87 300 Sedan Bridge Project

Overpowered

Overpowered

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May 12, 2009
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Lake St Clair,MI
Boat Info
90 370 Express
Engines
Twin Bluewater7.4L 330 HP Mercruiser inboards Turning 4 Blade Props
Well as I posted in the 300DB owners thread I traded my 268 Sundancer and some cash for a 87 300 Sedan Bridge. It needs some work and some updating but overall its in good shape. Ill be posting updates here so you guys can follow the progress, it will start off slow and pick up around April when it warm's up and the snow melts

87 300 Sedan Bridge
Twin 270 Crusaders & V Drives
900 Hours But Motors Were Replaced in 09
Dual Helm Stations
8K Heat & A/C
Vacuflush Head

Plans before it goes in the water

ComNav Speed/Depth/Temp Display
Garmin 540s GPS in the upper helm
Garmin 440s GPS in the lower helm
2 New West Marine VHF's
Paint The Bottom Black-Done
New Boot Stripes Black/Dark Red
Wheel/Wax
Redo Teak

After its in the water

Have bridge enclosure made
Upgrade stereo system Pioneer USB radio
Polk Component 6 1/2 Speakers on the bridge
Polk 6x9's in the cabin
2 Wired Pioneer Remotes


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Looks great!! I will be anxious to follow along as you work on her. I am sure you have seen that I recently purchased one as well and will be getting her ready to go shortly too. It will be fun to see your project as I work on mine.

Its also great to see some other active members here that have the same boat and can share from their past experiences. AKBASSKING has some great threads as he has spent an incredible amount of time and work getting his boat water ready.

Subscribed!
 
so I fired up the motors today and I can see coolant leaking form where the shafts come through the outside of the hull so im guessing the drip less shaft logs need to be rebuilt. I think as soon as the weather gets warmer im going to pull the shafts and change out the cutlass bearings and rebuild the dripless logs
 
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Subscribed as well. Good luck with her it looks like she's in good shape. Congrats. How are you going to redo your teak? Also, just a hint to what I do on the interior wood. If you want it to sparkle with little effor Scotts liquid gold can't be beat. The cherry in mine came out great and I do it twice a year... oh the almond smell is great too...
 
Overpowered said:
so I fired up the motors today and I can see coolant leaking form where the shafts come through the outside of the hull so im guessing the drip less shaft logs need to be rebuilt. I think as soon as the weather gets warmer im going to pull the shafts and change out the cutlass bearings and rebuild the dripless logs
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Little confussed. Are you outside the boat looking up at the shafts?
 
yes from outside the boat its coming from the stern tube, I did some more looking and the dripless shaft cooler is ran to the coolent side of the heat exchanger which is wrong I need to change it to the raw water side I have no idea how long is been connected like that

motors ran good all im going to do is fix some wiring, rebuild both carbs and change the fuel filters cap,rotor,wires,plugs,impellers,oil change was just done

http://youtu.be/HT3C2ifp9oA video of the engine's starting

id love to get a copy of the wireing diagrams my e-mail is roadkill748@yahoo.com
 
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moparlvr4406 said:
dude...you gotta fix that squeaky throttle lever
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haha I know its like nails on a chalkboard

thanks for all the e-mails guys it helps out a ton. Ive restored 4 80's Sea Rays but this is my 1st inboard boat so im learning as i go
 
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Ahhh yes Petit Captains Varnish good choice. Did you read my how to on beating the "TEAK CLOCK"?

I bet you are WW new best friend... Good luck you are off to a great start...
 
AKBASSKING said:
What is that thing sitting on top of the pioneer boxes?
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Yep thats a wired remote for the radio im going to have 3 of them all around the boat


I sent out a few e-mails today to get some quotes on having canvas made to enclose the bridge
 
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no progress today its cold and snowing and im still working on enclosure prices

the other thing im doing like I did on my last boat is convert all the lights over to LED so today I did goto the boat and get a count of how many and what types of bulbs im going to need
 
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no progress today its cold and snowing and im still working on enclosure prices

the other thing im doing like I did on my last boat is convert all the lights over to LED so today I did goto the boat and get a count of how many and what types of bulbs im going to need
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Sounds like you are doing some of the same projects I did....
 
Well I went to the boat last night and pulled out 5 lbs of wiring from past electronics.
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Also started to plan out the stereo system, Man I cant wait till spring
 
HUGE Thank you to rstaub and AKBASSKING for the manuals and wiring diagrams I used them last night pulling more old wiring out fixing the starboard ignition and nav lights. I think I have everything working now. Next is adding all the aftermarket stuff
 
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