Who in their right mind restores a BAYLINER?!

[QUOTE=home made tunnel;2815769 SO I hooked up a strap to my little 5.3L 2011 Colorado, and pulled his truck and boat all out at once, after I had 2 friends hold the boat straight on the trailer. Did it in 1 try.

The good thing was we had beach chairs, and cold beer in the cooler while we were watching this guy.

Sorry if any lake or florida folk get offended by this lol.[/QUOTE]

Hilarious! Would have loved to have seen that.

I'm 56 yrs old and boated all my life. Unloaded/Loaded in wind, current, waves, no power, good ramp, **** ramp, good tow pigg, ****t tow pig.

Pulled Sonic #1 behind a $1500. Chevy van for a while.
Had a 2nd insurance claim on my boat (lower unit Vs shoal and friend side swiped a trailer w/mine) and got cancelled even though I had a $20K loan for the new motors I just installed. Cashed in my 401K, sold everything else I had and paid off the loan and told the insurance co to fk off.

Bought a van off e-bay for $500. w/a 305 cu in smog motor. Spent another grand on a used 350 crate motor, headers, dual exhaust and 3.73 posi. and did a transplant through the drivers door.
Pulled that boat everywhere including up to Canada and a dirt ramp..
Launched at a very questionable ramp one time and had a crowd watch as I tried to pull it out when done. Would get the boat 3/4 way out and up the ramp before the back tires would break loose and stop moving. Tried it several times before getting out to resurvey the ramp.
The lane I was using was wet from everyone else using it. Better water than the 2nd lane beside it though.
A light bulb came on, I unloaded the boat, moved over to the dry side, reloaded the boat and pulled straight out first time and got applause from the spectators.
People say you cant tow w/a van ;)

Heres another oldie but goodie.

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Originally Posted by Instigator

Blah, hah, hah!

When the wife and I are in line at the ramp and we see a woman back in a trailer or load the boat my wife always asks me if I'm horny.

Relpy is always the same. Hellll Yah!!
I remember watching one back in the trailer and load a 30something Fountain and pull it out like she'd done it a 1000 times.
I couldn't see straight for an hr ;)

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agreed!

Just remember females can do anything !! I taught all my kids at a young age to handle a boat ! what everything was , how it worked etc etc My daughter at the age of 8 could drive the boat without me saying a word !! We always used to practice man over board drill !! which could also be used for picking up a swimmer, or a skier !!OR if I had a heart attack or an accident !! All the kids had to know the weather , the wind , how strong, what direction , how to use the throttle and steer without looking and keeping there eyes glued on the person in the water and never loosing sight of them for a second !! then gently get up close and out of gear , shut off and use the wind drift to bring the boat up alongside and then and help to get them on board !! My daughter at 8 could do it every time never a problem !!The older boys 10 and 12 hardly ever got it right first time .

Man overboard is a good drill to teach your wife and your kids !! never know when they might need to use it !!

That's always good to keep the kids trained too! Now I just gotta work on training my girl to make me a sandwich lol

Man, I hate sanding. Especially bottom coat. Gross stuff.

Started fairing the hull.

Looks like some idiot just replaced cylinder 1, and put the power head back together with red axle grease!!! Wow. Cylinder 3 was the bad bearings I think. That's where all the clicking was coming from.

So the water gasket on the exhaust failed where you can see here. That's what probably leaked into the bottom cylinder.

and it looks like they're bottom guided Pistons too. Is that good or bad?

Are you sure it is red axle grease or did they get the gel seal all over the place?

Undo the caps,keep track of everthing don't scribe or mark the rods. Check the crank journals ,pins for water marks ,rust . Check the bores. NOthing wrong with those rods, ever .Even turning 7000+ ,

Definitely red axle grease. It's like the put in the new cylinder without cleaning the block, and never fired it back up again.

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Undo the caps,keep track of everthing don't scribe or mark the rods. Check the crank journals ,pins for water marks ,rust . Check the bores. NOthing wrong with those rods, ever .Even turning 7000+ ,

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I mi wonder if the guy put the rod cap on backwards. It almost sounded like it was binding. I'm going to try a test fit today and see if it goes together smoothly

Those rods are cracked cap, only line up one way. Big end size is 1.4528/1.4533, small end 0.8767/.8762. Crank pin is 1.1395/1.1391 mains are 1.3752/1.3748. Caps line up edge to edge smooth with rod , no step pencil tip check. Read your book. LOoks like you broke a crank seal ring on the mains. Quick fix one hole, pull it all a part and check everything , clean the block .

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Originally Posted by Riverratt

Are you sure it is red axle grease or did they get the gel seal all over the place?

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That's what I was thinking too.

Might as well go through the thing now.

I've always said that the safest way to buy a used motor is in a box.

BTW, I'm the one that made the comment about hearing the reads. When I build my OMC V-6's I spin the crank over a bazillion times during reassembly. If doing this w/no carbs you will hear each reed open/close.
Wishful thinking in your case I guess.

Good looking little hull, it's going to be fun. Still not late to find a four banger .

I've always said that the safest way to buy a used motor is in a box.

JUst got that,a little slow on the uptake today. Yes that is the truth.

I hate sandingggggg.
Base coat of black rolled and tipped. I'll keep the fancy spray jobs for the tunnel hull.

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Originally Posted by home made tunnel

I hate sandingggggg.
Base coat of black rolled and tipped. I'll keep the fancy spray jobs for the tunnel hull.

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Looks great.

Nice, efficient hull design too. W/the lifting strakes and pad on the bottom, she'll fly if you screw on enough power.