I have your outdrive.

Haven't been by the shop to get a picture for you yet, but its a nice piece, drive shower,1.50:1 gears, pretty much ready to roll, also have all the brackets for a 454a far as alternator, power steering pump, water pump.....

As for the short shift cable, this is called a shift interrupt system so you can actually shift the outdrive in and out of gear with load on the
Propeller.

I just need to figure out how to get this drive and crap to you...

$1200 and we'll call it square...

What else do you need? Probably have it.. Not on call anymore..

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For the torque coupler, I would buy new. They don't cost too terribly much and are engine specific to the crank, you will need the studs and nuts though.

I have to look and see what bell housing I have, I can't remember if it an early or a late

Did you get any hardware with the inner transom bracket? Like two fiber washers, two long bolts, two bizarre looking springs?

I have the power steering pump and cooler you need.
I have the crank pulley, belts, alternator bracket (the alternator is on my Carrera motor), belt driven seawater pump, thermostat housing and hoses, basically all the crap from a Mercruiser 454 less torque coupler and alternator, including most of the Thunderbolt V ignition system should you decide to go that route.


An a different note, the shaft for the front of the rams is not a bolt, but has "E" ring clips just like the rear.

The transom assembly I told you I thought I could could get is not available, the guy that has them is in Afghanistan with the Army reserves, thankfully he is only going to move out the US troops  ... Told him to bring me back a well used HUMVEE.   

My wife may be going to Pasadena in May, I will let you know. (We will likely drive)...

GT

by far the most difficult/painful thing ive ever done boating wise.  some places the wood just falls off, other places its solid as a rock.  used chisels, crowbars, my oscilating saw with a sharpened knife, orbital sander and flat sander.   UGH its finally all clean and flat.  time to cut up some plywood and mix up some epoxy and get this damn transom DONE!

How many layers are you going with?  Don't forget this needs to be THICK   

3 layers, it'll be just under 2 1/4" when done.  just bolted up right now it already feels like a tank.   according to the interwebs for a mercruiser it needs to be between 2" and 2 1/4" maximum.  which makes sense when i look at the gimbal housing studs.    i have epoxy resin and filler for all the gaps along the bottom, as well as mat, biaxial cloth,  and woven roving.  i got some 2x4's to help spread the load on the bolts, as well as 4 more holes to drill for bolts,  should make a more even "sandwich"

Nice... 

I always hated doing transoms... Got two to do this month... 

layer #1 in.  was going to do em all at the same time but with resin and mat it wouldve been a pita.  i at least want the first one to be solid so im gonna wait an hour to let the resin kick especially with the temperatures and i used 205 (fast) hardener.  then ill do last 2 layers, filler in the crevices and start on the floor and bed/tab that in.  it should be a completely different boat after this weekend.  im excited!

Nice shelf in the back ground

mid day progress...

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pretty...

Looking good, that's a lot of guage holes to fill.

got about 400' of wire in today.  they were out of black though. so ill have to pick up more of that.  small gauge wire since I'll be running everything off of relays.



example relay panel:

how was the handling of that fast hardener? how many squirts in each pot and how long did it take for it to kick?

i do a 1:1 pump wise, and I have a good hour before it starts to get gummy.  then in about 2 hours or so its solid, and in a good 4 hours its fully sandable @ 70* sitting in the sun.  when i used the slow hardener it took a good overnight before the work was hard, plus i got a lot of runs with epoxy resin so the faster kick time helps with the pools in the bottom.

where does this part go?



ordered 30ft x 8ft of 20oz grey carpet last night, gaffrig gauges, bilge pumps, bunch of misc odds and ends.  i think the only things left at this point are trim pump, steering pump, throttle, shift, and steering... then upholstery.