BOV Rebuilding and Readiness?
Like many others I don’t have the money to purchase new ATV’s without going into debt so I get old stuff and fix it up. I picked up a couple of 45 year old Coots. One would start with a little coaxing and the other one would not run at all, but between the two I was sure I could have one running perfectly.
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I do a lot of things different from most people and tackle rebuilds making them better from the start. Most would tear a project like this down completely and it would be not running during this time or never run again if it does not get finished. The first thing I do is get them running. I pulled the one that did not run into my shop and got it running and getting everything on it working good. Now I had two that would run so I could work on one and still have one to bug out with if needed.
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After getting them in good mechanical condition I begin with the modifications. Adding a prop triples their speed in the water.
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I added seats to carry 4 and still have the room to carry 4 packs that I have made up.
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Now that one is running perfectly I feel more comfortable taking on bigger projects on the other one that may have it down for a few days but still will keep projects so the can be finished up and back on the road in less than a couple of hours if needed if I see the need to bug out coming soon. A few examples of this follow.
I sanded and painted rear half of other Coot.
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I put the wheels back on, sand painted and sprayed bed liner in rear cargo box.
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I then covered the back with tarp and did some mechanical upgrades like adding battery box, add PTO, and get it to purr like a kitten. All that needs to be done to bug out is to throw seat back in front and remove tarp.
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I have cleaned up motor compartment to prepare for camouflage paint job.
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I have more improvements to make and even am building up another motor to re-power one but it should only mean a couple of hours of down time to accomplish that doing all the work in advance. People have all sorts of goals but you need to plan how to get there from here. One step at time going in the same direction is how I get places and get the job done.
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