Glen-L.com

Got the old Merc fired up and running on the boat - sweet smell of success.

http://youtu.be/gxdPS8i_mvw

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This is my first, last and only boat build.

http://www.gdzipbuild.blogspot.com

great looking motor and sounds great too.

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Currently building 15 1/2' power/row skiff

LOVE IT , be careful of oil drips if you put it back in your sitting room Great work on your blog, now if you could just improve on your woodworking skills everything should turn out fine

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Malahini, SEAN-NÓS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd6vkPjEy4U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uDVzcVpdhc
crackerbox build http://s753.photobucket.com/albums/xx17 ... =slideshow

AW Right!!!! What di you do to get that starter back in order?

Roberta

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Roberta
Built Zip "Oliver IV" and Super Spartan "Jimmy 70"

Sounds great, hope you had water running to it before the crank

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Boat building can best be defined as an endless series of
tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle, followed by a good bottle of beer.

Don't Dream Your Life, Live Your Dream

Managed to get the starter to do it's job with a new set of brushes. As for water supply to the engine I pieced together some old fittings to be able to connect the water hose to the engine flush port. Good news it's a great water supply, bad news is the engine never gets a chance to warm up. Hopefully engine will stay in 'shop' until boat is ready, seems wife already has claimed the spot the engine used to occupy in our home.

Now to try and figure out why the tach is not working, connected to stator output but have a sneaking feeling that stator may be cooked. Slowly starting to look more and more like a real boat!

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This is my first, last and only boat build.

http://www.gdzipbuild.blogspot.com

Try switching the tach wire to the other yellow stator wire. Sometimes it seems to make a difference.

Roberta

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Roberta
Built Zip "Oliver IV" and Super Spartan "Jimmy 70"