1988 242 LS Brought her home
03-22-2022 | 07:38 PM
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Hey bud! Not yet, been cleaning it up a bit, replacing bulbs (thanks for the bulb parts list btw), fuses, etc. Doing water pump impeller and spark plugs this week if the weather holds up and starting it up on the hose to make sure the pump re-install went fine, but supposed to rain so might do it next week. Planning on splash day to be on April 8th weather depending.
Stoked to run it though. I was going to give it a full 2 step paint correction and wax but pollen is starting in so I'll have to wait about 3-4 weeks for the pollen to die down.
Of course I had plenty of brews and hung out on the boat while cleaning it. Hit 80 last weekend here. 🤣. I'm ready!!!!!
Prob going to reupholster all the interior cushions to freshen up the cabin a bit.
Noticed how well the faria tach looks compared to the factory VDO gauges in case anyone needs to swap any out and was curious.
Stoked to run it though. I was going to give it a full 2 step paint correction and wax but pollen is starting in so I'll have to wait about 3-4 weeks for the pollen to die down.
Of course I had plenty of brews and hung out on the boat while cleaning it. Hit 80 last weekend here. 🤣. I'm ready!!!!!
Prob going to reupholster all the interior cushions to freshen up the cabin a bit.
Noticed how well the faria tach looks compared to the factory VDO gauges in case anyone needs to swap any out and was curious.
The LED light parts list credit goes to GLENAMY242SS.
We won’t have pollen up here til mid May unfortunately! That’s probably when we will first be able to splash her in the water again.....I can’t wait!
Replace all the gauges.....I did mine and like the look much better.
03-22-2022 | 08:19 PM
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Nice, glad to hear things are coming along and you’re enjoying it!
The LED light parts list credit goes to GLENAMY242SS.
We won’t have pollen up here til mid May unfortunately! That’s probably when we will first be able to splash her in the water again.....I can’t wait!
Replace all the gauges.....I did mine and like the look much better.
The LED light parts list credit goes to GLENAMY242SS.
We won’t have pollen up here til mid May unfortunately! That’s probably when we will first be able to splash her in the water again.....I can’t wait!
Replace all the gauges.....I did mine and like the look much better.
Absolutely!! I'm thinking black gaffrigs with the teal bezels. Will be a good winter project in the years to come for sure. Thinking of putting a whole new panel in and flush mounting a screen. Something like this...
03-22-2022 | 08:44 PM
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I wanted to replace my old gps, but they don’t really fit in my space well. Redoing dash and organizing like that would be perfect.....I like that. I may have to have you fab 2 of them up when you do it!
03-27-2022 | 11:21 AM
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So farting around in the cockpit today I made a quick cutout of the Garmin 7" GPSmap chartplotter. If I move the trim gauge to where the depth finder is it should give me plenty of room to flush mount the screen in the factory dash panel. Then I can eventually swap out all the analog gauges as well with something like gaffrigs.
