So it looks as if this SRV will have a new owner in the next few days. I am moving on to a 1982 26 foot Trophy with an inboard diesel. Thank you all for your support of this project. I have had a bunch of fun with working on her, and fishing with her. A friend of mine will be the new owner so...
Cleaned up the gimbal housing today. Lots of scraping. burned up a bunch of dremmel bits cleaning up the nooks, and crannies. Ill never buy mercruiser etching primer again. It orange peeled the old paint, and I had to sand it off. It is all going back together nicely, but slowly. Literally like...
Check the cap for moisture. My boat did the same EXACT same thing, you described it to a T. I was working on it in a very light rain one day, and that's all it took to get the cap wet. The systems were identical. When the engine warmed up the moisture would move from down deep in the...
So I am the proud owner of a nice 7.5 HP Honda four stroke. Local here had it for sale and it is like new. It should do the job well.
So I found the source of growl. The gimbal bearing in the drive was shot, and the U joints looked like hell, rusty. I had some trouble getting the drive off...
Looks just like my boat. Just did a tank replacement, and I am in the middle of rebuilding the drive. If I can you help I will. You can check out the rebuild history on my boat. http://clubsearay.com/showthread.php/38323-My-boat-project. have fun! Post more pictures of your boat. Mine is the...
KC marine in Bellingham Washington has all the drive parts in stock for a good price. They will have them here before the weekend. They did my tanny, and they have built a TR-2 drive leg for me as well. Now I just have to clean everything up and paint the gimbal.
To 10 hours of swearing pulling, bushing, one or two bloody knuckles. I broke the gimbal bearing retaining ring, but I got it out. The bearing was seized to the shaft. 15 tons to get it off the shaft. I would say that the last installer did not line it up right.
Ok so here is the plan. I am going to pull the gimbal apart so I can get to the u-joint. Then I will pull the crosses out with a tool I have built. Then I will use the yoke of the joint to mount a second puller I have yet to build to apply force to the tail shaft of the transmission without...
Here is the situation. We went fishing this weekend and the drive is making this growl when turning to the port. We get home and I tear into it to change out the u-joint crosses. I can't get the darn drive off. I pulled the leg off by pulling the bearings out of the top end. The shaft is...
We spent the weekend fishing with the SRV. Had a good time and picked up 3 keeper silvers. Noticed that the drive growls a little when turning to the port side. I think the U-joint crosses are bad. I have a new drive that has never been run that I could put on, but that is dropping another...
I had one of the stock switches that had no continuity. So I pulled it apart with a pair of needle nose pliers and cleaned it with a wire brush. Little dab of electrical grease and it it is as good as new. It went back together with the pliers. I hit the chrome parts on the buffer before...
I am having to add a second power buss to the helm. When I start my engine it kills all my electronics. I added a diode and a big capacitor to try and stop the problem, but that did not work 100%. Bottom line isolating you electronics from your engine can be a great thing. It cleared up the VHF...
Dito KC the Pertronix Ignitors its the pest 100$ and 20 minutes you will spend on your motor!!!!!!!!!!!! Just dont hook it up with the wrong polarity or it will be the best $200 you will spend on your motor..............
I I have been having trouble with the bow eye catching on the bow roller and the boat will not come off the trailer. I made a mod today that should cure that once and for all.
The OP pulled it and replace it with a nice counter with storage under it. He pulled the sink and the holding tank as well. Never missed them. If we are going to cook it is going to be on the grill. We have a plug in style coffee pot for hot water. We use a lot of dry wipe cleaning towels.