Re: My Merc 470 rebuild
Thanks for the tips. When we drop her in the water for the first time (in a couple weeks from now) we will have an experienced boat mechanic with us. Right now were still doing some finishing touches, and of course finding more issues...
Installed the trim/tilt rams,(4 of em) one was bad and i only had one more for the wrong side, but we used it anyway by bending the hose the opposite direction, it worked like a charm
then we started testing the trim/tilt motors, the port side worked, we ended up hotwiring it up (tilt?) and down (trim?) and it actually worked (a first for this whole project), the starboard side has a cracked resovior... So have one of those on order...
Today i finally attached the exhaust riser to the exhaust Y pipe and ran the inlet hoses, i couldnt get it on when we were dropping the engine in so we left it off until today
For the inlet hose i simply went to HomeDepot and got a heavyduty clear hose which has the fiber in it, i am mentioning this because i know there was some debate over what to do there, and thats the route i took.
Now as it is, we can start the engines in the boat by hotwiring them.. We have yet to touch the wiring in the boat and i am hoping since its been untouched, mostly it all will work when we plug it in. But for this i will have a boat engineer on hand, since some things are beyond me and my dad at this point. IE the engine sync meters...
I also noticed the trim limit switch is bad... Of course i noticed this AFTER i changed the bellows and reinstalled the outdrive, so i wont even bother with them at this point. The trim/tilt indicators are working.
Sooo, after we drop her in and all works and we dont sink, the next HUGE project begins... Painting her, redoing the galley and upgrading the electronics. I do have a nice 90g air compressor in my garage, and a couple paint spray guns. Painting will be the easy part while sanding, patching and prepping will be a pain.
As far as the galley goes, my dad is a cabinet maker by trade, he has been at it for over 55 years. So some would say he has some experience
In all reality i have not seen kitchens in my life better then the ones he has made with his bare hands... I'm talking euro design with not one sharp corner..seriously nice stuff.. Cant wait to have some of that in my boat!!
And when we get to the electronics, that is my specialty, will hook up the boat with some cool stuff for sure, LED TV, PS3, surround sound, Navi chart plotter, etc...
I am excited!!!
I want to once again say a big "THANK YOU" to everyone who has the patience to read my posts, to all who have chimed in and helped, to this wonderful forum which has assisted me in finding a bunch of new friends, and to the entire boating community for being so cool. bless u
