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Tech Talk => Projects => Topic started by: bluegoose95401 on February 28, 2011, 08:36:36 PM

Title: new boat owner with some questions
Post by: bluegoose95401 on February 28, 2011, 08:36:36 PM: hello every one
i just got this boat from a friend. it is in peces as he was took it apart to restore it and never got to putting it togeter again. first i would like to kno if any one could tell me what kind of boat it is all it says on the reg is "the boat shop" it has a ford 460 with bassett wetstacks, a berkley pump and it is a 1979 model that is all that i know about it and having trouble looking for parts for it. second all the cooling lines are gone as well as the thermostat and housing i was woundering were and what kind of thermostat housing to get for it. third i also need some pics of how to run the cooling lines from were ever it starts through to the end where ever that may be. any help or input would be great im am really looking forward to getting this puppy goin and i need all the help i can get
Title: Re: new boat owner with some questions
Post by: ka0tyk on February 28, 2011, 09:10:28 PM: Quote from: bluegoose95401 on February 28, 2011, 08:36:36 PM
hello every one
i just got this boat from a friend. it is in peces as he was took it apart to restore it and never got to putting it togeter again. first i would like to kno if any one could tell me what kind of boat it is all it says on the reg is "the boat shop" it has a ford 460 with bassett wetstacks, a berkley pump and it is a 1979 model that is all that i know about it and having trouble looking for parts for it. second all the cooling lines are gone as well as the thermostat and housing i was woundering were and what kind of thermostat housing to get for it. third i also need some pics of how to run the cooling lines from were ever it starts through to the end where ever that may be. any help or input would be great im am really looking forward to getting this puppy goin and i need all the help i can get

best thing u can do to tell what kind of boat would be to post up a pic and look on the rear passenger side for the HIN. the first 3 letters will tell you the manufacturer. like mine is "TAH183901850918590" for tahiti.

do yourself a favor and just browse thru the tech forums here. a simple search will pull up diagrams for water routing and many explanations on how to set it all up with a gate, etc.

hopefully some of the ford people here can chime in about the thermostat housing and the best route to go with that.

welcome to the boating world!
Title: Re: new boat owner with some questions
Post by: IRRebel on March 01, 2011, 01:48:08 AM: T stat housing on most Fords I've seen in a jet boat is a flat piece of aluminum. I happen to have a few of the weird ones that must have been used for logs here. But the flat one is usually drilled and tapped and the temp sending unit threaded in there. You can make one of those easily enough. Post up some pics and we can plumb it for ya! ;)

Are you talking headers or OT pipes? WTF is a "wetstack"? :screwy:

Ray
Title: Re: new boat owner with some questions
Post by: Your Mom on March 01, 2011, 07:29:11 AM: HIN search http://www.uscgboating.org/recalls/mic1.aspx (http://www.uscgboating.org/recalls/mic1.aspx)
Your lines will depend if you have logs or headers...
Title: Re: new boat owner with some questions
Post by: bluegoose95401 on March 01, 2011, 12:03:24 PM: the guy i got it from kept calling them wet stacks but more resurch i do i found them to be headers with water injection.
Title: Re: new boat owner with some questions
Post by: HaulsBalls on March 01, 2011, 12:31:40 PM: post up some pics and these guys will break it all down for you.