New guy, Newish Boat

Congrats

All those chevy's in that garage and you bring in a Ford motor, is your buddy ok or has he been scrubbing his hands like Lady MacBeth - "Out, out damned spot"...

Congrats!!

So now that we have ourselves a running vessel.

Next Few Items:

I have the blower hose just sitting next to the motor and a new blower ready to wire up. Anybody with a 2000 vintage DD GT-40 have a foto of where it's mounted. Some of the pictures I've seen look like it mounts on one of the engine plates.

Battery or Batteries: Single Battery in the stock location thus far. My I/O I installed a Perko Switch with a Battery Maintainer and Two Batteries. Anybody able to stick two batteries in the stock location? Am I over thinking things with two batteries? We are no longer party cove people so it's not going to sit with the stereo on for hours on end. I will add a sub and at least one amp at some point. That and we generally bring my little bose bluetooth radio to the lake with us.

Ballast: Tanks are out and most of the new stuff is plumbed and wired. There is a new fill pump wired to the stock Keypad switch that works great. All of the hoses and fittings are new as well. I have two 800 gph drain pumps attached to the bags that replaced the tanks but I haven't wired them in yet. Will the stock wiring and keypad switch hold up to two pumps? I could always run another switch if needed.



Other stuff/ short term before this season starts:

-Trailer needs new tires badly. I think I will just buy wheels and tires as the clear is peeling on chrome something awful and it's actually cost effective to buy both. I really like the colored ramlin wagon wheels. I think black wheels with a chrome ring would look awesome. Plus my truck is 100% black.

http://www.correctcraftfan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35107&title=ramlin-vin-anyone

- New Rollers. I have them sitting in a box I will replace them the first time we launch the boat.
- Put all the Interior Back in and install the remaining 3 speakers in stock locations... I cleaned up the interior as best I could. For this season I'm ordering a new sun deck and the rear seat bottom. The rest of it I will live with until next winter. I picked up 4 Alpine SPS-M600s and made some HDPE rings to stand them off a bit. I've already installed them on the gunnel pads I just need to re install all of that mess.




Long Term:
- Tower Powder Coat is flaking around the mounting plates. I would like to pull the tower and have it re-powdered next winter.
- Windshield Frame: The Paint is like most of this vintage and missing in places. I've touched it up but I might bite this bullet this winter and remove/paint the whole thing. I'm scared sensless of braking the glass. And I'm going to get it tinted... Had it done on my I/O and loved it.
- Trailer Paint or Powder: I fixed the rust with touch ups but the white I used doesn't match the sun baked white on the trailer. I might strip the trailer next winter and have it completely painted or powder coated.
-Stereo: The previously mentioned Sub and Amp(s) plus a transom remote.
- Trailer Brakes: This trailer has drum surge brakes that don't even have lines ran anymore.. I'm researching going to a disc brake axle.
- Trailer Springs: The Springs are pretty worn out and the bushings are toast. As cheap as they are at the trailer place down the street it makes sense to replace. I might do this sooner than later.

Wrong terminology... Circle holes not triangles

Looking good. Kinda a deja vu. did the same thing last year with my 97' sport. getting the trans/ engine lined up is the hardest thing to do. on the blower mine just screwed into the side of one of the mounts. As far as a battery I try to keep one in the bow. it will fit under the seat in mine

We got one battery and I have a booster from Wally World with me in case we need a jump.

In my IO I carried around a jump starter after I added an amp and 4 more speakers. I never needed to use it. However, I did eventually go with a second battery setup after my kids hit the teenage years. Teens seem to need music like I need margaritas.

In the SN2001 I just play to use a blue tooth speaker. I may even remove the stereo if this works out. I just don't see a great solution for mounting speakers. Thus, I shouldn't need a second battery.

I have been hearing great things, though about these now smaller lithium jump starters. That would be nice versus the larger jump pack I carried around with me.

Trey, your boat is looking great. I look forward to hearing how that engine performs on the water. Hopefully you got the perfect pass all set up too.

Have the boat back with a new Hatch Skin and all aligned and ready to go.

-I Put the interior back in and wired up the new speakers
- Installed a new Blower and Hose.
-Picked up some new trailer wheels and tires yesterday.
- Installed a new fire extinguisher


We are going to the in-laws this weekend but when we get home sunday I'm going back over my list a few times to make sure I'm ready to lake test

During the lake test I'm going to replace the bow roller. Picked up a non-makring roller today.

Assuming all goes well I'm going to finish up the ballast stuff and start using it!

I might be the exception to the rule. My in-laws spoil me rotten so I'm not complaining.

Haha. My (soon to be) in laws are super nice to me as well. Doesn't stop me from complaining when I have to make a trip out there during boating season

If you decide to go with 2 batteries - (Not sure if the bow dimensions are identical) but it is possible to squeeze 2 batteries into the bow battery location (pic of early 2002 Super Air)

First Full weekend. Ran like an absolute champ. Only put about 2 hours on it total since it kept storming off and on. It keeps popping the Blower Breaker. Once reset it will function as it should until I start the motor and then it pops the breaker. I wired it in so I need to check my connections but anything else I should look for?

Saturday Morning.


With the Bosses Wife's Moomba. We had the cove to ourselves until after lunch when the first round of storms blew in.

The lake hasn't been full in 4-5 years and now it's 5' over full pool as of this morning.