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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.
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Looking great Will. You've got a lot of work in front of you now. Keep us updated with pictures.
Thanks Rob, Yeah, I am dreading having to get everything back together. Its those little things that end up adding up! :(
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.
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.
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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
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And here is the new thru hull. It was still wet so I havent removed the excess 5200.
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Maybe I will actually gett some bigger work done on the baot sometime soon.
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. :)Quote:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Keep at it Will. Looking good.
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. : ((