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Projects / Re: My first boat project. 1975 Challenger
« on: July 03, 2014, 10:28:19 PM »
Dressed the engine up some. Before and after.
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Projects / Re: My first boat project. 1975 Challenger
« on: July 03, 2014, 09:51:13 PM »
Ripped all the old wiring and started from scratch.
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Projects / Re: My first boat project. 1975 Challenger
« on: July 03, 2014, 09:45:41 PM »
One of the previous owners had the boat painted over the gelcoat and didn't take care of it. I'm stripping the paint off to get down to the gelcoat and then going from there. Before and after.
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Projects / My first boat project. 1975 Challenger
« on: July 02, 2014, 01:04:31 PM »
After buying my first boat (1977 manaray) I fell in love with jet boats. I bought it in April of 2013 and sold it in October of 2013 after I bought my 1975 Challenger that I have now. I pulled the engine out of the manaray and sold the hull, after that the journey began. Here are some pics of what I started with and I'll post more as I go.
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Jet Pumps / Re: Help w/ driveline
« on: July 02, 2014, 12:54:25 PM »You might get premature bearing wear or light vibration.... For the most part try an keep the angle at 3 or less. Should be okay but if it were me, I would spend the time to make it right.
Ok you convinced me haha. I want everything to be done the right way and I knew that squaring it up would be the correct way. Thanks for your input. Even though your screen name is your mom your words sound like what my dad would say. Haha. Thanks again.
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Jet Pumps / Re: Help w/ driveline
« on: July 02, 2014, 12:08:14 AM »Try to make your crank and pump shafts parallel to each other in a line with the angle either up or down in driveline. Hollow out the one side foot and put a spacer on the other to get it straight. Get at least .5 degrees in drive with the shafts parallel.
Will I have issues if the pump shaft and the crank are not completely square with each other? The reason that it's not square is because when I put the engine in, I measured from the inside of the stringers to the center of the crank. Little did I know the stringers aren't perfectly centered in the hull.
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: Driveline angles
« on: July 02, 2014, 12:05:10 AM »That should be fine. Basically all you are trying to do is allow the needle bearings to move and keep them lubricated like in a truck.
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Ok thanks. I was pretty sure it would be ok and I understand that the angle is what greases the u joints bearings. Just wanted to make sure it's not going to cause issues because of the engine not being completely square with the pump shaft. Thank you for your help.
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: Driveline angles
« on: July 01, 2014, 07:03:59 PM »
What if the engine is not perfectly straight between the stringers? Mine is slightly angled to the side but the degree of the engine is 0. This was done by accident, but will I will achieve the same effect right?
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Jet Pumps / Re: Help w/ driveline
« on: July 01, 2014, 06:58:04 PM »
Here's mine, is this too much angle? This is angle to the side though.
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