Oh the misery....Help! Need input

[buckleyjr]

If it were me I would sell it and get another. Ripping it apart and going through the whole rebuild could be a great experience, but it sounds like you bought the boat to use now. Also, I bet your wife won't be too happy with all the extra money going into "that boat" - she'll be hating it real quick - mine would. Get rid of it and move on (to another v20 of course.)

You should also post a negative review on the guy you purchased it from on ebay. That really stinks.