Good evening all
I have a standard bait boat, I am looking at replacing the battery and upgrading some of the electronics and control gear. but I am having hells own job of sdplitting the two halfs to get access to the interior, can anyone advise how to split please
Darren
I have a standard bait boat, I am looking at replacing the battery and upgrading some of the electronics and control gear. but I am having hells own job of sdplitting the two halfs to get access to the interior, can anyone advise how to split please
Darren
In reply to Post #1
I did this years ago for a mate. Get a Stanley blade and run it between the two half's of the boat the cut the sealant then you should slowly be able to ease it apart. Go slowly don't put to much pressure or you'll break it. Getting the battery out was fun as it's glued in with epoxy, I used a Dremel
I did this years ago for a mate. Get a Stanley blade and run it between the two half's of the boat the cut the sealant then you should slowly be able to ease it apart. Go slowly don't put to much pressure or you'll break it. Getting the battery out was fun as it's glued in with epoxy, I used a Dremel
In reply to Post #1
It's a pain in the arris...
Remove all the visible silicone in the channel on the under side of the boat and even after you've done that the top and bottom halves of the boat are bonded. I used a big flat screwdriver inserted in the rear (there was a section of mine at the rear that wasn't bonded) and worked around from there prising it open (very carefully!).
Once you are in, the battery as mentioned is plastic cemented to the base of the boat. Dremel is the easy option but I didn't have one, so I wore a thick jacket, thick gloves and safety goggles and literally cut the old battery up with an angle grinder, hammer and chisel
just leaving the base of it in place. I bonded the new battery to the old battery base.
Note, the standard battery I remember being 12v 7ah and you can get a 12v 9ah that is identical size, so make sure you put the bigger capacity battery in. After doing mine it ran fine for the 3 or 4 years I had it after doing the replacement battery
I have some old pictures somewhere, I'll see if I can find them...
It's a pain in the arris...
Remove all the visible silicone in the channel on the under side of the boat and even after you've done that the top and bottom halves of the boat are bonded. I used a big flat screwdriver inserted in the rear (there was a section of mine at the rear that wasn't bonded) and worked around from there prising it open (very carefully!).
Once you are in, the battery as mentioned is plastic cemented to the base of the boat. Dremel is the easy option but I didn't have one, so I wore a thick jacket, thick gloves and safety goggles and literally cut the old battery up with an angle grinder, hammer and chisel
just leaving the base of it in place. I bonded the new battery to the old battery base.Note, the standard battery I remember being 12v 7ah and you can get a 12v 9ah that is identical size, so make sure you put the bigger capacity battery in. After doing mine it ran fine for the 3 or 4 years I had it after doing the replacement battery
I have some old pictures somewhere, I'll see if I can find them...
Here's some pics, while I had mine apart, I moved the handle from the rear to the top and then blanked the holes on the rear, found that quite useful for lifting the boat in and out
In reply to Post #4
Miss my standard At been trying find another tbh
Did mine years ago, bit pain but worth it 👍
Miss my standard At been trying find another tbh
Did mine years ago, bit pain but worth it 👍
In reply to Post #5
They were really good work horses. Apart from the original battery dying on me and leaving me in a bit of a pickle, i never had other issues.
Replaced it with a mk1 Microcat which has been equally reliable for me to be honest. Biggest miss though was the small size of the standard...
They were really good work horses. Apart from the original battery dying on me and leaving me in a bit of a pickle, i never had other issues.
Replaced it with a mk1 Microcat which has been equally reliable for me to be honest. Biggest miss though was the small size of the standard...
HI all
thanks for the help, hass been realy usefull, I have pursevered and have the boat open now, it appears to have been rebuilt by some demented scientist, nothing inside is original and it also asppers they thought the reverse pump motor was purrely for ballast as that has the wires cut and no control.
It will give me something to do for the winter months
Darren
thanks for the help, hass been realy usefull, I have pursevered and have the boat open now, it appears to have been rebuilt by some demented scientist, nothing inside is original and it also asppers they thought the reverse pump motor was purrely for ballast as that has the wires cut and no control.
It will give me something to do for the winter months
Darren