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Thanks, me too. Now everything clashes equally! 😅 I know hardly anyone likes orange.. but there is going to be a whole lot of it elsewhere on the boat so I'm not peeling away from the tangerine course. I think the gauges work but I'm not fully sealing them shut until they are tested. The fuel...

Thanks, the factory ones are cheap enough online but I love having something different!

Fuel gauge was in worst shape and needle is gone (disintegrated while flooded with rain water likely) so decided to experiment with it pulling it apart for mock rebuild.

Thanks! Any idea if these old SC guages come apart without destroying them? Would be cool to keep them all original. I'd like to clean the insides and polish up the faces if I could.

Thanks, I was worried drilling through the pool ball would've been a problem but it wasn't bad. I have the wiring harness for the guages but I am trying to figure out if the guages will be operable or not... They are very weathered and the previous owner took all the light sockets out apparently...

Binnacle mount complete other than successive coats of Spar.

Yeah, it doesn't quite fit in still. It was painted thinking I was doing a white and orange console then suddenly went military crate on it so it's an oddity for now. Once the rest of the orange surfaces in the boat are painted it might fit better. Wish I had new guages with the orange glow I...

Thanks! A friend randomly gave me that pool ball a long time ago bc they knew 13 was my lucky # (and favorite color orange) so I figured this would be an interesting new life for it vs the shelf life. Ignition I have left out till last bc it only needs a small drill hole and I haven't decided...

Oh I wouldn't dare! ...

Looks like Leonard had it together that day lol Motor is looking like new! Doesn't look like it needs a damn thing but to be run.

I love information like this! For the better fuel distribution part- am I understanding this correctly that this means the different firing order in that situation helps the fuel distribution as in it flowing through the manifold and to the heads more efficiently? Just want to make sure I'm...

Thank you sir, I am sure loving the nice warm tone of the spar varnish on there, really brings out the he grain and definitely darkened the stenciling. I wish I had gallons of this stuff now!

Was able to repurpose the ragged edged scraps of the old console and turn it into a binnacle mount. Thinking this is red oak or teak or something. Definitely highly rot resistant to have survived the neglect. 3rd coat of spar on the crate console

Oh man, that'd be a terrible surprise once already all put back together.. Thanks!

Ah, that makes sense. The 351 heads and carb make quite a difference on this motor. Well I know just what to do then if the motor blows up. Thanks!