Summer ended shortly for me :( Resto begins.

[jet]

Same here man. I worked on my motorcycle trailer all day sat and sold it sat night and then sun i was chasing amps and stereo equipment down so nothing done in 2-wks now. : ((

[Salty87]

taking a break is a good thing sometimes.

once you turn the corner from demolition to restoration things happen more quickly. and, summer hasn't really even started. we haven't hit 100 yet.

[wspeedin]

Well, I havent gotten much done on the boat lately due to moving homes. However, I was able to finally get back to working on the boat the other day. I spent the entire day sanding the swim platform and then cleaning the teak, brightening the teak, and oiling the teak. then I installed it on the boat. Shew! It only took the entire day.

[csuggs]

Looks nice Will. Keep wittling away at it!

[92SupraComp]

wow. started reading the forum at 1:20 A.M. now its 1:41 A.M. and finally caught up. Man what a project! Wow. how you handle that stress and how all you people manage to do this huge task is amazing. I really hope I wont have to do this in the next 10 years. Sadly 2nd gen Maratiniques are prone to stringer rot and we have a 3rd gen (last year of production) and they probably have the same problem. We are the 3rd owners of it and the plug fell out once and the water came up to the harmonic balancer and flung water every where! luckily we heard it so we knew it was full of water. And the boat only had 600 hours on it we bought it in fall 2010. But out Supra. Man that has been full of water a couple times but we are the 2nd owners since 1994. And EVERYTHING is covered in thick layers of glass. I dont think it will need attention for a long time.


Also. that teak is looking really nice! Good Work!

[wspeedin]

Wow! So it has been awhile since I actually was given time to work on the Saltare. The wife has been keeping me busy with the "Honey-do" list. Cna somebody remind me why I got married, lol, j/k.
So wierdly, it got really warm here in NC this weekend and I mad eroom in the garage to stuff this beast in for the weekend so that I could work on her.


I was able to get the gas tank in, the windows back on and part of the Perfect Pass installed. Im really not fond of all the small things...guh, its gonna be a long winter!


Now here come smy dilemma. I bought one of those higher output alternators like what TitanTn (I think) put on his ride, but I cant figure out how in the heck to wire it.
The new alternator has only one post on it....


But my boat, has three wires


Question is....how do I wire this up?

[TitanTn]

That wasn't me Will. I haven't messed with my alternator yet, although I have messed with the starter a little.

I don't have a lot of experience with the one wire alternators, but my understanding is that you won't use any of the existing wiring when converting. You'll need to run a new, dedicated line to your battery or battery switch and put an in-line fuse in closer to the battery than the alternator. Your new alternator has a built in regulator versus the external one that your 3-wire was connected to, so all you need is the one wire to the battery that it's charging.

[wotan2525]

Correct. 1-wire to the battery.

(Most people, myself included, wire this straight to the battery by hooking it to the "battery" lead on the starter. So technically it is hooked directly to the starter but the effect is the same as having it hooked to the battery.) Use some 4gauge or larger wire.

[a_deleon]

Nice build you have going on. I am about to get started on my winter build even though it is not really winter here. This gives me a heads up for what I am getting into and have to deal with when I start taking out parts this weekend. I have a buddy that is doing my floor since he does that for a living and he is doing the floor and I am rebuilding his jetski motors.

I was wondering about how much material did you use fiberglass wise to do the entire floor? Once I pull the floor and take out the foam I was going to get a list from my friend but would like to hear from others how much material they ordered for their floor rebuild.

[wspeedin]

Titan, Thats why I put (I Think) in there. I know it was somebody with a Salt, but couldnt figure out who. Oh well, I bet it was Sybrmike...maybe. lol.
Anyway, thanks for the help guys! I think I will jsut do what wotan2525 suggested.

a_deleon, I couldnt tell you how much fiberglass was used. I had a professional do the stringers and floor for me. I can tell you that it was A WHOLE LOT!! Lol