Big Free Boat.

- Turn on subtitles/CC's if you'd like explanations on what I'm doing throughout the video.
- I've never worked on a boat before, nor do I have much experience with one in any sense, but this one came up on Facebook Marketplace for free so I had to have it. It's a 1976 Webbcraft with a Mercruiser 5.8 (Ford 351 Windsor). It has been off the water for somewhere near two decades and for almost that entire time, the engine was sitting uncovered and collecting rainwater down the carburetor. Despite being locked up solid, it did free up and run. By the end of the video, the boat successfully made it down the Mississippi river. The engine probably needs a rebuild if I expect it to go any further.

Chapters:
00:00 - Getting the boat out.
06:22 - Clearing out some of the trash
11:30 - Engine's full of water
13:40 - Un-seizing the engine.
16:19 - Removing the valve covers
18:00 - More water in the oil
20:28 - Piles of rust down the intake manifold.
22:48 - Compression test, bad.
25:25 - Carburetor rebuild
31:42 - Getting ready to fire it up
36:04 - First start
38:24 - Getting the fuel system to work
44:43 - Running it for longer
47:28 - Stuck lifters and no oil flow
49:20 - Removing the intake manifold
51:40 - Removing the lifters.
54:12 - Disassembling and fixing the lifters.
1:01:14 - Putting the engine back together
1:08:27 - Starting it up again
1:10:30 - Water pump replacement, lower unit.
1:17:43 - Cleaning and vacuuming
1:23:01 - Pressure washing
1:29:09 - Trailer lights/wiring
1:32:00 - Getting ready for the water
1:36:27 - Maiden Voyage.
01:46:43 - Cat

Runtime 01:49:26

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