My father has had this old Lund sitting in the back 40 since I was in grade school. I recently got a burr and decided to break it out and clean it up. (Thanks to this forum I'm sure.) I've taken it out a few times over the past few years but not so much as I have recently. I got a few weeks vacation from work and made my way to eastern Washington. Cleaned up the boat and replaced the trailer lights with LED submersible lights from Harbor Freight, then I went fishing every day for about a week. Did quite well and have a dozen new fishing stories to boot. So I repacked the bearings and drug it back the 300 miles to my home, took it out a couple more times, (just couldn't help myself) then I started working on cleaning it up. Here is what I had to start with.
It had an old 2 stroke motor on it and somehow over the years it went missing. So a run to the local pawn shop and I picked up a 2000 Evinrude 6hp 4 stroke. Runs great, it's nice and quiet, under the hood it looks like new, and it just sips the fuel. A weeks worth of fishing and I only went through one tank of fuel.
Threw the new motor on it.
And a depth finder.
Running the depth finder from a 4ah lead acid gel cell battery for an alarm system. So far it's been used off and on over the last month and has yet to need a charge. Fits nice under the rear seat. I've also recently mounted a Garmin GPS next to it.
Decided to start at the front and work my way back. First thing was to tackle the tongue. It was getting a bit rough, the spare tire was all weather checked and the old winch needed a lot of love. I decided to replace the winch with a new one, and the spare I'm going to just toss. I replaced the wheels and tires that were on the trailer even though the tires weren't in bad shape. I will keep the better of the two for a spare. So I tore it apart, scuffed the paint, primered and painted the tongue and put everything back together. Just a taste to get me started and keep me motivated as I take on the larger parts of the project.
Got the new tires and wheel mounted.
Picked up the bearing protectors and the grease but haven't installed them yet.
For some reason over the years someone decided to paint over the original orange Lund paint with some nasty green stuff. They didn't take much care or time in doing it and it turned out awful. So I am planning on taking it back to the original color. I own a vinyl cutter and plan on putting the "retro" Lund decals back. So I've started stripping the paint, using some Kleen Strip from Home Depot. So far so good, it's working quite well. I'm following that up with some 150 grit sand paper to clean up the stuff that I didn't get with the stripper. So that is were I am as of today. I plan on having the primer on by the end of the week. I'll keep you posted.
The plan is to take the paint back to the original color with the retro decals, I'll probably use the roll on bed liner in the inside bottom, just so there is some texture to stand on. And I'll paint the inside a light grey. The two seats that are in there now are going to be replaced with some that are a bit more comfortable. The trailer will get a fresh coat of paint just for looks. Then I plan on fishing these lakes like a mad man!
It had an old 2 stroke motor on it and somehow over the years it went missing. So a run to the local pawn shop and I picked up a 2000 Evinrude 6hp 4 stroke. Runs great, it's nice and quiet, under the hood it looks like new, and it just sips the fuel. A weeks worth of fishing and I only went through one tank of fuel.
Threw the new motor on it.
And a depth finder.
Running the depth finder from a 4ah lead acid gel cell battery for an alarm system. So far it's been used off and on over the last month and has yet to need a charge. Fits nice under the rear seat. I've also recently mounted a Garmin GPS next to it.
Decided to start at the front and work my way back. First thing was to tackle the tongue. It was getting a bit rough, the spare tire was all weather checked and the old winch needed a lot of love. I decided to replace the winch with a new one, and the spare I'm going to just toss. I replaced the wheels and tires that were on the trailer even though the tires weren't in bad shape. I will keep the better of the two for a spare. So I tore it apart, scuffed the paint, primered and painted the tongue and put everything back together. Just a taste to get me started and keep me motivated as I take on the larger parts of the project.
Got the new tires and wheel mounted.
Picked up the bearing protectors and the grease but haven't installed them yet.
For some reason over the years someone decided to paint over the original orange Lund paint with some nasty green stuff. They didn't take much care or time in doing it and it turned out awful. So I am planning on taking it back to the original color. I own a vinyl cutter and plan on putting the "retro" Lund decals back. So I've started stripping the paint, using some Kleen Strip from Home Depot. So far so good, it's working quite well. I'm following that up with some 150 grit sand paper to clean up the stuff that I didn't get with the stripper. So that is were I am as of today. I plan on having the primer on by the end of the week. I'll keep you posted.
The plan is to take the paint back to the original color with the retro decals, I'll probably use the roll on bed liner in the inside bottom, just so there is some texture to stand on. And I'll paint the inside a light grey. The two seats that are in there now are going to be replaced with some that are a bit more comfortable. The trailer will get a fresh coat of paint just for looks. Then I plan on fishing these lakes like a mad man!