Summer ended shortly for me :( Resto begins.

[lively]

.003 is the allowed tolerance for shaft coupling to coupling adjust motor from there

[wspeedin]

I picked up the boat today from the guy who did the stringers and floor. He may have taken awhile to get it done but I am happy with the work that was done. It seems to be built like a brick wall now! Definitely much much better than factory original. So here are a few pics I snapped once I got her back home.

[TitanTn]

Looking great Will. You've got a lot of work in front of you now. Keep us updated with pictures.

[wspeedin]

Thanks Rob, Yeah, I am dreading having to get everything back together. Its those little things that end up adding up!

[jet]

The lil things are killing me right now. I took the engine out in 1-hr, i put the engine in in 2-hrs, Trying to figure some lil things out? A half a day, and then if you change your mind its another 1/2 day. This is messing up my launch day for sure.

[wspeedin]

Ok, so I have not gotten much accomplished on my baot since picking it up in April from having the strigners and floor redone. I have been busy selling my hosue, moving and searching for a new house. Most everything is packed deep into a storage unit. However, this weekend I got a small amount of work done. It took me all day to do the simplest of tasks. I was able to install and 5200 the swimdeck brackets on. As well as a new thru-hull fitting for the larger bilge pump I am installing.


I also repaired the broken off prop guard. Replaced the flat stock metal with exhaust tubing. Maybe this way I wont rip it off going up steep embankments...lol


And here is the new thru hull. It was still wet so I havent removed the excess 5200.


Maybe I will actually gett some bigger work done on the baot sometime soon.

[jet]

Man! Moving and trying to redo your boat. I thought mine was tuff. Work lloks good man. That 5200 is hard to work with, It sticks to everything. lol

[wspeedin]

Man! Moving and trying to redo your boat. I thought mine was tuff. Work lloks good man. That 5200 is hard to work with, It sticks to everything. lol

I know, right!!! I found 5200 between my toes when I got home and took a shower... wierd. how in the hell it got into my shoe, under my sock and on my toes I will never understand. I did find that Acetone takes it off really well.

[wspeedin]

Between selling my home, moving out of it, work, and living with my in-laws until I find a new home, I have had little to no time to work on the boat. However, this weekend I took some time to get up to the boat and get some work done.
When I bought the Saltare its speedo's didnt work because the pitot was broken. So I bought some new ones from a Mastercraft and installed them this weekend.


While the 5200 dried on those I got to work on the engine. The motor has been rebuilt and so was sitting on the engine stand still. So I got the forklift out and lifted the engine off the stand and got the tranny bolted up and everything wired and ready to go back in.


Of course, my luck, the skies got dark and the clouds opened up as I was getting the engine into its cradle. So I got it in place, almost fully lined up and had to call it quits. Put the cover on her and I hope maybe next weekend I can pay her some more much needed attention.

[TitanTn]

Keep at it Will. Looking good.