phase 2 of the 2050 remodal

[mxcobra]

its been 5 years since i first got this boat on the water. wow time flies. then consider the 2 years it took to do all the stringers transom and glass. 7 years with this boat. just wow... anyway the tired old long block finally took a dump. its amazing the thing ran 4 years at only 70 psi a CYLINDER. the new longblock got here last night, so i guess its time to get busy. when i got tyhe old motor out ill be doing some more fab work in the boat to improve her and just make things all around better. maybe after this round of work i can finally call is finished. but my wife says otherwise.

 

[Baylinerchuck]

It's never ever done.....unless you sell it!

 

[mxcobra]

It's never ever done.....unless you sell it!

I have way to much money in her now to sell the boat... Id have to take like a 7,000 doller hit to do that..:facepalm:

 

[mxcobra]

dang it I haven't even taken anything apart yet, and I already got problems. I got this carb of ebay, Ad said great performing marine carb just needs cleaned. That all that wwas wrote, I paid 120 for it and got, when I got it it reeked of bad gas. the fuel pressure gage was broken. its missing the spacer so it dont fit my manifold. and its an older holy that I cant find any info on excpt its a 750 cfm holly thats probably to much for my new 350, Im not to sure I evan wanna try and use this thing???

 

[mxcobra]

got some more disassembly done tonight. I have the infamous gimbal ring steering play, luckily I have a complete new style assembly gimbal housing to put in its place, It seams to mount up ok... But I better check with the guys over in the motor forum before I get to far.... I Do have to move my gas tank because after mounting the trolling motor I have to much weight on the starboard side. But to do this I either have to come up with a whole new rear seat engine dog house arrangement (to use my gas tank) or fix up what I got and get a new under deck tank, because I am a dummy and scraped the original. anyway super stocked 5 years into the boat no water intrusion and is still solid as rock.

 

[mxcobra]

You can see here what I did with the engine cover, I got some better seats for it I will be changing out. I am pondering do I get a under deck gas tank. and keep this set up similar and fix iy up better( I built the engine house out of a doghouse I found from a van in the Junkyard by the way) or should I use the tank I got and start from scratch and redu the whole thing with a better fishing deck that opens up wide for access, and incorporate the tank I have...
It was under rear starboard seat. That way just aint going to work with the trolling motor mounted over their too....

 

[mxcobra]

Well I stopped posting and kept working, Things I did the last few months were.
Rebuild the bell housing from two different ones, one from a 90,s boat and the original because of steering slop, there is still a tiny bit of play, but it is acceptable.
I think the last bit of play is from the ram. but I can live with it boat tracks and stares much better.
Added and upgraded to a brand new industrial GM goodwrench 350 with new 4 brrl edelbrack and manifold. also went with new dui electronic ignition system cleaned up exhaust manifolds. I thoght the boat was fast before now its real fast. But it slams down gas like no tomaro so I had to ad a fuel tank under the deck.
I also did a little painting on inside of boat while I had everything apart.
The parts on the new engine sit a little higher so I had to raise the doghouse 2 inches. while doing that I changed the seats and rear deck.
I can now sit in the fishing seat and run the whole boat from their with a tiller handle and remote controls. I am sure i'm leaving stuff out but here is a few pictures to look at.

 

[mxcobra]

 

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[mxcobra]

I am preagy proud of the engine house it was built using a dog house from an old van at the junk yard

 

[mxcobra]

Ohhh yeah I re wired the whole boat adding new switches and fuse pannels and eliminating a bunch of wire that was just causing problems, Now a got a good soldid ground loop with cleaned up power wires.

 

[mxcobra]

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[mxcobra]

of course their is alot more to do mainly paint, and hole patching. I got a huge project in mind for the bow roof of cabin but thats going to be another day or year as this thing is going..

 

[mxcobra]

Some carpet would also lean things up real nice like

 

[Tuna MT]

Took me a couple of looks before I realized you had an engine on the stand in your garage. Hah!

Should be a darned good fisher for ya.