1995 SNOB winter overhaul

Great words of wisdom! And, really impressive how much care and effort you are putting into this project.

What did you mean by "a couple of washers under the port side"?

Ernest,
It sure looks bend from this end of the computer!! Yes on sending the strut out to Delta. What's the prop? If it isn't a current CNC machined prop, look into one and keep the old as a spare. Yes on the ARE too.

8122pbrainard wrote: Ernest, It sure looks bend from this end of the computer!! Yes on sending the strut out to Delta. What's the prop? If it isn't a current CNC machined prop, look into one and keep the old as a spare. Yes on the ARE too.

It was pretty obvious when I removed it, that it was tweaked. I will blame it on the kids, no way I would have done that.

The prop is a cnc 470. I really like the 470, but with my rebuilt motor and GT40 heads we will have to see how it preforms.

I am shocked it was this bad as the boat always ran smooth to me. Maybe I just forgot what smooth is supposed to be like :)

Thanks for all the advice guys! I will keep you posted.

emccallum wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: Ernest, It sure looks bend from this end of the computer!! I am shocked it was this bad as the boat always ran smooth to me. Maybe I just forgot what smooth is supposed to be like :)

I hear this frequently and it comes up here as well that bad alignment causes vibration. It's really the opposite since the prop shaft is in a bind that snubs vibration. An example would be applying pressure to the end of a vibrating tuning fork - the noise stops!

Personally, I'd go with the good old rubber in the brass shell. There have been issues and in fact a very recent one here regarding problems with the XPC. With the hard plastic XPC, there isn't any "forgiveness" for shaft OD diameters. Normal shaft tolerance new may be .+ or - 003" under and then old there may be wear even below the .- 003".

Morfoot wrote: Yep.....it's bent. When I sent mine in to Delta I also bought a strut bearing to go with it. It came back straight as an arrow and the new bushing already installed.

I am on it!

Well, I think she all back together and running pretty sweet. I am happy with the way everything turned out. I hope some of the creases in the vinyl will even out when it gets hot and some use. I know it isn't a 1995 color scheme, but it is a CC color so I guess that counts. Hopefully, this will last another 20 years.

Great looking 95! How many hours did it have before the overhaul?

Looks good I know it takes a lot of time to do that kind of work. You did a Great job.   Enjoy the boat with family and friends. After all isn't that what it is all about.

OMG. That boat looks like a true winner. How did it go painting instead of gel on the stripes? Sure looks nice from here!

You did a complete interior and I see you have the CC embroidery logo. Did you get that from Christines? Might I ask what the whole interior cost you?

Thanks. The skins and install set me back around 3.5K. The guy that put the skins in was not impressed with the quality of Christines skins. He showed me some high quality vinyl and I could tell the difference. Fit was ok at best. Motor cover was very tight and the front play pen bottom is pretty loose. I imagine it is very hard to make skins without the boat and expect a custom fit. I wanted the CC logo, so I guess that is about the only choice. If I had to do it over again, I may not go that route.

As for the paint over the gel.....only time will tell. I had good luck in the past on another boat. I think replacing the rub rail made a big difference.

emccallum wrote: The guy that put the skins in was not impressed with the quality of Christines skins. He showed me some high quality vinyl and I could tell the difference. Fit was ok at best. Motor cover was very tight and the front play pen bottom is pretty loose. I imagine it is very hard to make skins without the boat and expect a custom fit. I wanted the CC logo, so I guess that is about the only choice. If I had to do it over again, I may not go that route.

The guy that installed mine, who has been doing upholstery for 30 years, had similar comments. On mine he showed me the black section and how it compared to one of the beige sections, and how the quality of vinyl was very different in different colors. Overall he said they did a good job of patterning, but he isn't sure why they use low quality vinyl for certain colors.

I look at it this way .... if Christine's didn't exist, we'd be getting local guys to try to embroider logos based on pictures we'd all be sharing, and also trying to match color banding. Most of us wouldn't bother, we'd just pick some colors and patterns and go with it. So for what I was able to make my boat look like with their OEM replica skins, I was very happy with Christine's product and would definitely go with them again. Just my 2 cents.

63 Skier wrote: The guy that installed mine, who has been doing upholstery for 30 years, had similar comments. On mine he showed me the black section and how it compared to one of the beige sections, and how the quality of vinyl was very different in different colors. Overall he said they did a good job of patterning, but he isn't sure why they use low quality vinyl for certain colors.

Probably a color matching thing. I know Christine's tries to source several versions of each color to best match to your original vinyl, maybe some colors are only available in lower grade vinyl. I did ask when choosing my vinyl which colors were newer vinyl so they was a better chance they would be available in the future.

Ernest, great job with the new color scheme! While I generally lean toward keeping it original, I agree that purple and teal just did not age well. Your new scheme looks fresh but still old school. Thanks for sharing.

What model number is this rub rail from Integrity Marine?