Specs

[tsubaki]

When I first got it almost 30 vears ago, the first thing daddy said is to tie a rope to it the second you use it.
The same still applies, a lanyard will be attached to it in order to go to the cleat.
This is the only one I've ever seen like it, may be good reason. It will be easy to lose it, this is probably why they weren't mass produced.

[tsubaki]

Got most of the electronics wired but figured I’d show you the gas gauge set up with two tanks and one gauge.
Needed one pull switch that had basically an off, on, on (left & right tanks).

A regular 3 terminal navigation switch won’t work. This 4 terminal did fine.
Don’t depend on the schematic being correct, in my case the bow lights and battery were reversed.

The gauge had terminals for “S” sending unit, “G” ground and “I” ignition or hot and a wire to the dash light bulb.

The “I” terminal is fed from the hot feeding the navigation lights switch.
The “G” terminal goes to the fuse panel ground and the two sending units frame ground.
The “S” terminal goes to the three position switch to the common or in this case labeled “battery”.
The other two terminals on the switch go to the sending units in this case “running lights” for the left tank and “anchor lights“ for the right tank.
The remaining terminal “bow lights” is vacant.
I connected the gauge bulb to the dash light switch but I didn’t connect the navigation lights in the traditional sense by the first position being anchor and the second position being all. What I did was the first position would be all exterior navigation lights and the second position would include the dash lights. This way if the dash lights caused night blindness I could simply exclude them at night. I have a bad habit running at night without lights on so as to be able to see the water.

[bradford]

Purty cool there tsubaki, how close ya getting to splashing her? We might have to meet up at beach hammock and have a shindig! ;D ;D

[tsubaki]

At some point I have to just cut it off and put it in the water.
I can't help myself, I keep changing and replacing stuff but I've almost run out of things to do.
When I throw the motor on (soon) that probably will the deciding factor.
HOWS THAT FOR A NON ANSWER. Ought to run for governer ;D ;D

[bradford]

I'd vote for ya! ;D

[tsubaki]

Liquor sales on Sunday would be my first ammendment.
Oh and find a flag to use and stick to it.
What the hell does it look like this week? ;D ;D ;D

[bradford]

The one at my house looks just like the old ones! ;) ;)

[Pipe_Dream]

Oh, you Georgia boys. . . ::)



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[tsubaki]

Seems now I’m running around indiscriminate replacing and fixing things with no rhyme or reason. At least it’s progress, however to the casual observer (my wife, cousin, neighbor, etc) it looks like only beer drinking has been going on.
Here’s some more crap done:


Removed the seats and gotta decide what to put back.
The floor at the forward port seat location is soft, didn’t notice thru the whole project.
I’m not about to get into replacing the floor this year, so some “southern repairs” will go on at this time, don’t know what yet. Probably a sheet of ¼ inch aluminum over the floor and bolt the seats to it for now.


Mounted the water separator and battery switch to the stern lift eyes bolts beneath the rod holders. But got concerned about water dripping on them so I attached a sleeve of discharge hose to the rod holder to make the water go past them

[tsubaki]

Keep in mind there were two other boat projects going on at the same time, an Ashcraft ripoff (complete) and a Hydra Sport bass boat that now needs a new steering cable. This boat was bought with the intent for the 150hp motor only and to junk it afterwards, however Daddy decided to use it as a bream boat and stuck a 75hp on it. The booger runs 46mph as is, God only knows how fast it ran with the 150hp on it!!



The Water Bug was gutted rear of the seats of compartments and made into a more useable boat. It’s kept in the water, now ready to go!