1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Azlo

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Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Just gotta say nice work so far. Can't wait to see it in the water, and you better make room for the trophy....

Im shooting for the end of august or early september. Here in texas its still hot by then.:D And if I have to i might even splash in december if that what it takes to splash this year.
 

starcrafter65

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Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Too bad I sold my old outdrive - I would have sent you the LU housing - get rid of those pirannah chomp marks - you gotta be able to scare a donor housing up from a boat yard.....
 

ezmobee

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Everything looks great. I'm wondering what you plan on doing as far as labels for those sweet switches.
 

Azlo

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Too bad I sold my old outdrive - I would have sent you the LU housing - get rid of those pirannah chomp marks - you gotta be able to scare a donor housing up from a boat yard.....

Im still gonna get a rebuilt one but for now Im gonna find a way to this up. Maybe a dolphin.?
 

Azlo

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:D
Everything looks great. I'm wondering what you plan on doing as far as labels for those sweet switches.

Thats the beauty of it EZ, no one can drive my tin cause im the only knows what switch is wich! :D
 

jasoutside

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:D

Thats the beauty of it EZ, no one can drive my tin cause im the only knows what switch is wich! :D

OOOoooooo, such a sneaky move! Keeping control of the rig AZ, nice;)
 

lakelover

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Azlo, looking over your thread, you have more ambition than I will ever have in my entire lifetime.
 

third times the charm

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looking good Az, Pulle my fuel pump apart yesterday, cleaned it and its pumping again.
Now carb rebuild time. Going to splash mine last week of july or sooner. Thats when I go on vacation. GOt a question for ya, my carb's tag is gone I think we have the same one just curious what is your tag number on your carb. gotta find a rebuild kit. Man never noticed that lower unit before, what got a hold of it:eek:
 

Azlo

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looking good Az, Pulle my fuel pump apart yesterday, cleaned it and its pumping again.
Now carb rebuild time. Going to splash mine last week of july or sooner. Thats when I go on vacation. GOt a question for ya, my carb's tag is gone I think we have the same one just curious what is your tag number on your carb. gotta find a rebuild kit. Man never noticed that lower unit before, what got a hold of it:eek:

If its a two barrel like mine use the numbers on the side. Go to napa & u can get a rebuild kit for this 2gc carbs. They offer the float seperately. Heres the link.

https://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?A=CRB25494A_0214455883&An=0

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Good luck. :)
 

kilowatts

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Hi Azlo:

If you have enough left on your lower unit and don't have the funds for a replacement you should get good results from a "whale tail" type of hydrofoil. You'll find lots of negative opinions for these items but I've had one for years and I wouldn't do without it. I think it's another one of your brilliant ideas. You could even paint it gold, eh?

kilowatts
 

Azlo

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OOOoooooo, such a sneaky move! Keeping control of the rig AZ, nice;)

Right, just as long i memorise the switches too.

Azlo, looking over your thread, you have more ambition than I will ever have in my entire lifetime.

Any of us that has a starcraft has got to have ambition Lakelover. Restoring this things takes some doing buddy.

Nah, with your skills Az, a bit of JB weld would do it! :D

TII

Hi Azlo:

If you have enough left on your lower unit and don't have the funds for a replacement you should get good results from a "whale tail" type of hydrofoil. You'll find lots of negative opinions for these items but I've had one for years and I wouldn't do without it. I think it's another one of your brilliant ideas. You could even paint it gold, eh?

kilowatts

Triton & Kilo Im gonna use both of your Ideas. Im gonna jb weld it so i can have a base for the hydrofoil. :D Thanks fellas.
 

ezmobee

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Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Hi Azlo:

If you have enough left on your lower unit and don't have the funds for a replacement you should get good results from a "whale tail" type of hydrofoil. You'll find lots of negative opinions for these items but I've had one for years and I wouldn't do without it. I think it's another one of your brilliant ideas. You could even paint it gold, eh?

kilowatts

I'm no whale tale fan but this is actually a pretty good idea. Those Stingray SE sport ones look cool and probably wouldn't have as drastic an effect on handling as the doel fins.

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Azlo

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Azlo,

Noticed these on craigslist this morning, thought i'd share

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/boa/2470328539.html

Nice and only $75, gonna call them. THANKS e150!

I'm no whale tale fan but this is actually a pretty good idea. Those Stingray SE sport ones look cool and probably wouldn't have as drastic an effect on handling as the doel fins.

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Yeah that does make it look cool and it would cover the gator bites.
Man this is gonna be intresting
 

kilowatts

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Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Hi Guys:

I've had my present boat since '03 and it came with a Doel-Fin. While I've read many negative comments I've had nothing but good results from mine including very low speed planing. In my opinion a light boat such as a Starcraft would more likely benefit from a hydrofoil than not. If it's painted gold it will probably help more!

kilowatts
 

kilowatts

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Hi Azlo:

I was just looking online and saw the following:
http://www.mercstuff.com/page12.htm
Look at the bottom of the page and you'll find preformed cavitation plates for your outdrive. It may help.

kilowatts
 

Azlo

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Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Hi Guys:

I've had my present boat since '03 and it came with a Doel-Fin. While I've read many negative comments I've had nothing but good results from mine including very low speed planing. In my opinion a light boat such as a Starcraft would more likely benefit from a hydrofoil than not. If it's painted gold it will probably help more!

kilowatts

Hi Azlo:

I was just looking online and saw the following:
http://www.mercstuff.com/page12.htm
Look at the bottom of the page and you'll find preformed cavitation plates for your outdrive. It may help.

kilowatts

Thanks Kilo, I didnt know they made repair kits for cavatation plates. Im looking at some options & doing the math. Will see what im gonna end up with, but you guys have given me some great options.
 

Azlo

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OK so for now it seems i need to go ahead & repair this drive and deal with it this year or until I can get a new or rebuilt one. So I went ahead and install the water pump. But have run into a little dilema wich has made me do some serious reading. If you notice the old impeller the vanes are facing as if the shaft was moving counter clock wise.

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I was gonna install the impeller the same but for grins & giggles :rolleyes: I read on the correct way of installing or direction of the impellers blades. It seems it doesnt matter since they position themselfs to the drag (not to scrape) on the housing to the direction of the turn of the engine. Wich in this case is counterclockwise. Looking at the front of the engine it turns clockwise, looking at the flywheel it turns counterclockwise. You guys dig? So I turned the shaft same way of the flywheel and turned the blades to drag that direction. Ok so far except that when I compare it to the old impeller it sits opposite!

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Ok,, no problem. According to reading it will be ok, right? Because it automatically straightens itself out. OK, so why does the old impeller facing as if it was scraping the housing instead of dragging???? :confused:
 

Woodonglass

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Sometime they DON'T reverse themselves and WILL run in the housing in a scraping mode. Appears this happened to yours. Been Known to happen. I ALWAYS install em to DRAG!!
 
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