"Maiden" voyage
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Printed Date: May-10-2024 at 1:06am
Topic: "Maiden" voyage
Posted By: tleed
Subject: "Maiden" voyage
Date Posted: August-05-2006 at 10:02am
My '69 Barracuda goes in the water today. I just rebuilt the Chrysler 318 and ran it for the first time last night. This will be the first time in the water with the new motor.
Tranny's rebuilt, too, and was slipping before, so this should be a really different experience.
Wish me bon voyage!
Thomas
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Posted By: The Lake
Date Posted: August-05-2006 at 10:09am
Hey, good luck T-Leed. I feel like I'm a cousin of yours with a 69 Nautique with the same engine. We'll be looking forward to hearing how she does.
Chuck
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Walk on Water
www.coldwater.me
http://correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=775&sort=&pagenum=3&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970 - 69 Ski Nautique
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Posted By: tleed
Date Posted: August-05-2006 at 11:38pm
Compared to yours, mine looks like the forgotten cousin. But it runs like an outlaw.
The running characteristics were fantastic. Started right up. Much stronger than last year. The rebuild results were fantastic. Much stronger pull off idle, and much more top end. Gonna have to learn how to barefoot.
Now if I can just get the water out of the bottom, I'll be drag racing.
However, I have some remaining issues. Valve covers leak. They look great. I powdercoated them royal/navy blue, but didn't want to reef down on them so hard b/c they looked like they were bending. But they leak at the rear. Used thick Fel-Pro gaskets. Put RTV on top per instructions and they ran a constant stream of oil. Today I went back and RTV'd the head side, too, and reduced the stream to a trickle. If a little more cranking doesn't work I'll take the gasket out and try RTV alone. If that doesn't work I'm in the market for new chrome ones.
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Posted By: The Lake
Date Posted: August-05-2006 at 11:49pm
It's got to feel good to get it out on the water! I posted in the other section about the leaks.
Chuck
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Walk on Water
www.coldwater.me
http://correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=775&sort=&pagenum=3&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970 - 69 Ski Nautique
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