Got the raw water strainer mounted Wednesday night after club racing. Still need to source the hoses to connect it up to the through hull and...
jruhnke, Unfortunately, I have not made anymore progress on the project. Once again life has gotten in the way and I just can't seem to find...
Time for another update. Work has been going slow as usual, but was able to get down to the boat this last Sunday to work on getting the shafts...
jruhnke, I was actually able to assemble everything on the top prior to sliding it into place. I thought I would be able to install the shaft...
Alas, the engine is actually sitting high atop it's new mount. Took a couple of hours but it is finally in the boat. In order to get the engine...
Well it's time to resurrect my engine thread once again. I have begun the work of planning out the new wiring harness for the engine. So far I...
I have a more detailed post in the Paceship Forum. In there I have a rendering of the exhaust pipe that I will need to manufacture. The exhaust...
They are Vibration Isolation Mounts. The specific ones that I purchased were part number 351-50-30-M10-ES-55. The RPMs are actually pretty...
jruhnke, Glad you find promise in my little experiment. There are actually three of these engines on ebay right now. The engine is currently...
Got the new instrument panel back from the laser engraver. Had them do all of the cutouts for the gauges, lights, and the ignition switch as well...
Well the lower unit is finally in. I splash the boat first thing tomorrow morning. Still quite a punch list left before I can install the engine....
I test fit the coupling and performed a dry run of the complete shaft alignment proceedure. I then disassembled the coupling to see how easy it...
Test fit the engine on the mount this evening to look at all the final clearances. It is just mounted on a test table I built last night to be...
Time for an update on the progress. Had to remake the pump bracket due to a slight design flaw on the original. My machinist friend felt that...
Time for an update! Spent a couple of hours yesterday removing the rest of the wood from the OMC mount. Originally was going to just sand it...
Spent the day at the machine shop yesterday and made real progress on the mount. Here are some pics with the engine mounted to its new mount....
Yes, the flange shields are to help stabilize the channel by creating a complete box. I figure the 1/8" plate bolted at all four corners should...
Been a while since I posted on this, so thought I would provide an update. I have completed the rebuild on the drive leg with all new bearings...
Well here is a drawing of the my design. I will be using 6" aluminum channel to create the uprights. As I said, I have decided to use the...
After looking at the specifications for the S-Flex coupling, I think that this would definitely be a better choice. One added benefit is that it...
