1990 Harris Flotebote 240

Hello All,
New to the forum but have been looking through all the pontoon rebuilding projects and I am amazed how well they have turned out! My brother just gave me his old pontoon for free!!! So I will be starting my own rebuild soon, currently working out getting a trailer for it so I can get it off the lake and bring it home. It has been sitting on the water for the last 5yrs and hasn't been run in all that time. The motor is cover in dirt dauber nest and needs some serious cleaning. He said it was running at the time but lost the key so it just sat there neglected and unused. But I have high hopes that I can get the motor cleaned up and get it running again. Plan is to work on motor first, then work on replacing carpet, seats, paneling, etc... Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I have very little (or like no) experience in doing a project like this. I will add some pictures soon.

Edited by Stewystew - 01/18/2020 at 4:36pm

And a couple pics of the motor: Mercury 115

Nice!Can't beat that for free!!!!!!!!!!!! Check out the link in my sig for my rebuild lot's of tip's and don'ts in there.

Just take your time! Let me know if you have any questions!

Got to do a little work yesterday, pressure washed carpet! Carpet actually cleaned up pretty good. Going to use rug shampooer on it after it dries out a bit. Hoping to just use current carpet for this summer and just concentrate on motor, railings/panels & seats. Well decide after I see how the shampooing goes. Would be nice to use this summer and then do some major updates next winter. Getting excited about going out with family and friends.

I'll post updates as I go....

Ooo, forgot to mention, it's an aluminum deck and is in great condition! Money saved 😁😁

Edited by Stewystew - 02/02/2020 at 4:41pm

Stewystew wrote: Ooo, forgot to mention, it's an aluminum deck and is in great condition! Money saved 😁😁