1969 Starcraft Chieftain Restoration

[Alpheus]

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Finally my new intake showed up today.


You know as well as I do that this color just wont do.

So about an hour later:

Now Im getting closer to firing this baby up...

 

[Triton II]

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Now Im getting closer to firing this baby up...

Phew, green with envy here baby!

TII

 

[Alpheus]

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I got quite a bit done tonight. Its all together except for the wiring. I have to modify some of the brackets that hold the cannon plug and the the outdrive fluid bottle. After that I will get the wiring harness on...

 

[jasoutside]

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She is together!!! Awesome!!!

 

[Broadcast]

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Me likey!

 

[Greg Mrozinski]

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Nice!

 

[proshadetree]

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Looks great . Kick her in the guts and post a vid.

 

[Alpheus]

Its Alive!!!

Its Alive!!!

Today I finished putting everything together. I had to modify the harness plug bracket,outdrive reservoir bracket and make new engine lift brackets. After that I took the engine off the stand and hooked the battery up. After about 30 seconds of cranking, she fired right up. I am very happy with the way it sounds. The only thing I'm not happy with is the coupler. I bought a used coupler off of ebay and it is not centered at all. The center off the coupler is all over the place. Looks like I'm shopping for another coupler...

 

[jasoutside]

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No video of her running???!!! Oh man, I know I'm not the only one who wants to see that! Throw us a bone Bruce!

 

[fshngho]

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C'mon Jas, any motor that looks like that just won't run. Bruce is just playing with us. Of cousre, I have been wrong before but it will take a video for me to believe.
Hint, hint.

Congrats Bruce, and I suppose you fired it up early in the AM and no one complained?

 

[Alpheus]

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I fired it up around 10pm for about 1 minute. I will get video of it running PDQ.

 

[Alpheus]

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As promised here is a video of the engine firing up,,,

 

[Broadcast]

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Yowza! Dang that sounds schweeeet!!!

Great job!

 

[jasoutside]

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Excellent!!!!

 

[fshngho]

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Impressive!! Of course you realize I was just picking on ya, I knew you got a talent for these things. In this case, I am happy to be wrong. Now the next problem you will face is a ton 'o guys will contact you to re build theirs.:facepalm:...painting is optional.
Great Job Bro!!!

 

[Greg Mrozinski]

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Bruce,

Great job. That engine purrrrs like a kitten and sounds awesome. This whole resto is going to be one for the books for sure!

 

[trevtt600]

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Alpheus

You said you needed a new coupler? What style does the 4.3 use? I have one off of a 1990 3.0 Merc. i need to get rid of. Will this work for your motor? If so, i can drop it off at the hanger sometime. Let me know.

 

[Huron Angler]

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It's alive...

 

[GLG fishing]

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Dang nice. Thanks for posting up the video.
GLG

 

[Alpheus]

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Alpheus

You said you needed a new coupler? What style does the 4.3 use? I have one off of a 1990 3.0 Merc. i need to get rid of. Will this work for your motor? If so, i can drop it off at the hanger sometime. Let me know.

Thanks alot for the offer, but the guy I bought it from on ebay is awsome. He sent me out another one today. I really like dealing with people like that and sadly you dont run in to them very often. Thanks again...