Started 78 mistress project
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Started 78 mistress project
OK guys,going to need some help the next couple months with this restorstion.Had her home a week and she need some work.Most urgent matter is starboard trans.if anyone knows where I can get one.Bow fuel tank is not hooked up,both engines are running out of belly tank.Any hints on pressure testing tank to check for leaks?Both alternators are dead,trim tab pumps are questionable and leaks everywher in the bilge.Check out pic of gimble bearing,think I can get a few more miles out of it?ha ha!
Will keep pics updated and I appreciate any help everyone has to offer.
Thanks
Will keep pics updated and I appreciate any help everyone has to offer.
Thanks
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Good luck bro. I love projects like this, I wish I had the time, money and know-how to do a project like that. Theres awesome potential there. Keep us updated with pics.
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do you have more photo's maybe of the whole boat and transom.. I think this might be a boat I have been looking for.. maybe not, but I still like these old ones... does this boat have a cabin or is it bare, and what do the hatches look like in the deck... one big and one smaller?
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Ernie
this is the one I am looking for.. dad remembers it as a '77
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=58330
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Ernie
this is the one I am looking for.. dad remembers it as a '77
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=58330
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justice, the front tank on my mistress has never had fuel in it,. i run both motors of the backtank. if you want info or parts on the trans or the trs drives call jim deschryver at sterndrive systems 586 764 4611
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When we had our mistress I would leave about 3 to 4 gal of h2o in the fresh water tank. That is in the bow. The boat would ride like a tank through the rough......................