Bowtiepower00
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I’m a big Laveycraft fan, and have been patiently looking for quite awhile for the right boat. My first boat was a Lavey 22’10” Sebring, and I have always wanted another Lavey- but this time in a Deep V. The 2750 is a little big for my garage, so I was trying to find a 24 MCOB or 21 XTSki.
I had been looking everywhere, and looked at a couple of boats in my price range that were hammered. My neighbor @boatluver83 found one online that I hadn’t seen, I saw it on a Monday night, called on it, and on Thursday morning we were on the road at 5am from PHX to SoCal to pick it up.
Seller was super cool and really honest- the boat was better in person than described, so we made the deal and headed home.
Once home, I pulled everything out to begin the deep clean and assessment.
Boat was advertised as needing an interior, but some elbow grease using Tuff Stuff cleaner and magic erasers worked wonders. I scrubbed the carpets with some foam cleaner and brush.
Putting the kiddos to work- no free rides, lol.
There were some missing staples, etc, that I replaced and repaired. Some Amazon stainless cup holders replaced the white plastic originals.
The open bow interior was loose and missing bolts, so it got reattached.
The gauges were facing different directions, the tach didn’t match, and all of the light bulbs were burnt out.
I couldn’t stand the purple bezel on the depthfinder.
2000 era Lavey rigging- pretty clean if you ask me.
I ordered green LEDs in various sizes from Amazon, and the 194 size replacements were a tad too long to fit in my lights. A little help from the hacksaw and they fit.
I like to cruise the RDP classifieds, and I found a steering wheel from @Dcb.blake and added a new lanyard- safety first, lol. Much better.
I was told the Head Unit and speakers were new, but the amp was blown. Some digging revealed 2 blown channels on the 4 channel amp, and 2 blown speakers. I kept the amp, rewired a couple of things, and replaced the blown speakers. I also added baffles to all of the speakers to improve sound quality.
A pair of 8” tubes were added, powered by a Rockford amp that has been on a shelf in my garage for 10 years. It sounds good enough for now, I’ll upgrade when I do the interior later on down the road.
Boat has Imco powerflow exhaust, but the exhaust hose on this side needed to be replaced.
Power comes from a 454 Mag MPI. I added a Hardin sea pump, and did everything else I could think of. Trim pump oring and new style cap, Cap/ Rotor/ Wires/ Plugs/ Belt, all fluids and filters.
Trim pump and drive reservoir brackets needed some love, so they got sanded down and painted.
Entire bilge got scrubbed top to bottom, and new bilge blower hose. More of that clean Lavey rigging.
Hatch had a tear. I took it to my interior guy and he didn’t want to touch it. After a little begging, he agreed to try replacing the damaged strip. We dug through his pile of remnants and found some grey that matched the boat. It’s not perfect but it beats $$$$ on a redone hatch.
Took it out for some prop testing. It came with a 24p bravo, which was good for 62. I borrowed a cutting edge 26p from my neighbor and we tried again. Got 68 GPS at 4800. We called Augie and ordered an 26 with a little work done to give me the missing 200 RPM, and hopefully a top speed that starts with a 7. And then we heard a beep from the engine after a decent run.
Using my trusty Rinda scan tool, I found an engine temp sensor code and knock sensor code. Those got replaced, and after a third water test today with interior in and half tank of fuel, we got 69 at 4850- still on the untouched Cutting Edge 26p. New prop shipped today. Cruise is low 40s at 3000, just under 50 at 3600, and mid 50s at 4000 in light chop. No more codes, boat runs great.
The finished product:
Overall, boat cleaned up really well. Better than I expected. Next up is the trailer.
I’m looking forward to being back on the water, and getting out to Havasu this summer. Most of our boating will be on Pleasant, as it’s about 20 minutes from our house.
I had been looking everywhere, and looked at a couple of boats in my price range that were hammered. My neighbor @boatluver83 found one online that I hadn’t seen, I saw it on a Monday night, called on it, and on Thursday morning we were on the road at 5am from PHX to SoCal to pick it up.
Seller was super cool and really honest- the boat was better in person than described, so we made the deal and headed home.
Once home, I pulled everything out to begin the deep clean and assessment.
Boat was advertised as needing an interior, but some elbow grease using Tuff Stuff cleaner and magic erasers worked wonders. I scrubbed the carpets with some foam cleaner and brush.
Putting the kiddos to work- no free rides, lol.
There were some missing staples, etc, that I replaced and repaired. Some Amazon stainless cup holders replaced the white plastic originals.
The open bow interior was loose and missing bolts, so it got reattached.
The gauges were facing different directions, the tach didn’t match, and all of the light bulbs were burnt out.
I couldn’t stand the purple bezel on the depthfinder.
2000 era Lavey rigging- pretty clean if you ask me.
I ordered green LEDs in various sizes from Amazon, and the 194 size replacements were a tad too long to fit in my lights. A little help from the hacksaw and they fit.
I like to cruise the RDP classifieds, and I found a steering wheel from @Dcb.blake and added a new lanyard- safety first, lol. Much better.
I was told the Head Unit and speakers were new, but the amp was blown. Some digging revealed 2 blown channels on the 4 channel amp, and 2 blown speakers. I kept the amp, rewired a couple of things, and replaced the blown speakers. I also added baffles to all of the speakers to improve sound quality.
A pair of 8” tubes were added, powered by a Rockford amp that has been on a shelf in my garage for 10 years. It sounds good enough for now, I’ll upgrade when I do the interior later on down the road.
Boat has Imco powerflow exhaust, but the exhaust hose on this side needed to be replaced.
Power comes from a 454 Mag MPI. I added a Hardin sea pump, and did everything else I could think of. Trim pump oring and new style cap, Cap/ Rotor/ Wires/ Plugs/ Belt, all fluids and filters.
Trim pump and drive reservoir brackets needed some love, so they got sanded down and painted.
Entire bilge got scrubbed top to bottom, and new bilge blower hose. More of that clean Lavey rigging.
Hatch had a tear. I took it to my interior guy and he didn’t want to touch it. After a little begging, he agreed to try replacing the damaged strip. We dug through his pile of remnants and found some grey that matched the boat. It’s not perfect but it beats $$$$ on a redone hatch.
Took it out for some prop testing. It came with a 24p bravo, which was good for 62. I borrowed a cutting edge 26p from my neighbor and we tried again. Got 68 GPS at 4800. We called Augie and ordered an 26 with a little work done to give me the missing 200 RPM, and hopefully a top speed that starts with a 7. And then we heard a beep from the engine after a decent run.
Using my trusty Rinda scan tool, I found an engine temp sensor code and knock sensor code. Those got replaced, and after a third water test today with interior in and half tank of fuel, we got 69 at 4850- still on the untouched Cutting Edge 26p. New prop shipped today. Cruise is low 40s at 3000, just under 50 at 3600, and mid 50s at 4000 in light chop. No more codes, boat runs great.
The finished product:
Overall, boat cleaned up really well. Better than I expected. Next up is the trailer.
I’m looking forward to being back on the water, and getting out to Havasu this summer. Most of our boating will be on Pleasant, as it’s about 20 minutes from our house.
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