just picked up a 97 1900sr

[turbocorrado]

currently have a 97 wellcraft eclipse 2000s that has a completely destroyed interior, wife was supposed to re-do the interior if i rebuilt the motor, she didnt do a thing to it. so ive been searching for a suitable boat to swap the motor from the wellcraft into so i can scrap that hull. came across a 97 1900sr with a almost mint interior that supposedly has a bad motor. picked it up tonight for what i feel was a decent price.

couple things i could use a lead on if anyone has any -
the steering wheel is delaminated and split in half
tonneau and bow covers are pretty worn
gauge cluster is starting to get brittle

[shrew]

Welcome aboard Turbocorrado!!!

You're probably looking at an aftermarket replacement wheel.

Tonneau cover will be handled by a local marine canvas guy. There are no stock canvas items, this is an industry standard to have custom canvas work.

Gauges are Faria. They have a limited lifetime warranty, however that is for functionality, not cosmetic appearance. The panel they are mounted on will be a tough find. Probably easier to fabricate a aluminum replacement and have a wrap with a pattern of our choice to cover it.

[turbocorrado]

thanks alot! il look into some local people for the cover.
hoping to get the motor swapped over within a month and get it running. will be so nice to have a boat im not embarrassed to raft up in

[turbocorrado]

Originally Posted by shrew

Welcome aboard Turbocorrado!!!

You're probably looking at an aftermarket replacement wheel.

Tonneau cover will be handled by a local marine canvas guy. There are no stock canvas items, this is an industry standard to have custom canvas work.

Gauges are Faria. They have a limited lifetime warranty, however that is for functionality, not cosmetic appearance. The panel they are mounted on will be a tough find. Probably easier to fabricate a aluminum replacement and have a wrap with a pattern of our choice to cover it.

the prop size isnt listen on the prop anywhere, just a serial number on the back of the hub, and idea what size prop came on it? 4.3lx

[Phillbo]

Sounds like time for a new wife

[turbocorrado]

Originally Posted by Phillbo

Sounds like time for a new wife

was very close to it. she even recruited her mom to help, her mom is less productive than her. 2 years ago i gave her the sunpad to do. after spending an entire 6 hours working on the rear sunpad, all they had done is bought a piece of plywood, and made measurements that were wrong, didnt even make any cuts in 6 hours, damn thing didnt even need new wood.......when i tried to take over the upholstery i was told i dont know what i was doing and she wouldnt bring the sunpad back to our house. no progress was made after that. 2 years of boating with a missing sunpad

[turbocorrado]

the latch for the engine access cover is missing some pieces. i just have the plastic twist piece. whats the latch assy supposed to look like??

[mmwjr]

Originally Posted by turbocorrado

the latch for the engine access cover is missing some pieces. i just have the plastic twist piece. whats the latch assy supposed to look like??

Can you post a picture of what you have as it may help identify what's missing.

[bman440440]

Originally Posted by turbocorrado

the prop size isnt listen on the prop anywhere, just a serial number on the back of the hub, and idea what size prop came on it? 4.3lx

I have a 21P 4 blade alum on mine and it is perfect!

[turbocorrado]

Originally Posted by mmwjr

Can you post a picture of what you have as it may help identify what's missing.

[mmwjr]

I see it's a Perko latch try this link.

PERKO Inc.

[turbocorrado]

Originally Posted by mmwjr

I see it's a Perko latch try this link.

PERKO Inc.

i actually checked their site yesterday. they carry one similar but its 3/8" wider. it seems to be my best option though so il probably give it a try. its like $35 on amazon

[mmwjr]

Originally Posted by turbocorrado

i actually checked their site yesterday. they carry one similar but its 3/8" wider. it seems to be my best option though so il probably give it a try. its like $35 on amazon

Let us know how it works out.

[turbocorrado]

Originally Posted by mmwjr

Let us know how it works out.

bought the closest latch assy they had, was to big to fit in the spot, but i was able to combine the pieces from my old one and the pieces from the new one that the old one was missing to make the old one work


also got the motor and outdrive swapped over from my wellcraft and scrapped its hull. was going to test fire it tonight but it got to late so i just put the battery in for the first time to test the electronics out. to my surprise almost everything works. but this led me to a few new questions

my nav light doesnt work (assuming its just the bulb) my wellcraft had a dual switch for the lights, on NAV it lit both front and rear lights, on ANC it only lit the rear. this boat has a switch for nav, and a switch for anchored. when the nav switch is pressed is the rear light supposed to come on?? it works on anchor, but when only the nav switch is pressed it doesnt light up.

also there is a switch for courtesy lights, but i didnt see anything light up anywhere and i didnt see any spots for lights. where would they be if i had them??

[mmwjr]

Yes the rear light should be lite when Nav is on.

You probably don't have any coursty lights in a 1900.

[turbocorrado]

Originally Posted by mmwjr

Yes the rear light should be lite when Nav is on.

You probably don't have any coursty lights in a 1900.

thanks, il look into the lights tomorrow hopefully