1989-90 bayliner 2159 hardtop.

sphelps

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As long as it dosn't effect anything mounting the motor I would let it ride ...
 

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i just checked jesus h crimeny i searched forever but finally found diagrams for the 4.3 and the 350 , looks perfect where they are, the 3.0 isn't affected that I am going to put back in it but if i ever decide to re power at least i know i can go with a v8 in present location.
 

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here is dimensions if anyone needs for 350
 

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mickyryan

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mercruiser website has em so you can easily go and get a pattern for every configuration they make :)
 

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so started working on the bulkheads, i made the two front ones out of plywood :) and used larger fillets to be sure they never sat in water, after i have them tabbed in i will drill the hole through the fillets as i feel that will make sure the wood is sealed off from the weep holes, i covered them with glass on the table first , ten times easier and no bubbles :0
on another note about air, i had everything looking nice decided id toss one layer of csm over it and boom guess it was too hot out it skinned top and got air under it after i had smoothed it out so ugh some grinding touch ups to do .
 

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cut out the bubbles and ready to glass in early morning, looks like i have a 4 hr window of glassing before it gets too hot , then in evening as it cools off,i will post pics when its clean and looks good again , no sense in posting nasty pics :)
 

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Maybe we can work something out here. I will send you some cooler temps for the to hot temps. Even us both out.
 

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Well I paid for the heavy duty singer sewing machine. I am waiting for it to process so I can go pick it up. I imagine I will be doing bow covers and tops before the weather breaks.

I was in the tent today when I was working. There is hope with the sides on it when the sun comes out it is definately 15 degrees warmer in there than outside. And it is overcast today. I got the thermometer sitting on the bow of the boat letting me know what is going on in there.

Sorry I though this was my thread and didnt notice till i posted and do not know how to delete it.
 

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is ok man it saved me from popping over on yours to read lol , on another note i got the air bubbles beat down some of them were a half a inch high ROFL it was boiling i think :) i realized i did all of my glass work at night on the last boat for this reason so luckily im almost done most of it and got a 1 hr window in morning after dew and usually from after work till dark a couple hours , slower but safer for sure :), i hate glass work i cant wait to get it done and move on to the rebuilding phase of things.
I also took and ran out some 1708 on the hull to enforce it some and some extra support stringers for the coffin area and opposite side that had a large area of unsupported hull. in areas i felt could use it without going crazy, i feel i have made a stronger boat and that makes me feel safer when i get to use it. also built a better stringer engine mount for the 4 cylinder ,
before it only had a 4x4 across the floor to each v8 stringer, i made more of a sled type design with 1x6 on each side of v8 stringer supporting the 4x4 4cyl mount spreading surface area to hull out. pics soon.
 

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oh forgot to tell you guys i purchased that Endoscope for the cellphone and checked out my gas tank , that thing works great and inside of the tank looks brand new :) there was a couple brownsluge specs but i was fearing the thing would have been full of varnish but nope :) and no corrosion!!
https://www.amazon.com/BlueFire-Android-Endoscope-Phones-Function/dp/B013HZCYXK
61pHQ%2Bp8tpL._SL1000_.jpg
 

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That is a cool toy/tool. I just had the otg checker run on mine to see if it worked. It does. You always know where the cool toys are don't you?
 

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since mine is buried deep in the sub cockle region of the boat, i wanted to be sure it was good shape or replaced, i would not bat a eye at replacing if it was suspect, but hell even the gas was good in it , i pressure washed boat with gas from it , lol i used a fuel checker first to be sure it was good :) my problem is , No one seems to make a 82 gallon tank that's 5 deep to 9 in middle deep.
 

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oh forgot to tell you guys i purchased that Endoscope for the cellphone and checked out my gas tank , that thing works great and inside of the tank looks brand new :) there was a couple brownsluge specs but i was fearing the thing would have been full of varnish but nope :) and no corrosion!!
https://www.amazon.com/BlueFire-Android-Endoscope-Phones-Function/dp/B013HZCYXK
61pHQ%2Bp8tpL._SL1000_.jpg

Great tools. I have a couple different ones I use for checking my rifle bores. The one I attach to my tablet was great to check the reeds in the manifold when I had the carb off. Saved me from pulling the manifold.
 

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poop... on another note most pcs of lumber are never completely kiln dried.That may account for the bubs.
 

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oh it wasn't even on the lumber, this was just a final csm coat i was putting on the floor it bubbled up like a egg frying , rofl , no matter , awesome thing about bubbles is they grind off super fast and make you feel tons better when they are gone:)
 

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I spoke too soon , on a good note the tank was worth 24 bucks at recyclers... found a pit that looked like it had been repaired with fiberglass long ago as i was cleaning tank today, not even going to bury that back in this boat knowing that... so closest i can find to that 82 gallon tank is a 60 gallon tank, im fine with 60 gallons that's 8 hrs of cruising time 5 if i was wide open entire time and i never run max throttle.
 

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well tank should arrive tomorrow , once i get a coffin built for it in existing stringers i will clean up my work area and post some pics , lol i will be happy as hell as soon as this fiberglass work is behind me and i can move onto the fun stuff :)
 
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