Why Our Budget Boat Only Lasted an Hour. Can We Fix It?

[@captainvette2112]

I love this channel. Its the perfect reminder of how buying a bunch of cheap crap and ghetto DYI-ing stuff in an attempt to "save money" always ends up wasting your time and costing more money than had you just bought something new. LOL

[@TheRealMercDave]

Yea, you always have to look for that horizontal crack on the Mercruiser 2.5 and 3.0 liter engines. That is freeze damage.

[@peterpapadimitriou7744]

Watching you down under- Great ideas for all of us on a boat budject no dought! Great to try a few possible remedies before spashing money on other possibilities- as we say in Australia - BOAT= Break out another thousand!

[@Motiv8Labs]

Thanks for the feedback! Hopefully us doing it wrong will help some people out.

[@ziptieman]

I totally appreciate the effort and explanation. It's a budget boat after all, why not try the budget fix? Thanks for the content, look forward to whatever project you decide to work on for the next video.

[@rcboatlife4907]

Got to love owning a boat .. mines still not in the water this season .. work on them more than you actually on them but it's addictive being on the water , I think that's way we do to ourselves 😂 love the videos

[@ready4pullback]

Say it with me… V8! V8! V8! 350 Mercruisers are a dime a dozen. Slap one in and go boating!

[@Dr.Meola1980]

Best way to open an oil filter if you don't have a giant pipe cutter. Use a Swiss army type can opener. The old fashioned ones that you would get on pocket knife

[@jstar1000]

That motor is total trash with all that welding on the block, jeeze! scrap that pig and move on lol.

[@WildcatWarrior15]

Guys, if you struggle to get your motor started for a long time, flood the engine severely, or have a stuck carb float, CHANGE YOUR OIL. The motor might not have been 100% to begin with, but I guarantee you this is all because of gas in the oil from when the carb float stuck.

[@markjohnson3616]

Oh she is a great boat hard to find those trihull io keep trying

[@dougmasters3875]

Good lord boy, buy an oil filter cutter!!!!

[@timothyallbritton1961]

Did you mike the crank and possible put in an over sized bearing (010) to take up the slack ;)

[@Motiv8Labs]

Miced the crank and it was within the old manual’s spec, but it seems like the rod was a little egg shaped, so I should have known it wasn’t going to run very long.

[@timothyallbritton1961]

@@Motiv8Labs Loved the videos!

[@igormijic]

I think it was because you didn't Fix the water issue getting in the oil

[@kimberlydeann]

Likely the crack extended into the cylinder(s).

[@keitheagle4633]

You should have replaced the entire rod the rod has been bent it wore the end of the rod it is oval shaped

[@superstitiousfishes1247]

great video. sorry it didn't work out.

[@luisgcasiquet]

Thanks for this good video! I loved the rednecky crankshaft fix

[@bryant2919]

Get rid of that garbage carb first!

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

If all 17 of us revolt... we wont cause too much fuss

[@cliffordplasd8239]

I have not watched the vid yet my guess you wiped out a cam

[@cliffordplasd8239]

Here is one idiots opinion if it works was it really the wrong way.

[@dumpsterfire6351]

Ahhhh man I was crossing fingers n toes here Sorry brotha Great try