Boat Restoration Project

[Boost4VR4]

Alright, major progress today!

New Floor sections in!

(Reserved for pic)

Wired in the ignition switch wire from the head unit. Picked up new terminals, and ring terminals for all of the positive and ground wires for the lights, stereo, and outboard. Tested the ignition wire that I ran for the head unit, head unit turned on, tested ignition switch for the outboard, ignition switch works great. We had a couple glitches with the control center. The throttle was getting stuck and wouldn't allow reverse, took it all apart and found quite a bit of crud in the control center. We need a new shift detent ball bearing and re-grease some of the sections in the control center, namely the shift lever. The outboard did run, we found some issues with the carburetors leaking fuel and the fuel pump couldn't pump because the carburetors can't hold fuel or pressure in them. The next step is to disassemble the carburetors and do a rebuild and reseal them unless we find out they are cracked. All of the wiring is done and the outboard does run!

[anyonebutme]

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[Boost4VR4]

Pics that have been long overdue:

Here's the progress so far. Floor is in, carpet is in, seats are test fitted in, front bow cushions are re-upholstered, replaced head unit because previous head unit was not working well enough, and we have been tweaking the outboard and getting it going. We found some issues with the outboard, it looks like the prop seal is shot which is causing oil to leak through the seal. It isn't a slow leak either, it's a major leak. Here's some pictures:
New carpet and seats:

Transom area painted with water resistant outdoor paint:

Outboard cover off, carburetor cover pulled off due to bottom carb leaking despite all of the tuning that we have done to the float adjustment. We may be replacing the float and needles on both carbs to see if there is some change.

Front Cushions with new upholstery:

Front bow area without cushions and storage compartment areas painted with waterproof outdoor paint. We are still thinking about a place to put the subwoofer (yes, a subwoofer in a boat!):

Electrical wiring redone:

Head Unit out of my Stealth after I replaced this head unit with a carpc:

We found some inexpensive gauges at a thrift store. One is a barometer pressure, thermometer, and Humidity. We are still deciding where we want to install them.
Left Speaker:

Right Speaker:

Templates for accent boards that will be reupholstered:

All Cut:

[Boost4VR4]

Well, all of the seats are in the boat, 95% of upholstery is done, outboard has new gearcase oil, rebuilt the bottom carburetor.

We put the boat in the water yesterday and when the boat was at the launch site, the boat failed to start. Pulled the engine cover off and the top carb was flooded. Looks like we will need to rebuild the top carb and get a new needle and seat for the jet. After that, boat should be drivable on the water!

[anyonebutme]

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[Boost4VR4]

Guess what? Boat runs on the water!

The top carb rebuild did the trick and the boat is quite fun! I want to get one really quick pass on the water and see how fast it is on the water. It is a shallow boat so slowing down and turning is a little clunkier, but for the most part it is nice.

We have an issue with the shocks on the outboard, they are allowing the motor to come out of the water when going in to reverse, so that is on the list for replacement. Also, we have a few interior things to do and then it will be completed.

[sketch]

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[Boost4VR4]

I will post some up tonight hopefully. Maybe get a vid with my gopro

[wingnut]

Nice job man, takes lotsa patience cause as much as i love boats...

Break
Out
Another
Thousand

...the best day ever was when we sold ours

[Boost4VR4]

Oh we resolved the outboard once and for all. We swapped out the bad power pack on cylinder 1 and 2. Now the outboard is running in tip-top shape.

We did some tubing today and it did well. We can get the boat up to around 30-35 mph. Not too bad at all for a boat that is over 30 years old.

So total spent on the boat: 1300 dollars.