Thanks a lot...that cleared up a few things. Am I wrong in assuming only one of the pickups is needed when you are running twins?

Most twins I've worked on have both pickups hooked up. Must have the lines tee'd together at some point. One would think only one is necessary.

Getting closer to dropping the engine in. I think it would be a good time to replace the water pump impellers, especially with the one out of the boat it will be easier to get at. Will I just need new impellers or is there a kit with plates. If someone has the right part number for the Gen IV or have a couple new ones laying around they don't need and want to sell let me know.

The outdrives are looking pretty good and the kid is doing an amazing job on the props

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Pulled the dash to start repairing the wiring.....I'm no electrician, but I can tell you whoever had this boat before should be shot. There were so any quick splice connectors, wires to nowhere, speaker wire ran for grounds. I cut a damn birds nest out just to get to the original wiring. They even had the kill switches bypassed.. It's not going to cost much other than some time. I'll add new fuse holders and trace everything to make sure its right and repair what is necessary. I just don't understand how someone can basically destroy a boat like this. I'm surprised this thing hadn't started on fire before.

All the interior cabin wiring is complete and shore power is working again, basically replaced it all except for the switch panel. Microwave, refrigerator, both 110V and 12V now are working, docking lights, cuddy lights including new LED's, replaced missing pump for the sink. Stereo wiring is in place. Now it's time to move on to the dash, all new switches are here. Smugglers blues should be the new theme song for a while, we found a couple syringes and a broken crack pipe behind the water tank. No wonder the boat was trash, they were stoned all the time.

Are you sure on those props? They look like cleavers? I'm no expert but I think you'll want a set of 3 blade Mirage? Good luck with your eventual splash,

They are 23P cleavers, that is what was on the drives when I got the boat

Those are cleavers?

Yup

I had cleavers like those on an old Scarab 30ft. They worked well on TRS buried real deep. Not sure how well they work on Bravos at a shallower depth.

I remember this boat from years ago and it seemed to move pretty good on the lake. It might be a different situation if it was offshore and running hard for a long time with unlimited room to play.

It's been quite a while. I took on some extra assignments at work and traveled a bit, but now things have finally settled down with a promotion and working closer to home. The good news is winter is over and today I FINALLY received a title for the project boat with my name on it. So it is back on the front burner and will start getting some attention again. I just couldn't put anymore effort into it without having the paper in my hand that says it's mine.

Congrats X 3 .Promotion , winter's over and starting work on the boat ! I wondered where you've been . How's the deep diver ?

He's doing good. He's laid off for a couple weeks right now. He worked all through the winter doing the grunt stuff and logs, but he finally got wet a couple times a week ago. His crew even got mentioned in the paper because they found a guy the cops had been chasing on one of the intakes of the dam in the Dells. Pretty happy about finally having the title for this thing. At least now I can do with it whatever I want.

I still am not getting enough time off work to seriously work on the boat. I did manage to get the motor back together and fired up. The only leaks were a hose clamp and a riser bolt that needed to be re-torqued. I'm pretty happy about that. I hope to get it in the boat in a few days, just need to make the bracket for the oil cooler first. I tried to add the video, but it doesn't seem to load
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