Chaparral 2000 SL Sport floor, and more?? [SPLASHED Sept 2017]

[Baylinerchuck]

Just tagging along. Amazing how trashed everything underneath was considering how minty the interior looked. Where are you located in PA? I'm in York.

I like that gxrdan is doing for drainage in his thread http://forums.iboats.com/forum/boat...0263711-93-wellcraft-196-sc-bare-hull-rebuild

Yeah, I've been a little surprised myself TBH. I started with one small soft spot and ended up with a gutted Chap, lol. I'll check out Gxrdan, thx for the lead.

I live around Chambersburg now but spent most my life in the Southern York Co area, so quite familiar with York. Glad to have you aboard!

 

[Baylinerchuck]

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I had a few more hours today to continue the demo. I took a break for a few days to do a little archery hunting in Maryland. I think it's starting to get close to the rut. I saw a little chasing so I held off on taking any does.

Back to the build.....today I was able to pop out the rest of the foam that was uncovered. This foam has been uncovered for a few weeks and it's still saturated. This obviously is my big hesitation in putting any back in. Pictures I took show wet foam as dark areas. Most of the port side was dry. All of the starboard side was wet. Much of the starboard side foam, forward of the fuel cell came out with the rotted stringer. There were puddles of black water trapped between the hull and stringer.

I keep scratching my head as I pull this boat apart. The stringers are actually in 3 pieces bisected by the two bulkheads surrounding the fuel cell. The bulkheads are not glassed into, or even touch the hull on either side of the stringer. I'm not sure why they wouldn't have extended this plywood, coping it to the shape of the hull. The other thing is that there was a lot of wood that wasn't encapsulated in fiberglass and resin.

 

[Baylinerchuck]

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One of my goals is to move the fuel cell forward in this boat. I did a little playing around and I can move as much as 30" forward. I think the reason Chaparral kept it more aft was to allow for a larger ski locker area. I'm not concerned about room enough for skis as most everyone I know wake boards. Moving the cell forward will allow me to put in another bulkhead in an area where everyone steps off the rear bench seat. This will greatly increase the strength here.

Any concerns I should be thinking about when moving the fuel tank forward?

 

[ezmobee]

Typically moving weight forward is a good idea. Go for it.

 

[79_banshee]

Would it cause it to porpoise more maybe idk

 

[kcassells]

Got to love those "factory" builds.:blue:

 

[tpenfield]

I like to have the fuel tank at or near the center of mass (gravity), because the amount of fuel in the tank will not affect the balance of the boat. I'm not sure if the boat manufacturers design to this or not.

Not sure if you could determine the center of mass when the boat is taken apart, might have to guesstimate it.

 

[Baylinerchuck]

I like to have the fuel tank at or near the center of mass (gravity), because the amount of fuel in the tank will not affect the balance of the boat. I'm not sure if the boat manufacturers design to this or not.

Not sure if you could determine the center of mass when the boat is taken apart, might have to guesstimate it.

The fuel tank was only a couple feet forward of the engine, so there was a lot of weight in the rear of the boat. If I push it forward to the location I showed above, I will be just aft of the center of the boat. With a full tank the boat was a bit more sluggish to get on plane than when at 1/2 tank. My thought is that the more I move the tank forward the less the amount of fuel I carry will affect the handling of the boat. This is just a guess though as I am more of a "common sense" engineer....:lol: Of course, the more weight forward should help get to plane sooner and stay there at lower speed, plus would be less apt to porpoise, and should take chop a little better for the admiral. Theoretically speaking, of course. :noidea:

 

[Baylinerchuck]

Would it cause it to porpoise more maybe idk

More weight forward should do just the opposite in my uneducated opinion......:biggrin1:

 

[Baylinerchuck]

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Well, I reached the point in this restoration where it was time to remove the power plant. I wanted to work around it as long as possible so I had time to formulate a plan. When I started this restoration I was really hoping I wouldn't need to remove it, but as I got deeper in, removing the engine became inevitable. I initially did some measuring and found I didn't have the height I needed in my garage. A cherry picker wasn't going to have the reach or height needed either. A store bought gantry was way more than the budget would allow. I decided to build a pulling fixture out of wood. I opted to use untreated wood since the Mrs. didn't think it added to our house curb appeal.....thus meaning I had to tear it down. The main beam is two 2x8x10'. I doubled up 2x4x10' for the posts since Lowes didn't have untreated 4x4s. The bases are 2x6x10'. I secured everything using headLOK structural wood screws. (AWESOME!!!) The plan is to disassemble this when I'm done pulling the motor, then reassemble to reinstall the motor in a few months. Spent the rest of the day prepping the motor for removal. I opted not to attempt pulling it in the dark tonight.

 

[Baylinerchuck]

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I made this outdrive stand using a 7.99 furniture dolly from Harbor Freight and some scrap wood. I plan on building an engine stand for the 4.3 using a slightly larger dolly.

 

[JASinIL2006]

Gantry looks good! Nice work.

 

[tpenfield]

Looks like you are in good shape for the heavy lift. :thumb:

I've been thinking of doing the same thing for the outdrives with a couple of those HF dollies.

 

[Woodonglass]

A Black and Decker Workmate makes a Great Outdrive holder.

 

[gsxrdan]

...ur making good headway there, but time to get back to the grinding!! :rugby:

 

[Baylinerchuck]

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...ur making good headway there, but time to get back to the grinding!! :rugby:

I know.....ha ha. Progress will be slow in the next few weeks. Time to go hunt!! On the bright side I did find a couple more uses for the gantry......generator Loader, and tether ball! I'm glad it can be used for something, heck it'll most likely be until after Thanksgiving until I can pull the engine.

Thanks for following along everyone!!

 

[79_banshee]

Awesome. Great idea you had

 

[Baylinerchuck]

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I interrupt this restoration to bring you....hunting season. Ended up getting a four point buck in archery, then a much nicer four point the first day of rifle. The boat took a back seat for over a week to restock the freezer. Keeping the freezer full helps to free up needed funding for this project. The larger four point was nice enough that I wanted to try some sort of aqua graphic on a European mount. The bare skull in the picture is just cleaned, but actually looks pretty cool. I'm thinking a winter camo pattern might be neat, or just plain. I'll decide later. Ok......BACK TO THE BOAT!!!!!

 

[Baylinerchuck]

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I decided I had enough time tonight to pull the engine. I already had everything disconnected and unbolted a couple weeks ago before I built the gantry. With the main beam of the gantry being 10' in the air I was sure there was more than enough room to get the 4.3L over the back of the boat. I was almost wrong.....as it took every bit of the chain hoist to get the motor high enough. Whew!!!

I got the motor situated on a cheap HF dolly and tucked away safely. The holes in the motor mounts were completely dry which is great news. Hopefully I'll be able to build around these mounts without disturbing them.

Next comes the wye pipe and the transom plate, then inspection of the transom. That will be another day!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

 

[Ianlinares]

Nice catch congrats