Nice job...looks excellent.

Where'd you get the Unitops??

Thanks, other than plumbing the fuel pressure sender on the wrong side of the pump and re-doing it ..... all is well.

Kirk, I picked the pipes up with the motor at Bill's, why?

Also I wondered if there was any news on the drive shower? thanks! Mike

I was kidding!!


The shower should ship this week, they were back in the office today. That was a standard XR cap or the finned one right? I thing they send different hardware for the type of cap.

Let me know I told them stock cap for now.

I was planning to move to a finned cap later so is there a washer or spacer kit that will allow me to use with both versions? that would be perfect - thanks!

Looks really good Mike! Only 3 more months until it's time for a St. Paddy's run!

I hope you're right! especially after this forecast for tonight! hoses won't even bend at these temps!

Thu, January 3

1am Flurries 13°F feels like 0°F

2am Flurries 13°F feels like 1°F

3am Mostly Cloudy 12°F feels like 0°F

4am Mostly Cloudy 13°F feels like 2°F

Will ship tomorrow. We will work on the hardware for extending the bolts later when and if you change caps. Should just be 4 SS Allen Heads and spacers.

Super! Thanks Kirk!

Not trying to sound like a know it all but make SURE you wash it down good (several times) after you are done with the paint stripper. Especially if the surface of the aluminum is pourused any at all. Most of the stripper companys say that water neutrilizes the stripper , but I always like to go over it with a scuff pad & either acetone , or paint thinner a few times also to make sure its all gone. Also a tooth brush or similar will work good around all the welds. No matter what you do it is Alot of work & a total pain !!

BTW.. Your boat is looking really good !!!

Thanks, great advice ..... I used a power washer on it after the chemical stripping and since the aluminum has corrosion in some places, I am going over it with a brass wheel wirebrush to get it to clean metal and catch those few areas the chemicals did not get. I think I'll do the Acetone wash with a Scotchpad you suggest before the aluminum prep wash just to be safe. I used to use the aluminum prep wash on motorcycle parts before priming it with Zinc Chromate self-etching primer with good results in the past. The prep wash is supposed to prepare the metal for the primer and to minimize future corrosion.

I have three cans of the Zinc Chromate self-etching primer. I plan to use Zinc Chromate aluminum primer to minimize corrosion even though I am freshwater only. I just wish it wasn't puke green! I appreciate any advice .... I do not want to do this over again if I screw up the final finish!