my first project 73 kona

« **Reply #50 on:** February 09, 2012, 10:15:33 AM »

Thanks farmergord

« **Reply #51 on:** February 09, 2012, 09:29:09 PM »

Cool man... ya mine is a 71 with dual side mounted tanks behind the seats so would have to get them custom made.. im wonderung if its an option for me to relocate my tanks up front... how was it carpeting it? One thing i have to do but dont k.ow if i wanna take the risk of it looking like crap haha..

« **Reply #52 on:** February 10, 2012, 10:29:18 AM »

i would think you could relocate the tanks if you have the room under your bow. mine is under it buts it sits in a square the size of the tank and glassed in. i could take a picture of it and post it for you to see. the carpet was easy. i took all my old pieces and used them as a template and grabbed my roll of new carpet and starting cutting them out. get some indoor\outdoor glue from home depot and lay it on. make sure you lay the glue down in the sun that way it gets tacky and sticks well. im still letting my boat sit in the sun to make sure the glue sets. but carpeting is easy and not that expensive to make your boat look like new.

« **Reply #53 on:** February 10, 2012, 11:31:09 AM »

Ya that would be cool man if you can post up a picture on the tanks i am gonna send you a pm

« **Reply #54 on:** February 20, 2012, 08:07:52 AM »

still coming along on the boat. got some battery trays made up and ready to put in. just took some aluminum from the garage and starting measuring and cutting. its just a simple tray. ill post some pics up later today of them. got both the new steering cable and the forward\reverse cable in. also took some more aluminum and made a plak for the perko switch. motor should be here tomorrow.... hopefully

picked up a decent tandem trailer last week with brakes. got it for cheap so got to sanding and fixing yesterday. gonna throw some paint on it tomorrow.

« **Reply #55 on:** February 27, 2012, 08:49:44 AM »

the motor is finally back !!!

Got it back last tuesday finally. wasnt really the color we discussed over the phone as i wanted an orange block with silver or satin heads and intake but i guess its okay looking. definately gonna swap the valve covers with chrome ones. anybody have a set for an olds ?? anyways got it all back. the rod bearing on number four was bad, all saved and gone. looks like the guy before me did not rebuild the motor last year. FIGURES ! oh well thats why its best to do everything over yourself for peace of mind right ? everything is pretty much new. all the mounts were polished up including the water pump cover and a few otherr things. got it in the boat on saturday and ready for me to start putting it together and back on the water

heres some pics guys. oh also you can see the battery trays i made in the background and how i mounted the perko switch. let me know what you guys think

« **Reply #56 on:** February 27, 2012, 10:33:56 AM »

daaayum, lookin good! lookin forward to a clip of it runnin on the trailer soon!

« **Reply #57 on:** February 27, 2012, 11:09:19 AM »

I wouldn't be disappointed with the color, that's a handsome lookin motor and goes well with the color of the boat.

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« **Reply #58 on:** February 27, 2012, 12:58:29 PM »

thanks guys. yeah i guess its not bad. hopefully it looks a lot better with the headers on and everything done. looking forward to that day. i was hoping to get most of the motor done today but mother nature is not on my side

« **Reply #59 on:** February 27, 2012, 08:03:05 PM »

dam that thing looks good! hey where did you decide to put your gas tank??

« **Reply #60 on:** February 29, 2012, 08:01:51 AM »

uh i dont think that was me your thinking of. my tank is under the bow. i was trying to figure out where and how to mount my batteries

« **Reply #61 on:** March 03, 2012, 07:51:05 AM »

got the headers on the other day. im loving the way its coming together

unfortunately got into a car accident on wedsneday and got some pinched nerves in my back. its killing me but still trying to get the wiring together to get it running today

« **Reply #62 on:** March 03, 2012, 08:01:38 AM »

headers

managed to get the pulley belt alternator and all water lines hooked up this morning. still need to get it wired up including the gauges but laying on my back under there is not looking good

« **Reply #63 on:** March 03, 2012, 08:44:23 AM »

your project is looking good! take your time on the wiring.also do yourself a favor label the wires.

« **Reply #64 on:** March 03, 2012, 08:52:59 AM »

looking good

« **Reply #65 on:** March 07, 2012, 10:15:40 AM »

still havent got it fired yet. my truck is being a ..... so ive trying to figure out that problem. got to working more on the boat this morning but sliced a good chunk of skin off my finger. looks like maybe some stiching is needed

anyways does anyone have a polished scoop for a single carb. thats all i need to complete the build. anybody have one

« **Reply #66 on:** March 21, 2012, 09:34:32 AM »

well got everything back together and now having trouble getting it started. spent all week trying to figure it out. motor will turn over but wont fire. theres power getting to the coil and to the distributor but not to the wires. i went and bought an ignitor kit from pertronics to get rid of the points but still no luck. weève been scratching our heads

trying to figure this out. anybody have any ideas or had this problem ?

« **Reply #67 on:** March 21, 2012, 09:46:32 AM »

did you put the ends on the wires or were they factory set ends and did you replace the cap and rotor

« **Reply #68 on:** March 21, 2012, 10:17:43 AM »

ok this is going to sound stupid but have you watched to see if the rotor in the distributor is turn when you crank the motor???

« **Reply #69 on:** March 21, 2012, 10:26:11 AM »

Then check to see if the firing order is the correct rotation?
And dizzy was dropped in with #1 TDC?
Any spark out of the coil? (remote mount coil?)
$125 gm HEI (olds) in stock at the parts house (I've never had good luck with the Petronics conversion)

Daniel
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« **Reply #70 on:** March 21, 2012, 10:27:30 AM »

how did you cover up the holes where the log and snails use to go tho the transum?

« **Reply #71 on:** March 21, 2012, 01:15:14 PM »

i bought the wires already done and ready to go. the cap and rotor are the ones that were on there. the guy thats helping said they both look good.

mobboss : yeah its turning counter clockwise when it cranks.

mash on it : firing order is correct. when re did all that a couple times last night. cranked it til it spit on number one and dropped in the dizzy towards one and nothing. we have spark in the coil and the coil wire to the dizzy cap. then nothing. wheres your shop at ? i heard bad things about the hei dist. my buddy thats helping me said hes had nothing but problems with hei and nothing but good things with the conversions

« **Reply #72 on:** March 21, 2012, 01:36:04 PM »

HEI is as simple as it gets. do you have spark at the plug itself? you can always pull one and crank it over while touching the base to the block. make sure you're holding the boot and not the metal plug itself or you'll get a nasty shock. do you smell gas/is the carb working? try dribbling a little fuel down the carb to see if it tries to fire a little bit. if you have gas, compression, spark, and air... you'll have a running motor.

« **Reply #73 on:** March 21, 2012, 02:13:11 PM »

man!!! ok have someone help you, see if when you are cranking that you have voltage. last but not least put the points back in. check again.

« **Reply #74 on:** March 22, 2012, 09:05:01 AM »

its ALIVE!!!!

got it running last night. dont ever count out the simple things cause they just might be the reason. in this case 7 of my plug wires were not seated down all the way on the cap

. i guess you live and you learn right ? i have a video but wont let me post it on here. saying its too big. no idea how to downsize it. ill try some more later today for you guys.

this is how i covered the transum holes. my dads a plumber so he got these metal pipes covers and we got 1 inch thick aluminum bar drilled and taped it for the screw to screw into, put some silicone all over it and stuck it on. cost about 20 buck for the covers and had a buddy drill and tap the aluminum bar.

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