1985 bass tracker tournament TX...17'....complete rebuild.

[Bowlershop]

If I remember correct, the last time I was out with me and my buddy in there and some gear I got it up to 28 mph.

 

[Bowlershop]

The 15ft has a 30hp.....my 17ft has a 50hp

 

[Bowlershop]

I had some decals custom made for this boat, they came in the mail today!!!

 

[gatorglenn]

Where did you have a made


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[gatorglenn]

I meant to say those are sweet. Where did you have them made thanks


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[Bowlershop]

Decals

 

[Bowlershop]

Discontinueddecals.com. It's an older style tracker decal but I had them change the wording to TOURNAMENT TX to match the boat.

 

[gatorglenn]

Thanks I need new ones for my boat. Not sure what color Iam going with. But I like the custom part


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[RStewart]

The decals are sweet!

 

[jy951]

This may be odvious, but did you have to cut off. and re weld the transom corner braces?

 

[Bowlershop]

This may be odvious, but did you have to cut off. and re weld the transom corner braces?

Are you talking about this top corner cap? If so, yes I had to cut them off and have them welded back on. Thanks for the question, I do have many more pics if that would help.

 

[jy951]

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. That would be a major hurdle for me.

 

[Bowlershop]

That's what I thought too. But it's really a lot simpler then it seems. About 15 minutes of grinding and it's off. Paid I guy I know $50 to weld it on. Drilling out all the rivers I think takes longer.

 

[Bowlershop]

Still waiting on some warmer weather so I can get moving on this. I won $1100 at the casino so I'm ordering some stuff I will need for the boat!

 

[Bowlershop]

Weather has been decent so I got a little done. I redid most of the wiring on the engine do to it being corroded. I also did some cleaning on the aluminum interior pieces. I used the adhesive remover in the pics to remove the old carpet adhesive. I scraped as much as I could off with a razor blade then spread the adhesive remover on. I then let it sit for 30 min. The stuff worked great, it pretty much melted everything off. Plenty clean enough now for new carpet to stick when I get to that point.

 

[Kingbryce]

Man good job on the rebuild! I wish i would have had the time to blow my tracker apart like this. what are you going to do for the foam under the rear deck? Did the acetone and magic eraser work for removing the sticker residue down the sides of your hull? Those old stripe stickers are something else. The adhesive they leave behind is a living nighmare.

 

[Bowlershop]

Man good job on the rebuild! I wish i would have had the time to blow my tracker apart like this. what are you going to do for the foam under the rear deck? Did the acetone and magic eraser work for removing the sticker residue down the sides of your hull? Those old stripe stickers are something else. The adhesive they leave behind is a living nighmare.

I plan on just using sheet foam everywhere. Under the deck where it was blown in from the factory I will cut she foam and stack it up, it worked on my other build. I'm actually going to work on removing the sticker residue today. I'm also going to try the adhesive remover that I used for the carpet. Going to throw all the ideas I can get at it and see what works the best. I also fired the motor up and it ran perfect!!!! Now going to take it to marina for new impeller, prop and lower unit pressure check. I may need a new seal on carb, it was dripping a little.

 

[Kingbryce]

I really wanted to replace my foam with new 2 part but im on a crunch and i didnt want to pull my rear deck off. May do it in a couple years. Good luck with the residue man. It was still a chore with the magic eraser and the axetone, but it was the only thing we found to work. I didnot try that brand adhesive remover. Wish i would have known about it after i ripped up my carpet. I tried everything and nothing worked. Ended sanding it all off with 180 on an electric da..... it was terrible! Camoed my boat yesterday. Go check out my pics.

 

[Kingbryce]

Also, these motors seem to be a problem elecrticqlly sometimes. My motor is super low hours and pretty much looks brand new under the cowel, and i still had a couple of wires that dusted when i took off the carburators. Also just buy a quicksilver rebuild kit and rebuild the carbs. Its ez and its all new.

 

[Bowlershop]

The adhesive remover did great job on the residue left behind by original decals!!!!! Most of it melted right of with a smooth slide of a razor blade. I also cleans up a lot of other pieces on the boat today.