1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

[Allbutwet]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

That is ridiculous! Do they realize it is a four cylinder? I would still do it. It will be money well spent.

 

[74bayliner]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

yeah and this was from 3 machine shops.. sigh i am considering it... but who knows i have to pay for the boring and everything else first

 

[Allbutwet]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

I had to do mine in steps too. First the block. Then the pistons and wrist pin bushings. Then took the roatating componets in for balance. Then saved some more for the head. This will most likely be the most exspensive of your entire resto. Besides. As beautiful as the sound is. It's not a place to be stranded. Keep your head up. There definantly is light at the end of the tunnel.

 

[74bayliner]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

I thought about it and the sound is not for me! i will stay in the lakes, and eventually get a boat for the sound... but the lakes will do me just fine

 

[74bayliner]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

Man it seems to be like christmas every day! got the correct pistons, wrist pin bushings, cam bearings. took them to the machine guy and dropped them off! he will begin work next week. But today i got a few more presents in the mail

Ignition Coil in the top right corner, oil filter next to it, Belt, Impeller kit ( i plan to buy a second one for my emergency kit that i will always keep on the boat), and spark plugs (which i will also have a extra set in the emergency kit).

Waiting to be delivered are the temp sender, and the oil sender.

 

[Brenn]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

have you got your block back yet?

 

[74bayliner]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

Hey brenn,
No the block should be back to me sometime next week. friday at the latest. Which would be great because that would give me the weekend to assemble the bottom end.
By the way PM me if u need a really good machine shop guy. Hes in everett.

Few updates.
Got a few more things such as the temp sensor, and pressure sensor.

I ordered another little toy for myself ( i cant help me) the HotCoat system by eastwood. So i can powdercoat my timing cover, my valve cover, alternator brackets, timing pulley and anything else i wanted to powder coat
cant wait.

will have more updates and pictures when block gets back from machine shop.

 

[Brenn]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

thats cool you got that hotcoat system,those are fun.make sure you dont use your normal oven that you want to cook in after though.just go pick up a used cheap one from somewhere.Im buying a starcraft this week so I will show you some pics when I get it.

 

[74bayliner]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

Yeah since most of my parts i will be doing are small i will get a Large Toaster Oven for pizza's that should do me just fine right now..
cant wait to see your pics. is it a rebuild project or working condition

 

[Brenn]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

Its a project,its a 16ft ss model I think by the looks of the pics I saw and from what a couple others in the starcraft section have mentioned.I have a small pic in this thread of it.......http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=557529.Its an O/B so I will start saving up and hunting for a motor for it because Im pretty sure that one thats hanging off the back of it now is going to be toast.

 

[74bayliner]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

if u need help tearin into it and getting it fixed let me know i may know a few things

 

[Brenn]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

thanks I may actually when it comes time to flip it especially for paint.

 

[74bayliner]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

Great News! everyone who has actually been following my thread... i know i know.. you like the fiberglass stuff more than the engine rebuilding stuff. but as someone in my thread pointed out. a boat without an engine is a floating island! so anyhow
Machine shop guy called a few hours ago and said engine is good to go!
I am going to go pick it up tommarow. And probably start the bottom end assembly... I may wait though...

You see i got a few extra toys a few days ago.

Number 1. I finally got my compressor that i purchased about 6 months ago HOOKED UP!!
I also bought a Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet.. I heard that the gun that comes with it sucks so i ordered one that was Made in USA that is recommended... I also just put silicone calking inside of the cabinet to further seal it!

Anyhow.
I will receive the Engine tommarow and first things first I will blast the necessary Items. Oil Pan Cover, timing cover, valve cover, and pulley...

Also tommarow i am scheduled according to fedex to recieve my Eastwood hotcoat system! so i will be able to powder coat the Pulley and timing cover... if i find an oven i can use big enough i will do the valve cover too..
But the oil pan i will just do rattle can.

So yeah. Hopefully i will get everything organized in the garage tommarow. And since i have the weekend off i will hopefully attempt to put together the bottom end this weekend.

 

[Brenn]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

thats great youre getting your engine back,along with some other toys.should be fun.keep us posted.

 

[74bayliner]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

I apologize for the time i put the camera phone down... quick update of whats going on... engine is back from machine shop. this is the part where it starts to go really fast! now that the parts are all here... well most of them. i will be working on getting the fiberglass grinding underway once the outdrive reseal is complete after this engine rebuild!

 

[Brenn]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

well its cool that youre on a fun part now of putting stuff together.

 

[Brenn]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

how is it going with putting the engine together?

 

[74bayliner]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

theres a major problem. the cam wont go in. im suspecting a bad cam or wrong bearings! guess i will find out tommarow

 

[Brenn]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

that stinks,hopefully you get it handled relatively quickly and easily.

 

[74bayliner]

Re: 1974 Bayliner Discovery 1850 Restore

I hope so i was really frieken out last night. today was mostly disappointment..
i just hope tommarow reveals some good news or i will be so fed up i will just explode and throw everything away.. which is not something i want to do.. but the wife has been somewhat supportive... while giving me the "i told u so" ..
oh well i will update when i know more