Bullet rebuild
 

After taking out my new purchase it's time to make it right. The gembles need replacing. Took off Everything on the out side of the transom last night. One gemble Looks like I can rebuild it the other is still do be determined.

Taking both drives to get opened up and gone through next week. Motors are coming out next week hopefully also. Transome plates will be removed to insure the gembles are done right and going to reseal the transome plates to the transome.


The bilge will be cleaned up. Was painted about 3years ago with the freshing of the motors. The wires and hose's were not neatly done. Just kinda laying around in there randomely mounted. Also going to change out the water pickups. Has the original through hull still on there. Hopefully no more surprise will be found while doing all of this.

Subscribed. Lets see some more "before" pics.

Got the drives off. Oil looked great, but found a surprise.

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Original water pickups..... Have to go! Along with the speedo.

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And the surprise found on the drive oil drain plug! Both drives headed to Allan marine in baton rouge. One of the beat and lat TRS people.

That sux! Sorry to see that.

Bummer...........but a pair of 540's pushing a pair of old TRS drives..........probably shouldn't be a big suprise. I'd get you some Konrad's. I saw a pair of konrad trs conversions on craigslist here http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/boa/3035773555.html

not in the buget for right now. in the plans for in the next few years. have some other things the boat needs and have to restock the cash pile from buying the boat.

contact cig92 he has trs gimbles and drives. a pr off a 27 magnum and a pr off a top gun and trannys if needed

If you want to watch something of interest and on topic go to www.mercurymarine.com/.../mercruiser-products/ or Google mercury repower or mercury remanufacture. Kinda cool. Chris.

Motors are undone ready to come out. Daral Hughes (powerplus marine) pointed and handed me tools for a few hours. He's helping me with this rebuild. Went very well no surprises. Waiting on the hoist to free up to pull them out.
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Get that air tool off of the swim platform! or put a rag under it..... LOL Nice project keep the pic coming its gonna be Great!

lots of zip ties !

Yeah the air tool was in a bad spot.

There is not really any method to the way it's wired up. Very messy in the builge. Will be cleaned up!

Didn't want to take the hatch off. Flat bar made a great braket to hold it at 90*. http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/bee3f260.jpg

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Good Luck! It will be awesome when you are done.

Getting the trannys beefed up to match the 540s. This part is new to me. Going with 8 disk and it's being done by zimmer gears in baton rouge.

I 'd be very concerned about those brown streaks coming from transom assembly and bolts........they are an indicatiion of rot.

Transome assembly's have been take off. No rot was found.

Earl zimmer called me to day Changing the original trans build we were going to do. Zimmer gears/huber marine is next to my shop. post details when we are down with them.

Still waiting on the drives and trans. The gear supplier sent a bad lower gear set. It was .125 off on the shaft. Sent another gear and sent a bravo lower gear. Hopefully they will have the right one this week.

The trans are on the work bench now. Getting 11 disk put in them. Same set up as they use for illmor motors.

Been cleaning and getting ready to fill in some holes in the transom. Old style merc-a-those system, speedo tube, and may redo the water pickups. All new wires and Cables for throttles and tans.

Been busy around here finely back working on the boat. Have decided to scrap just about all of the stuff the owner befor me has done to it! Not sure were to start with his way of putting things together.

At least that way you will know what you have, and make it the way you want.

It's going 100% to the glass!

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Looking forward to seeing the redo. I'm sure it's going to be awesome!

New dash panel, and switch panel under the seat and in the cabin should be finished soon. All up dated to current toggle style switches.

Motors will be freshend here shortly

Pics?

Here are the new panels minus the dash. Added the cig logos. Changed from rocker to toggle except for the drives and tabs. Removed and add a few things. Etched the lettering. Now to be painted.

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Looks good Casey!

Nice job Casey....its going to look great.....where did you get the your new dash panels from??? I'm in the process of doning the same thing to my boat

Jacques Veillon
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Gonzales, LA. 70737
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He had them made for me

looks great doing the same with my Bullet. Do you have any clear pics of the hatch acuator? I have only some of the pieces any pics would really help thanks

Not the greatest. Ill get some more for you next time I am at the boat. It's the only thing left in the builge so should get some good pics of it

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The pice from the hatch to the to pice coming out of the boat is just a extra to hold the hatch at a 90


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Thanks Casey it looks like I have the top 2 pieces might have to make the bottom ones. I have a ram and the pump under the seat and I think I just need the ones that mount to the stringers.

Ill have some pic of the rest of it next week for you. Can tell were over the years it's been beefed up some. Alot of wight on that one ram.

New dash toggle switches and took out the speedo and put in a controller for the radio. http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...9FA5A8E37D.jpg


TCWCAR clean out your pm box. And I can get these panels if anyone needs them.

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Waiting on the weather to paint and re foam around tanks.

Looks good!! Are you wore out yet!!

Them dash panels give me a woody! You gonna keep em original or paint em? Original would be kind of original :lolhit:

Looking good my friend!

I love a good redo....Keep up the good work!

Lol..... Thanks they were not cheep! Painting them White with all the writing in purple