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View attachment 231953Had to slam on the brakes today
Would love more details on your rebuild.I rebuilt my trailer this week. New springs, new hubs and bearings, all new hardware and replaced the forward crossmember keel pad with a 10” roller. Most importantly, I cut off the old bunks and made new ones. The OG bunks were 2x6s laid flat. I noticed they were sagging in the middle and starting to deflect my boat hull at the ends/pressure points. Anyways, I ripped them out and made new vertical bunks out of 2x8s. These things are STOUT!
I laminated two 2x8s together and cut them at 12 degrees and bracketed them to the cross members. The boat rides MUCH better on the trailer and is easier to launch and load!View attachment 232317
I had the same engine hatch hinge fall off. I took my hinges to the machine shop at work and had them counter sink the top and through bolted them.Got the RideSteady installed and the boat towed back to Seattle!
This was a very straightforward install on paper - if it weren't for the impossibly cramped spaces I could have had it done in less than an hour. But I probably spent an hour alone trying to unplug the cam position sensor. Whoever built the boat decided it would be a great idea to nestle it under a bunch of other stuff
Super clean fit in the dash and I was able to drill a nice clean hole with a cheap Harbor Freight circle cutter tool. (Yes, my helm is filthy with shavings and dust - I'll get it cleaned soon)
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I still need to get under the boat and see about sealing up a few spots in the intake tunnel.
I also have a cleat that feels like it's a bit loose. I'd like to take care of that proactively before it just falls out (like one of the hinges on my engine hatch), but HOW? I assume I need to get behind it to tighten something, but again... hOWWWWW? If anyone has any advice, I'm all ears!
Edit - it's the rear-most port cleat.
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If you disassemble the clean out tray, would it be reachable that way? If so, I would tighten both sides.It's the port side, cleat closest to the swim platform. Rear-most cleat.
If you disassemble the clean out tray, would it be reachable that way? If so, I would tighten both sides.
I keep my old plugs and just toss them in my tool box until I change them again and swap those with the new, old, ones.Picked boat up on Thursday of last week. Immediately hooked up the batteries to get them freshened on the NOCO. Before charging I turned the keys on and was pleasantly surprised to see my two AGM house batteries had only lost 20% over the winter and the 3-year-old starting battery was fully charged still.
Saturday I changed oil and plugs. Old plugs looked great - nothing notable vs. previous plugs (am I the only one that saves each years plugs in STBD and Port baggies?).
Oil was to be expected. Engine compartment was nice and clean. Last fall I picked up a borescope that plugs directly into the iphone, so I used that to inspect the intermediate bearings, everything looked good (from what I can tell). Put two pumps of grease into the top zert of the IB.
Both motor started fine, and after the oil change restart, rev'd fine.
Next Saturday I'm changing my impellers - say a prayer. I'm going to attempt with my vice but most likely will have to use the tire trick...