Hi, my dad and I inherited a 1973 Arrowglass Cheetah from my grandparents this past summer and we have been working on restoring it for the last few months. I figured it would be cool to start a thread on it so here it is.
Has a 4 cyl. Mercruiser 140 and a pre alpha outdrive S/N: 3693300. The first day we got the thing we, changed the oil and filter, threw a battery in it, hooked up the muffs, and mixed up some gas (needs lead substitute). Cranked it on and off for about a minute and it fired right up. A mouse nest proceeded to shoot out of the prop! When shifting it made a loud grinding noise, I've heard that this could be caused by a bad lower shift cable, and when we got it pulled apart we found that the cable was stretched out a little so I assume that could have caused it.
Trim cylinders need to be rebuilt and the gimbal ring might be wore out because it has alot of play in it, also the hinge pins weren't hard to pull out either. We have a parts boat coming that we got for free that has the same setup, so we'll see if we can use some of its parts.
Practically all the wood in the thing is shot. The transom feels/sounds solid, its completely sealed off from the rest of the rot, but were going cut it open and take a look to make sure it really is ok. Removed the cap last saturday, which was a job because they sealed it with something that was very hard like concrete or something. Atleast all the screws were stainless so they (most of them) came out easy. Six people lifted the thing off like a breeze. It wasnt as heavy as we were expecting considering it has that fiberglass open bow.
I've taken a lot of pictures!
Thanks
Andy
Has a 4 cyl. Mercruiser 140 and a pre alpha outdrive S/N: 3693300. The first day we got the thing we, changed the oil and filter, threw a battery in it, hooked up the muffs, and mixed up some gas (needs lead substitute). Cranked it on and off for about a minute and it fired right up. A mouse nest proceeded to shoot out of the prop! When shifting it made a loud grinding noise, I've heard that this could be caused by a bad lower shift cable, and when we got it pulled apart we found that the cable was stretched out a little so I assume that could have caused it.
Trim cylinders need to be rebuilt and the gimbal ring might be wore out because it has alot of play in it, also the hinge pins weren't hard to pull out either. We have a parts boat coming that we got for free that has the same setup, so we'll see if we can use some of its parts.
Practically all the wood in the thing is shot. The transom feels/sounds solid, its completely sealed off from the rest of the rot, but were going cut it open and take a look to make sure it really is ok. Removed the cap last saturday, which was a job because they sealed it with something that was very hard like concrete or something. Atleast all the screws were stainless so they (most of them) came out easy. Six people lifted the thing off like a breeze. It wasnt as heavy as we were expecting considering it has that fiberglass open bow.
I've taken a lot of pictures!
Thanks
Andy
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lane: Anything that is good will sound like a high "click". Things that are not so good will sound deeper or hollow. Tap the whole thing out, but especially the keyhole and around the floor-line and the bottom, anyplace water could intrude and cause damage.
