SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Projects => Topic started by: IRRebel on March 20, 2009, 05:14:04 PM
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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.
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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.
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Here's what My neighbors get to look forward to looking at for the next few weeks.
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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
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Ray-
I have a great upholsterer that does really nice covers as well as bimini tops and seats, carpet, etc.
Shoot me a PM if interested.
Skip
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Yellow sub whwn I read that head line I thought J-R RIVER RESCUE Had pulled Bullhead sub up and taken it down river grass beach news report of gun fire down there
I thought that them Gerrmeens had got out of yhe sub thank god that didn't happen. But I will bet
one free Valve job that you cant run this job in to 50+ pages and $10.00 if you get ten pages
RIP GERRMEENS :banghead:
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Yellow sub whwn I read that head line I thought J-R RIVER RESCUE Had pulled Bullhead sub up and taken it down river grass beach news report of gun fire down there
I thought that them Gerrmeens had got out of yhe sub thank god that didn't happen. But I will bet
one free Valve job that you cant run this job in to 50+ pages and $10.00 if you get ten pages
RIP GERRMEENS :banghead:
Ummmm........... HuH???
Ray-
I have a great upholsterer that does really nice covers as well as bimini tops and seats, carpet, etc.
Shoot me a PM if interested.
Skip
yeah, I know Skip, beleive me, gonna hit you up when it's ready. Right now to disassemble the engine. did get the oil pan off, couldn't wait to see this.......
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Not sure I can ID all the shrapnel in there, but I dun think any of it is supposed to be there.
and this
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There's a rod up there......somewhere....... could feel the cap with my hand........ I'm betting a rod bolt failure. Guess maybe there's some guts behind the 'never re-use rod bolts' theory... This is gonna be FUN! (Read EXPENSIVE)
Ray
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Looks like you got your hands full.
Have fun with it, and see if you can build something that doesn't scare the kids... much >:D
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Looks like you got your hands full.
Have fun with it, and see if you can build something that doesn't scare the kids... much >:D
Therein lies my challenge............Most of the scareing tho was MY fault, not the boats. ;D
They love it now! After Sunday and Mondays cruising around with it, but still want handles everywhere! :banghead:
And Rebecca says I need to learn to drive it like your wife. I told her good luck with that, she's a pro.
Ray
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There is a reason she drives most of the time.
But then again, she has broken more (more expensive) parts in it than I have. ;D
Tell her I said anything and I'll deny it ;)
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There is a reason she drives most of the time.
But then again, she has broken more (more expensive) parts in it than I have. ;D
Tell her I said anything and I'll deny it ;)
My lips are sealed, I don't know what you're talking about.
Ray
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ahhh good old cleaning the garage!
looks like you have got a nice project there Ray
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ahhh good old cleaning the garage!
looks like you have got a nice project there Ray
The boat or the garage? I vote the boat will be easier!
Ray
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OK, so a bud showed up today, looked at the stringers in this pig, drilled a couple small holes, said it looked fine. A little delamination in a couple spots, but should be good to go. Great, just what I needed. Well, start next week maybe. Gonna be hard to take the time to build this one now that I have 2 running boats I can play with, but after work, etc. So tomorrow gonna buy all the 2x6's and 2x8's I need to build a cart for the thing. I'm thinking the back patio would be a good place. Hate to kick the Moo out of the garage just yet. Gawd Cin is rolling in her grave over this, I just know it, lol.
Goal is simple, really, want the hull done by winter. I'm really regretting pulling it from the guy who was gonna do the glass work and paint it a couple of months ago. But when I got the Moo boat, well, things changed.
This winter I have other things planned for the other two, well, really the Blue Monster more than anything, so don't want to be doing anything but piddling on this one putting the engine in, etc.
Still want Andy's Bahner too. Might work that out next week. Got a guy lined up to buy one of my cars soooo. I am a glutton for punishment, but it's very therapuetic and cheaper than therapy.
Here we go, decided to do it, and my plans for it I'll keep to myself for now! Started gathering parts, lol
Ray