Brewguy
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The previous owner of our 270 had a custom mattress made that fills the aft cabin. It's basically a queen sized bed now. We figured we have the couch in the galley already, and it's perfect for overnight guests.
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Thanks for the advice - and my boat is "sand", the off-white color (not sure why they didn't just make them white?).
I've been reading this thread with great interest. Brings me back to when I had more energy than $$. I didn't see a response to your question about gell coat color. If it's the same as mine (and it looks like it is) Sea Ray calls it "Sand" I've found that Rustolium makes a very close match. They call it CANVAS. Comes in a spray can.
On the teak: the circles are plugs. only way I know to remove them is to carefully drill a small hole in the center then sink a screw in and pry out. You can buy new ones online. You can get them pretty cheap at either amazon or ebay. Otherwise, they're spendy and you have roughly 260 of them. I just bought 300 for $12.50 on ebay . Oh yeah, they are 3/8" diameter. keyword; teak plugs.
Your boat is really looking great!! if mine comes even close I'll be happy.
Okay, so obviously there's work to be done, and I kind of need to come up with a game plan.
The big ticket items are:
1) SOMEHOW take care of the broken crank bolt on the starboard motor. What do you think, weld a nut to it and remove it that way? Any other options?
2) FULL service on both outdrives (EVERYTHING). I think I'm going to tackle this myself; I more or less did it on a Cobra, I think I can handle it on a Merc.
3) Drain the gas tank of all the old gas.
4) Replace hard fuel lines with soft lines with inline filters. I did this on my previous boat and it did wonders to prevent the carbs from getting clogged.
5) Reinstall rebuilt starter on starboard motor.
6) Replace all bilge pumps (ease of mind).
... and that's about all I can think of that would get her in the water. Everything else is largely superficial and I can do while I'm enjoying the boat.
Any suggestions on how to go about these things, DIY guides, advice, etc. would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Who did you end up going with for your Carbs? I now have a carb issue on both motors (hoping it's nothing more), and am having a hell of a hard time locating new Quadrajets... or similar to replace them with.