Well last night was a bad late nighter. I spent 7 hours trying to align the gimble and the engine coupler. I went in half turns from the top of the mounts to the bottom with no success. I was by myself so I'm pretty sure I climbed into and out of the boat at least 100 times. By the end of the night, I was literally ready to pick up the sledge hammer and just destroy the entire boat. I think the biggest problem is that I was very tired and I'm just ready to go burn some gas and relax on the water. I should have quit 3 hours before I actually did.
This morning I took all of my tools out of the boat, hooked up the trailer and took it to the mechanic's. I told him all about my previous two nights, I had borrowed the alignment tool from him and he was surprised that I didn't get it done. Anyway, I left it with him and said to either fix it or burn it, either way I was pretty much over it. I knew he was busy and pushed to get other boats out by the weekend and especially by the 4th. So I was surprised when he called me at 3 to tell me the boat was ready to go. They aligned it, checked everything and installed the drive too. To say I was very pleasantly surprised is a huge understatement! So I now have the boat at home on the trailer, I have about an hour of work to have it ready for the water so I'm hoping to splash her either Saturday or Sunday.
Oh, and I no longer want to burn it or sell it for $50. But I swear, I was at the end of my rope with it for about 24 hours. Glad I left the sledge hammer sitting on the shop floor...
This morning I took all of my tools out of the boat, hooked up the trailer and took it to the mechanic's. I told him all about my previous two nights, I had borrowed the alignment tool from him and he was surprised that I didn't get it done. Anyway, I left it with him and said to either fix it or burn it, either way I was pretty much over it. I knew he was busy and pushed to get other boats out by the weekend and especially by the 4th. So I was surprised when he called me at 3 to tell me the boat was ready to go. They aligned it, checked everything and installed the drive too. To say I was very pleasantly surprised is a huge understatement! So I now have the boat at home on the trailer, I have about an hour of work to have it ready for the water so I'm hoping to splash her either Saturday or Sunday.
Oh, and I no longer want to burn it or sell it for $50. But I swear, I was at the end of my rope with it for about 24 hours. Glad I left the sledge hammer sitting on the shop floor...