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quote:
Originally posted by boatbum
Besides, green hides the leaks better.
Beautiful thing about Detroits - long as they keep leaking, you know they're not out of oil!
Free 50' MotorYacht to good home
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Beautiful thing about Detroits - long as they keep leaking, you know they're not out of oil!
Capt. Bill1
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OK, the boat goes back in the water at 8:30 am tomorrow. Here are some new pictures of the work done so far.
New PSS dripless packing glands and water feed hoses are in. Along with all new thurhulls. As well as a new pump and strainer for the NAIAD cooling pump.
This photo shows just how thick the hull is near the keel/engine beds area. And at the transom. The core on the left is from the bottom and the one on the right is from the transom.
New 6 square foot NAIAD fin compared to the original 4.5 one.
One of the two new UW lights.
Put in all new thruhull screens and shoes.
Before -
After - (still some paint touch up to do)
I thought I'd try this on the props.
Thinking about redesigning the lower helm gauge panel so we can put these two monitors in the end panels. I'd widen the two end panels and move most of the gauges in those panels to a new custom center panel. While moving a few of the non-engine related gauges to the overhead panels.
This is the Raymarine package we got off Craig's List locally.
After the boat goes in the water tomorrow and if all goes well, it will be moved to it's new home dock up the North fork of the New River here in Ft. Lauderdale. Work will come to an end for a while. Coincidentally both myself and the guy who has been working with me go on vacation at the same time for a couple of weeks. So no work will go on for a bit.
Once we are back the next projects will be fixing the water pumps on the genset so we can get it running so we can see why it's smoking so much. As well as having the stbd main engines starter rebuilt.
More pictures and updates to come.
New PSS dripless packing glands and water feed hoses are in. Along with all new thurhulls. As well as a new pump and strainer for the NAIAD cooling pump.
This photo shows just how thick the hull is near the keel/engine beds area. And at the transom. The core on the left is from the bottom and the one on the right is from the transom.
New 6 square foot NAIAD fin compared to the original 4.5 one.
One of the two new UW lights.
Put in all new thruhull screens and shoes.
Before -
After - (still some paint touch up to do)
I thought I'd try this on the props.
Thinking about redesigning the lower helm gauge panel so we can put these two monitors in the end panels. I'd widen the two end panels and move most of the gauges in those panels to a new custom center panel. While moving a few of the non-engine related gauges to the overhead panels.
This is the Raymarine package we got off Craig's List locally.
After the boat goes in the water tomorrow and if all goes well, it will be moved to it's new home dock up the North fork of the New River here in Ft. Lauderdale. Work will come to an end for a while. Coincidentally both myself and the guy who has been working with me go on vacation at the same time for a couple of weeks. So no work will go on for a bit.
Once we are back the next projects will be fixing the water pumps on the genset so we can get it running so we can see why it's smoking so much. As well as having the stbd main engines starter rebuilt.
More pictures and updates to come.
Bill - You guys are doing a fantastic job. Keep the pictures and updates coming. BTW, how was the bottom? I had it barrier coated several years ago. I wondered how it held up after being in the water for 4 years straight. Also, were the shafts scored at all from being seized.
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Hey Steve. The bottom was great. There were only two very small areas of what sounded like de-lamination to us when the surveyer was sounding the bottom with a hammer. We elected to let those go till the next haul out.
There was wear on the shafts but it was from years of use not the seizing of the packing. They only needed minor straightening. The stbd engine was very close to true in alignment. While the port had to be raised up some. We are considering replacing the engine mounts in the future.
They are 26 years old after all.
We used Interlux Perfection two part poly paint. In Snow White.
Thanks Nancy.
We tried to move along as fast as possible and concentrate on the things that would keep us from going back in the water the longest. But we did do some extra things like have both engines raw water pumps rebuilt and their charge air coolers cleaned, tested and service while we were at it. Along with some extra cleaning and painting in the bilge areas that just made sense due to access at the time.
More to come.
There was wear on the shafts but it was from years of use not the seizing of the packing. They only needed minor straightening. The stbd engine was very close to true in alignment. While the port had to be raised up some. We are considering replacing the engine mounts in the future.
They are 26 years old after all.
We used Interlux Perfection two part poly paint. In Snow White.
Thanks Nancy.
We tried to move along as fast as possible and concentrate on the things that would keep us from going back in the water the longest. But we did do some extra things like have both engines raw water pumps rebuilt and their charge air coolers cleaned, tested and service while we were at it. Along with some extra cleaning and painting in the bilge areas that just made sense due to access at the time.
More to come.
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Fantastic work!
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Thanks Pascal. I hope your project is coming along nicely.
