IslandExplorer
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2019
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- 518
Intake manifold quick test fit, everything seems to match up nicely. It's a Ford Bronco roller 302 that I will be marinizing for this project.
I don't think I want to do the original (boring) black on black Merc scheme. I'm thinking it's going to be at least 2 tone. Block I want to be slightly brighter than black, like, say, orange maybe.
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That sums up the last 7 days of work on it. Going to soak pistons in ATF, clean rest of it, and do rebuild really soon hopefully. Have the parts just sitting in a box.
On a lighter note, I'm trying to decide what color to paint the block a d whatnot once it's done...
Serious delay- had to cut roof out bc of defective plywood issue. Prob better I'm replacing this particular piece with marine ply anyway. Piece I removed was delaminating and swelling like crazy, despite being painted and sealed, thoroughly messing up my windshield reinstall. If you ever feel like you just don't like a sheet of plywood for some reason- don't use it! This sheet was totally a covid era factory screw up apparently and I just knew there was something up with it. Decided to remove the aluminum skin along with it for esthetics.
5/8 marine ply roof replacement bolted down last night. Think I'm going to keep the cabinets out, at least for now. It's so roomy without them, way more head space. Still have loads of storage space available. Plus now I've got room for a nice porthole in the galley! This boat is a lot of fun to work with, aluminum is so easy.
Thanks, it's been quite the long project. Hoping the pictures might help someone else someday maybe. "Don't do it like this"
