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That is a sweet setup you made, very professional looking too! Is that a trailer tongue jack and an engine stand that you used to make this?? Very clever repurposing idea. I just might have to copy this if you don't mind.

The factory railing would be nice to start from if you can find one. Got a few months to shop around before the warm weather returns at least! Any marine salvage yards around where you are?

Nice, how big is that 18w panel? Are you planning on mounting this in the rear somewhere with your BBQ setup? I bet you could mount it under a piece of plexi for extra protection and use it like a grill table!! That would be cool. "Eat your food damnit, the batteries are gettin low!" 😅

Thanks and you know, it's funny you say that bc it was driving me crazy too.. 😬 I kept wanting to weld it but I am not set up for aluminum right now. Belt sander sounds like a good plan.

Thanks! I am stripping the worst areas but bc of the age and unknown condition of the MC-1 I am not going to take it all apart to get to all of the inside surfaces.. I am just scuffing up the areas that have really solid paint on them still and they'll be painted over.

Luckily a bunch of the worst parts of this project that I was truly dreading weren't Half as bad as they were in my head. In a way, it's good to look at it as a mountain bc once you confront it head on- you're over the little hill in no time. I might change my tune once I'm doing the drive...

Haha that's right! That stuff was really on there but a good stainless wire wheel (sharper) and low amp angle grinder took it off nice and easy. Hopefully have some updates soon!

They definitely don't seem to be malicious to humans naturally so I think you're right, these gentle giants must've been tormented before. Like a dog that cowers or shows its teeth if you grab a rolled newspaper- that behavior didn't just happen on its own. Read about SeaWorld sometime!

Couldn't stand the crusty old paint on it, that crap definitely had to come off!

Thanks, I'm really liking this color! Will make it real easy to see in the water and on the trailer. I think it will get another 5 or so light coats probably. Putting them on light bc this stuff really likes to run.

It really is weird. And no, they're definitely not normally known to attack like that, the recent events are truly unprecedented and it's not like this is happening all the time. But- so far the attacks remain a mystery to scientists.. I would tend to believe, being the highly intelligent apex...

Rest of outdrive cleanup resumed. The old shift cable was a bastard to get out. Had to cut the cable to get a thin deep well socket on there. Didn't want to budge, thought for sure it was just going to sheer off. Luckily after rocking it back and forth a little I got it out of there. Still...

Rest of MC-1 will most likely be just black. This is mainly for extra visibility.

I have 3 words for your cringe. Gloss Popsicle Orange 1st coat, pretty hideous. But slowly the green stopped shining through.

Yeah, mine too! lol I'm no Coast Guardsman but I think he's right about the 20 and under. I bet a lot of manufacturers just threw it in there to be safe on models close to the regulation size. I almost went no foam on my boat but last minute decided to load it up big-time after reading about all...

1st coat of zinc chromate.

Solid plan man, I'm basically doing the same approach with a number of things on mine. The wiring is the more important (and time consuming) work, swapping in newer switches later should be easy. Looking forward to seeing this baby in the water!

Yeah, the whole thing is going to be repainted since it will be in the salt. I've had the new impeller laying around quite a while but wasn't ever able to get this thing open bc of the anode bolt. Finally got that out today and the last bolt the anode was hiding. The impeller I think got melted...