06 launch 21v restoration

[Brian_289]

I picked up a high hour salt water boat this year to restore. I wanted a v drive in the worst way and got the cheapest one in the country. Here is the before:




I got it home and dug right in. Needed the heads rebuilt and manifolds put on before it would even run. More pics in next post


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[Brian_289]

Got it running, put about 150 gallons of gas through it. Every tank of gas pretty much consumed an oil change.


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[cvhsquared]

I've never seen a valve seat that bad!!! OMG. If you still have the engine out of her can you tell me what the dimension is between the trans mounts and the same for the engine mounts side to side? What is the distance between the stringers in the engine room and in the midsection? thanks Chris

[Brian_289]

I've never seen a valve seat that bad!!! OMG. If you still have the engine out of her can you tell me what the dimension is between the trans mounts and the same for the engine mounts side to side? What is the distance between the stringers in the engine room and in the midsection? thanks Chris

Believe it or not those seats cleaned up! I walked into the machine shop with the heads disassembled and bead blasted. He cut them on the spot for 150 bucks and gave me freshly ground used valves. Needless to say that man has my engine now to rebuild the bottom end. The boat is at a detail shop now being buffed inside and out and getting ceramic pro installed. Once it’s back I can measure for you. I can’t measure the trans mounts, I had to cut them to get on the bolts that go in the trans. I got a used set being powder coated now. I still need a set of engine mounts if anyone has a set?


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[cvhsquared]

Thanks. Good luck with the project. Great work so far!!

[Brian_289]

Thanks. Good luck with the project. Great work so far!!

I’m finally at a stand still on this one. Waiting on other people now!


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[Brian_289]

The interior was shot, so I tackled that on a rainy weekend. Well most of it.



I even got to learn to surf behind it. You can see the plumes of oil smoke in the surf photo


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[Brian_289]

So now the season is over, I have the engine out and apart currently at the machine shop, waiting on transmission parts to rebuild that and my v drive is almost back together, waiting on gaskets and seals for that.





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[Brian_289]

And today’s project, strip the boat! It’s going to a friends detail shop for a full interior and exterior buff and ceramic coat.





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[Brian_289]

The windshield frame paint was flaking from living in salt. This was one thing that scared me as I did it.. I know the glass is obsolete so I was terrified here. The frame is all apart, everything is bagged and labeled well. Frame goes to get stripped and painted this week and I can get it back together. I put the glass in the safest place I could think of.




I’ll post more once parts start coming back and the boat is back from detail. Figured I would get this started. It will be a brand new 2006 with 2000 hours on the hull and zero on the drivetrain. Next summer is going to be awesome.


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