Aiight, removed outdrive. PICS!!!

[LESTERUS]

KNOT:

NICE LOOKING BOAT, IT LOOKS LIKE A 1979 LIKE MINE.

FOR THE ROD BOXES, LOOK UNDER REPAIR, ROD BOXES
I'VE JUST REPLACED MINES AND POSTED SOME PICS AND WHERE TO GET THEM.

AS FOR YOUR OUTDRIVE, TRY TO REBUILT YOUR OWN. IT LOOKS THAT NOT ONLY YOU NEGLECTED THE OIL, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO REPLACE THE RUBBER BELLOWS IN THE BELL HOUSING, NOW IT'S A GOOD TIME, AND TO REPLACE THE IMPELLER WITH HOUSING AND EVERYTHING, NOT JUST THE IMPELLER.

TRY TO GET SOMEONE THAT REALLY KNOWS HOW TO REPLACE THE UPPER GEARS ASSEMBLY "COMPLETE" NOT JUST THE BEARINGS, BECAUSE THEY NEED SPECIAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT COME FROM FACTORY AND NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW TO DO THIS.

FINALLY, IF YOU NEED HELP GETTIN PARTS, LET ME KNOW.

LESTERUS

[macojoe]

I never even saw the winter fram until you said it!! :-/ I might have to do somehing liek that, what you use for pipe, 1 1/2 or 2"??

[Skools Out]

LOL That pipe can't be over a 3/4 from looking at the pics. But the futher North you go the heavier the pipe you had better use for more snow weight.

[parishht]

I used 1.25

WOE, hold the phone. back up. i cant believe what i am resding. skoolz was wrong! i cant believe it. dude, are you sure it was 1.25? could you be mistaken? might wanna get a tape and double check! skoolz is never wrong. no way, no how. skoolz, you been drinkin. i bet i know what it was. skoolz was meaning inside diamiter. right skoolz?

oh, yeah,VERY nice rig. welcome aboard. and i like the cherry picker idea. work smarter, not harder, right. only thing i would have done differently is to have someone else do it for me. then i would have sounded like mj."wada ya mean ya want a lift! that thing cant wiegh 100 pounds"lol. "break, y'all took a break yesterday"

[Bygracealone]

Racer, I believe Skools was referring to the pvc on Frayed Knot's boat (the one in the pic above), not parishht's. So, no worries, you can still trust Skool's judgment ;)

[frayed_knot]

Now, now...it's OK to be wrong once in a while, and all of ya are. It is 1.5" OD PVC. Fits perfectly in the rod holders. And it's not for snow, I use it to prop up my Wal-Mart special cover to keep the water from making it an above ground pool. The cover is to keep the crap from the trees out of my boat, not to repel water. We get snow like once every 2 years or something like that, so that is the farthest thing on my mind. None of the joints are glued, that way I can just take it apart and throw it in the yard when I'm ready to hit the water.

Thanks for all the kind posts fellas.

[msbhammer]

That is one clean looking boat !! :o :o
I was gonna shrink wrap mine. Friend does it on the side. Quoted me a hundred bucks, but I like your way to. After the pvc is installed, you guys just simply toss a tarp over it and tie her down to the trailer ??

[phester]

Hammer, a 100.00 for the shrinkwrap is a good price. If I could get it done for that price, I'd go for it

[frayed_knot]

Originally Posted by MSBHAMMER

After the pvc is installed, you guys just simply toss a tarp over it and tie her down to the trailer ??

Yep. I have a cheap boat cover from Wal-mart that kinda fits, toss it on, bungee it down.