Summer ended shortly for me :( Resto begins.

[TitanTn]

Yes, they're rebuildable. Sometimes they need so much that it makes more sense to just buy a new one. I took mine in to a shop at the end of last season and they tested everything. The starter was fine, but the solenoid was intermittent. I think the total cost was about $30. It certainly was worth it to have my starter tested and a new solenoid installed. I think they had ballparked a quote of $100 if the starter had needed a basic rebuild.

[wspeedin]

Ok, great! There is an Alternator/Starter Repair shop right down the street! Hopefully that will help.

[Salty87]

if you're planning on an alternator upgrade, they can probably help either by upgrading yours or exchanging for a larger rebuilt.

[wspeedin]

if you're planning on an alternator upgrade, they can probably help either by upgrading yours or exchanging for a larger rebuilt.

I have already bought a new one from dbelectric
Thanks though.

[wotan2525]

did you install the distro? If it's 180 degrees off, it can make it crank slow/sluggish. Just something else to check....

[wspeedin]

Ao the boat is at my buddies shop, he is going to get it running and break the new engine in for me, he is the local Nautique dealers service man. I have faith that he will do a great job. He did inform me that the distributor I had was an automotive distributor, yay....luckily cadunkle was selling his original Mallory with the ignitor II kit already installed. So I sent that up to the guy and hopefully will have the boat back by this weekend!!

In the meantime, I built the new seat base's for the observer seat and the back seats. I had nothing to go by so I used TnTitan's measurements and worked off those. Thanks Rob! I am looking to hide ballast in the rear seat base so I increased the height of the seat base to match the same height as the observer seat (10.5"). I will of course have to cut the lower half of the seat backs down which works out perfect because the bottom of the the wood on the seat backs is beginning to rot. I built the seat bases out of 1/2" OSB board and put 3 coats of resin on before I glassed them. I layed two layers of glass on them after the resin coats were dry. then I painted them a maroon color. The plan is to actually wrap them in foam backed vinyl but this will work for now.

[wspeedin]

I bought a Dripless shaft seal from skidim for my boat. When I opened the kit, I noticed the "T" fitting was for 1" pipe, which is amusing since my hose is 1 1/4". So
I called skidim and they said they don't have a "T" fitting for 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" x 3/8". Figures, lol. So I went to Lowe's and made my own fitting out of some plumbing parts. Seems to work perfect, a bit large, but it works!

[TitanTn]

Go Will! I hope those measurements work for you, and hopefully you'll have it humming this weekend.

[lively]

looking good bub

[Salty87]

cool...nearing the homestretch!