I'm thinking of trying Saguaro with the Moo boat to see what happens on Sunday. Might get a ticket or two, but my bud tells me he saw no lake cops and several OT headered boats there when he lost my truck keys, anybody in? TC? Forkie?

Ray

..... to stop me from buying Goddam Boats??? Omar wants to know.

Saw this thing on Craigs list this morning and was gonna post it on the Cragslist Spam thread. Called the guy, he lowered his price from $4700, then to $4200, by the time I got there to eyeball it, he had lowered it again to $3500. I got it for $3.

Obviously, no need to post it.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/boa/1111870583.html

In case that link is no good anymore, heres the pics from it.






Turnkey 21' 1978 Biesemeyer Day Cruiser (In keeping with the recent trends on here!)

Ray

Well, now that the Moooo project has been, for the most part, completed, I decided to start out today by moving some vehicles around. Gooing to start on the 76 Saguaro this upcoming week. This one already has a name, "Cindy's Yellow Submarine". I figure it's safe to call it that since I already nearly sank the Moooo boat. No bad Karma there.
Got the Banana out of the back yard and into the garage so I could pull the remains of the engine, only broke 1 mirror on my truck doing so, put the original Mooo engine on a stand and immediately saw something NOT good with it.



I think I already know there's a rod (#1 or #5) slapping around and around in there. Not so good. Hopefully the crank, cam (A comp Cams 292 I was told) and block are salvageable.

The boat itself hasn't changed much, but I'm going to need someone smarter than me look at the stringers to see if they are wick'd or not. I suspect they are because of the 'notch' someone cut into one of them for oil filter clearance. Will be a good experience changing them, but maybe put in full stringers?  we'll see. Might seem more trouble than worth, but it's what got me into all this, seems a good hull all around, and I already have a good majority of the parts I'll need for it.

Here's what the inside looks like before I clean it up and see what else I can see.









Here's what My neighbors get to look forward to looking at for the next few weeks.






Lots of 'glass and paint work on this one! Let alone the tanks, I think they're going away or will be moved further back on the boat.

On top of all that, the trailer needs serious work. really should just come up with a tandem for it, but I think it might be easier to
rebuild this one than to refit another trailer to this boat.

Going to get the pump completely out( Half unbolted a couple of months ago), and get ready to ship it with the place diverter for it to Tommy, maybe dissasemble the engine tomorrow night after I get home from work.

Then search the postings for all you guys who built rollaround racks to put the hull on. Those are COOL!.

For tonight? try and get my garage FINALLY clean! Taking out a lot of my wife's stuff to donate, plus clean the mess I made slamming the Mooo together. The moo may be relenquished to outside for awhile when I find a good cover for it.

Ray

OK, where do you get an adjustable pressure valve for between the jet and engine, first off, and how much pressure should it be set at? This weekend should get the Moo running, HP 460 with Rewarder headers, still unsure about running a thermostat or not, but HELP! before I make a milkshake out of THIS engine too!

Ray

I remember someone asking about this. Looks like a complete kit, with the block adapter and all.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OLDS-455-ENGINE-OIL-RELOCATOR-JET-BOAT-V-DRIVE-HOT-ROD_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ26455QQihZ006QQitemZ160315252196QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

Ray

Hey, just removed a water pump from the rebuilt street/strip engine (460 ford) I bought. Do I need to reuse the plate behind it behind the block off plate where the water pump should be or not? Might be a stupid question, but I can argue with myself both ways why it might be needed or not.

Ray

Ok, Here goes, new to the site and boat ownership in general. Wife recently passed away and I had promised her a Ski boat at some point. Anyway, I thought this might be something my kids and I (11 and 13) would enjoy building and using, so I bartered some stuff for it. What it is, a 1976 Saguaro that, for all intents and purposes, is not that bad. It had a blown engine that the former owner saw fit to trash the internals for, 460 ford. All that remains are all the hookups, block, intake, headers, and Mallory Unilite. Interior musta been trashed too because it's non-existent. Cables look like something on a 45 year old lawn mower and are obviously trash.

The good news it's a Berkeley Jet, 12JC I beleive (Kindof overstamped on the ID tag, but is a one piece bowl), and the boat, short of paint and some minor fiberglass repair (Mostly cosmetic) on the bottom by the transom. I figure a good once over upside down and topside, some time with a sander and some Duraglass, it can be painted to make a decent boat.

I'm not looking to race the thing. One death in the family per year is more than enough, however, can anyone help with what I should do/ not do as far as getting the pump gone through, and is it fine to use a truck 460 with a mild rebuild and possibly a mild cam/ intake/ carb to make as reliable a ski boat as possible? Is the Saguaro even worth messing with?

In reading all the posts, it seems everyone is into place diverters and blueprinting, etc. I am not interested in making the thing as fast as it can be. Or am I wasting my time on the Saguaro? Is it a decent hull or not and how can I tell if theres major issues with that?

I am not a complete idiot, my uncle had a Sidewinder and a Biesemeyer until recently when he retired and sold them. The Biesemeyer had a Blown 454 and was just plain scarey, but I am far from comfortable with some of this. He also had his jet "Blueprinted", and seaid something to me about having the pump housing/Bouwl interface machines for a BIG o-ring, which he had had done. I dunno. Any help??

Going to try and insert pics here, but dunno if it'll work.

Ray