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thanks Bryan, ill let you know right now i only get a couple hours a night to work on it but when the weather gets better ill be more motivated

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Believe me, I know. I was doing the same thing as you and ended up putting a transom in it.
Cool boat though. Keep at it!

Re: Finally Pulled My Motors Today
 

I did the same exact thing your doing last winter at about the same time. Refreshed the engines and boosted them up a bit, cleaned the bilge, added hydraulic steering, etc. It was a lot of work, then I had trouble with the engines all summer. Only ran the boat about 18 hours total, and missed the NYC Poker Run. A bearing went and I had hardly any oil pressure in the left engine...pulled the motor back out and sent it back (warranty). Now were just putting them back in, but I am definately keeping my fingers crossed. Good luck to you...I love that boat.

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got a deal on a piece of stainless for my steering bracket. i only needed a piece 6x11x1/2" i found a cut piece 6x44x1/2" and they wanted $88 for it and a minumin of $20 to cut it. i ended up with it for $40 cash :D :D you never know when you might need it for another bracket or something

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i made a template for my steering bracket to cover where the factory steering was and to mount the lathem brackets to

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now i can copy that to the stainless and then get it polished. It sure beats pluging holes cloth and resin and paint and all that :D

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today i pulled out the factory steering cable , my boat has the extended cockpitso you know how long that cable is. and mounted the hydraulic steering control valve.

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heres some more

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ops that last picture wasnt right. im also installing cordless rotary trim so i dont have wires wrapped around steering wheel

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heres the factory wheel with the wires.