on I need to put the trim tabs on the lateral whatnot I need to solve this issue I do have a flat tire I'm wondering if one of my plugs I only have one plug in here so I did have a family I first got it what if it's leaking because this tire is flat so I'm gonna take it to one of my buddies who repaired it and he's gonna check it out so it just got my tire fix the plug was leaking she's good as new now I'm just gonna start putting everything back on that needs to be on the back of the transom so just got back to the store bought a couple things how to buy a new winch because this one is toasted it's rusted I just holes I'm sure that's gonna break a new wind strap just not a lot of stuff that's some new scuppers gonna put in here right they're gonna put her in what's up give a little bit of ants in here but yeah it's going well it did rain it's a little wet everything's going pretty well just like it should be so I just installed a brand new winch and so far just gonna put a strap on right now all right so check this out I already stained the ladder she's looking really good the paint looks great on the transhome everything's pretty much installed on the back only thing I have to do right now is I have to repaint this up here say did get messed up by the rain put another coat on the floor clean everything up just do a few things and she'll be pretty much ready to go on the water all right so I just want to show you guys quickly what I did so far I did repainted the top already put in the rod holders they're in all the hardware and I also repainted the front the hatch covers they're already installed and whatnot and right now I am taking the leaning post apart because I'm going to be repainting it and the rod holes are completely out prepping that right now [Music] so just want to show you guys what I'm working on I'm working on the leaning post I put the first coat of paint I'm gonna put about three to four coats depending how it looks but she's gonna match the inside of the floor and the outside of the boat so she looked pretty sweet check this out just finished it gonna put the rod holders back in here and the cushion just gonna go right in the front let me show you guys wish you look like I got four coats on here and it looks actually really good here we go here's a leaning post it's completely done when I show you guys how it came out it's looking great cleaning the cushion rod holder rod holders are in and she came out looking really good so just want to show you guys a little overview the boat is very close to being done there's just a few small things I have to do but I mean she's looking really good let's go to the front looking great up there I did the detail detail it a little bit and she's gonna be ready to put in the water my goal is to put it in the water tomorrow and hopefully everything goes as planned I'm gonna go ahead and install this fish tape sticker I'm gonna put it right here where the old one was as you could see just some residue but the new one will cover everything so it's gonna look pretty good all right look at that just installed it makes a huge difference six bucks can't beat it so I was on the internet looking at things for sale and I did come across this mercury for horsepower long shaft the guy wants 300 bucks and looks like it's in good condition he said it's been sitting so my goal is to go purchase this for the 300 maybe even lower and use it as a kicker on the aqua sport so I'm gonna go check it out right now so I bought new decals for both sides taking it off I have to go really slow because if I don't the sticker might come off I did have that happen right here but you can't really tell but I mean this this bow is looking sweet I did put a help in the front so someone sitting up in up right here they could put their feet right here so it's not bouncing too much it gives a little bit of cushion but I mean this boat looks fantastic so I'm just gonna take the sticker off and I'll show you guys pull the the Protectorate layer and I'll show you guys what it looks like after I'm done so just finished it looks great like I said on the other side I have to take the top piece off but she's on there looks great I also have the mercury 4 horsepower installed it's really easy um just give me a little backup kicker engine just in case the 200 gives out but everything's looking great so the boat is officially done I have my tractor hooked up because I'm gonna put it in the lake today came out looking really good now this project took quite a bit of time because I had a few issues going on so that's why I took like pretty much forever to get it done but as you could see it's and came out really good better than I thought it would actually oh yeah it's uh it's all here looking great and going the other side Motors all cleaned up just a great great boat so yeah so I'm gonna get my truck and I'll see you guys on the water so here is my to-to-to center console aqua sport it's gonna give you guys a little overview we have a new gel coat on the outside I'm did a bunch of stuff on this boat we have a new aqua sport decal right there cut the motors in the back and this boat is a 1988 and it has a dual axle aluminum trailer and it's actually in pretty good condition you see all these brackets are completely rotted out but not on this one so let me get in the boat and I'll show you guys inside of it alright so now I'm in the boat just gonna give you just a quick overview here's a leaning poster there's plenty of fishing rod holders even on the t-top they're everywhere there's a couple up there also and we have some on the leaning posts and some right here let's go to the front of the boat i repaint the floors all the hatch covers maybe things pretty much all cleaned up we have a live roll under here I put a sea deck pad right here new batteries restain all the wood that was in here went through the whole motor I purchased a four horsepower Mercury as a kicker as a new water separator new fuel lines and just a bunch of small stuff that I did to it she looks great compared to what she did before it's also a radio up there and there's some LED strips up there and also I don't know if it's well actually you can kind of see it but um there is a LED strip running completely through the boat so hopefully it gets dark here I'm at Lake Seminole and I'm gonna put in the water alright she started right up got my truck over there I'm gonna back her up [Applause] check that out guys she is finally in the water she's looking great such a great boat so nice to have this build in the water because I mean I've been working on it for such a long time motor throwing great great day to do a little sea trial here what you think first impression yeah no no nice have some lights up here too [Applause] and it's actually nice out [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh [Applause] it's worth [Music] so it just got the boat out of the water and she ran great and no issues couldn't be more than happy about how this boat turned out and how it performed just a great overall boat these are great boats if you could find one I do have more boats that I'm redoing so for future video so please stay tuned and if you guys can please like comment and subscribe because it will help me out I hope you guys enjoy this build and thanks for watching again [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music]

Channel: ThatBoatGuy

Views: 1,149,591

Keywords: outboard, marine, 2 stroke, 4 stroke, longshaft, shortshaft, rebuild, stringer, restore, project, 222, aquasport, searay, carolina, skiff, hewes, boston whaler, fix, hydrasport, proline, cuddy, thatboatguy, st.petersburg, yamaha, mercury, nissan, tohatsu, honda, suzuki, johnson, evinrude, omc, etec, 90hp, 115hp, 150hp, 175hp, 200hp, 225hp, 250hp, 300hp, gradywhite, transom, floor

Id: lRJNp9-LGjg

Length: 22min 33sec (1353 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 23 2019