78 22 FF Rebuild

[SeaOx23]

Will you repaint the entire exterior of the hull while she's in the shop?

[Curious]

Just the stern where the work is being done.  I'll wash, compound and wax the rest.  I don't want to spend a ton of time and money on the boat, just looking to get it rigged, safe and useable.

[SeaOx23]

I hear ya, cappy. I'd be interested in seeing her all cleaned up and with her motor installed and in the water rather than on the hard.

[Curious]

Finished!

[RickK]

Very NICE !!

[Capt. Bob]

Very NICE !!

Yes indeed.

[Curious]

Thanks guys!  Quite a process but it's done.  Now-  scuppers and transom drain, bottom paint on the new stern, clean carbs, mount motor, run wire harness, install tach, control, shift/throttle cables, install and wire oil tank, reinstall and rewire bilge pump, install fuel/water seperator, install battery and battery cables, wash, compound and wax.........should be ready just in time for the fall striper run!  Again, I'm sticking to my plan to just get the boat running and floating this year with the basics.  Over the winter I'll consider more thorough rewire, two batteries, replace fuel tank, trim tabs, etc.

[slvrlng]

Looks like new!!!! Really nice job!!!

[Curious]

Admin Edit: I merged these topics to keep the progress and beautiful results together.  Keep the pics coming!!

So many little projects accomplished, I don't even know where to begin.  I guess I'll let the pictures do the talking:

Transom finished:



Bottom paint, 5200 in scupper holes, waiting for ball scuppers:



New drain plug installed, 5200 in hole:



Motor mounted.  The motor sat for about 8 years so I replaced the thermostats, impeller and basically rebuilt the carbs.  Control, cables, steering reinstalled, waiting for final adjustment.  I put a couple gallons of gas in the tank, poured a half a can of Seafoam into it, squeezed the bulb a few time and turned the key... Growled to life! Runs pretty good.  Final adjustments to be done by a professional, (not me), but it runs pretty sweet!









I killed two birds with one stone with the access pie plate/cable routing.  The hole was already there so I cut a 4" hole in the plate and fastened the motorwell boot for the cables to come through so it has a nice finished look but I can also pop it off to check and replace the fuel filter which I mounted just astern of the access port.  Only problem is I might have to replace it with a screw on style because there is a lot of pressure from the cables that might pop the plate off.

Oh yeah, and a new hatch for easier access to the bilge, (thanks, Bondobill).  Still trying to figure out where to install the battery and oil tank.

[Curious]

Thanks for merging these.  I am learning a lot in the boat rigging department but not so much in the blogging department!
Dan

[gran398]

Nice!!

Will presume you will have a box seat/seating on the port side....Throw the aforementioned there, balancing out the load if only a helmsman is onboard.

[Curious]

Gran,
Great idea, I had forgotten all about that option.  The old back to back seat was rotten so I got rid of it but I'm planning to replace it with another one.  I also like what Bondobill did with the deck hatch just aft of the cabin entrance, but that's going to require more surgery than I'm willing to tackle at this point.

[bondobill]

Looks good Dan
What year Yamy, looks about the same vintage as mine.
I got a oil tank, controls, and a prop laying around somewhere if you need em.
 
Time to throw out some crap.

Bill

[Curious]

Hey Bill, thanks for keeping an eye on my project.  I'll take whatever you've got laying around.  Let me just get this thing in the water and make sure it's gonna float first!  I'm getting really close.

Because I've never had this boat in the water since I've owned it, I decided at the get go that I would just do the bare minimum to get it floating, moving and safe, (all for next to no money) and then evaluate everything after that.  Little did I know that this was going to require locating a trailer (complete rebuild still in progress), grinding 30 years worth of bottom paint off the hull, rebuilding the transom, tearing the fuel tank out (to be replaced once I know the boat floats) and then trying to create a short list just to get it floating and functional.  Not to mention that the deck and stringers are probably saturated and heavy.  Why am I doing this again???  Anyways, the plan is to just keep plugging away at it, get it to a point where I can run it and see how she goes and then re-evaluate from there.  

A huge recent success was getting the motor mounted and running.  It is a 1996 and had been sitting for at least 8 years on the side of my garage with zero attention.  My brother gave it to me after replacing it with an HPDI on his boat.  I'm told it had overheat issues at WOT only but ran REALLY sweet otherwise.  So with a fair degree of skepticism, I dug into that motor with very little experience, a moderate amount of mechanical ability and a heavy reliance on the internet and Youtube.  I took the carbs off, tore them apart, cleaned them then put them back together.  They were suprisingly clean and in great shape.  I replaced the impeller and thermostats and hooked the battery and wiring harness up.  I hit the key and it turned over like it was just running yesterday,but wouldn't start. Then I realized I didn't have the kill switch lanyard plugged in.  Plugged it in, barely breathed on the key switch and it started right up!  It coughed and choked a little and I only ran it at idle with a half a can of Seafoam in the fuel tank, shut it off, let it sit for 20 minutes then started it again.  Cleaned up and ran very smooth.  A few hiccups when more fuel got dumped in the intake as I increased the throttle but all in all a great start and I'm really impressed with how well it started and ran after sitting for so long.  I hope to have things fine tuned this week and I'll let you know where it's at in a couple of days.
Thanks again, Dan