my wife says whats wrong now? and i start cursing i go get the trailer cause she cant back it up did i mention that i was really mad that i was not told the boat leaked water i was gunna kick some ass when i got home

i pull it out and crawl my ass under the boat and i find 2 holes in the bottom, im like WTF so i look at the bildge pump and low and behold it has a mounting bracket that matches the 2 holes. Now i think to myself WHAT KIND OF DUMB SON OF A BIATCH DRILL HOLES IN THE BOTTOM OF A BOAT TO MOUNT A BILDGE PUMP??

ok not the end of the world i start looking around for some screws to rob and stick in the holes. i found some and back in the water we go hell they held so good i did not have to turn the bildge pump back on. all in all it ran ok need some tuning but ok.

i took it to marine stadium for 2 reasons, 1 its close to my house and 2 i knew there would be wake board boats there. i wanted to se and show my wife that it would ride so much better than our liberty and it did. we ended up at tommy burger on our way home so it was a good day in the end


for the guy who drilled the holes in my boat, just because you own a craftsman tool set, that does not make you qualified to work on boats

ok, the saga continues, i tear into the sending unit and what do you know, there is no gasket in there
the log on the passenger side a steady drip so i figure i need some new gaskets, keep in mind that these are edelbrock logs witch take 3 bolts and not your standard 4 bolts. i call up my bud jim brock at cyclone speed and marine, tell him what i need and he says that he has the sending unit gasket but the log gaskets he has are the 4 bolt . no big deal he says just make new holes in the gaskets. so i run out to his shop and get the sending unit gasket and 4 log gaskets cause i figure i will fork this up some how.

i get home fix the sending unit, put new gasket in the log and that some bitch still leaks so i remove it again and inspect it closer and the log looks like some body has dropped it and bent the mating surface. i have a set of hardin logs so no biggie rite?

i set about to install the new gasket in the hardin log (4bolt) get it all together and look at the exit side of the snail, ah shit, it's a 3 inch not 3 1/2 like the edelbrock. in the pursuit of looking cool the kid i got the boat from put 4 inch tips in the transom  so now my exhaust hose wont fit. call jim brock and tell him what has happend and im really frusterated about now. he says just drill the edelbrock snail for the hardin log. so, here goes gasket #3 i do as instructed and i tell you what, jim brock is a genious (sp?) in my book. i install my home made contraption and what do you know it dont leak water.

I think we need to set Ralph up for an anger management class........

LOL! Been there with those frustrations, bro! Thinking "Why the fock would someone do it this way?"  Like the 3" drywall screws run into the Big Twin projects tanks...   But then, I've done my own share of damage.....

Sounds like you're getting all the gremlins out though! 

Ray

ray you mite have just named the boat....gremlins....... so fitting

I sometimes have a knack for that....

Ray

           Obviously. 

                                       No pics of it underway.   

this is for you buddy

  Put some "Ford Racing" stickers on it.......It won't know the difference anyway......

Ray

nice job ralph I need to get back to polishing mine

i have been searching high and low for a swim step and not having any luck finding one like my boat came with. 76bonneville sends me a pm that there is a boat on craigslist just like mine with a swim step sitting in the back of it. I find the add and sure enough it's just like mine so i ask the guy if he will sell me the swim step off it, he says how much? i say 100 bucks, he said 120,i said what is your address. i send my step dad and mom to go pick it up cause its in san berdoo.

well i got it yesturday and it needs a little work but, i got it
 thank you so much 76bonniville (ron) my wife thanks you as well

I've got a pic like that.


Or, how about this one--at Huntington Lake


Pete

#1 son took the boat up to Huntington Lake to spend the weekend with my mom. I told him put it on the trailer at night, but my mom arranged for him to use the dock, so he left it in overnight. When he went down to the lake Sunday morning, the water was just lapping over the transom. As it turns out, there was a little leak where the exhaust hose connected to the port side bell--just a drop every 5 seconds. Well the more drops, the lower in the water it sat, and the faster the drops came. By the time I got there, just the front 5' of the bow was above the water, and the jet pump was sitting on the bottom. We ended up forcing the bow down so we could pivot the front under the dock, and attached a bow line to the eye. We took out the plug, and towed the boat until most of the water was out, then bailed the rest and put it back on the trailer. It was one of those crisis boating days, but now we laugh about whenever the subject comes. We ended up pulling the engine--mostly because it already needed a refresh, and then converted it to EFI, and had it back on the water within 2 weeks.

nice looking wood shavings on the floor there! Good job ralph looks alot better now

makes me feel better too

 

Gettin a new heart and you're leaving a Chebbie in it? You were halfways there!

Ray

whats going on with that valve cover?  looks like a ton of holes drilled in it?

Right angle Offy breather is usually over those holes, not sure where it went