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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Sanding Saturday. That's what we're calling today. Our buddy Will came over to help. Will went to pound town on cleaning the sidewells. Getting power tools in there is incredibly hard, so hand sanding was the name of the game. We also dropped the new deck in, with the waxy side still in tact...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Started sanding the hull now that we have some rigidity on the transom: You can see the color difference on the right side vs the left side. Question for you experienced painters out there: how far down do you sand with 220 grit paper? -Galati
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Did some work tonight! Got the third board epoxied! Only thing left to do is the top (deck) side twice, apply hardener epoxy on the edges (the stuff that comes in a tube), and we'll be ready to test fit the 3 pieces before we cut the fourth. (To ensure that they fit). To you in the future...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Pic of the transom in final resting position. How about that keyhole cut?! Some slight corrosion... we'll be sanding before applying the 5200. We're still on the fence about applying epoxy on the wood holes that we drilled... but we'll be going stainless bolts -> 5200 -> aluminum hull ->...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    HUGE DAY FOR US! TRANSOM WENT IN! Contemplating what our lives have meant the last couple weeks & a final sand Got a little stuck shimming it in... So we used a crowbar to pull the trenchs apart whilst smacking the transom with a rubber mallet. Forgot to take a final pic! But we have it...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Day 315, the tribe grows weary of doing epoxy day in and day out. But today's the last day on the transom!! We epoxied every side once, and to finish it off, ran epoxy along all the exterior edges of the transom and 2 sternmost deck pieces. Honestly, I'm not sure what he's doing. It was...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Work was crazy the last week. This whole being an adult thing really gets in the way of building a boat! Wyatt was gone today, so it was just me working on the next steps: getting the 3rd piece of the transom attached and cut, and getting more floor cut. Cutting out the bevel for the...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Cleaning up the exhaust manifold late last night while watching John Wick in the garage. After I get the rust off, we'll check to see if there are areas that have less than 1/4" on the gasket side. If they do, the manifold needs to be replaced. None of the holes are sealed up so that's good...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    We're slowly making it happen! Making the keyhole cut. We're 10000% hoping that it lines it! Used the old transom as a template as they lined up within 1/32". How? No idea man. Remember to use that respirator kids! Bis A is no joke! Keyhole is OUT! First coat of epoxy on the transom! It...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    HUGE PROGRESS TODAY! My dad came over! He's a mechanical engineer so talking about the structural parts of the boat and how the engine works was awesome. Never had an engine torn apart to this degree before! Helping scrape the head gasket material off. Finally got the cylinders covered and...
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    Mercruiser 140 Rochester 2 Barrel Carb pics

    We got halfway through tearing into it before we realized we forgot to do a compression test. I even bought the gauge for it. Seems super easy to get short sighted when you're in the middle of tearing stuff apart. Cleaning in progress...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Work today sucked. But getting to come home to restoration is always fun. Cleaned up the exhaust elbow with WD40. Unfortunately, I think the WD is only masking the rust and not actually removing it. We're gonna grab some of that Purple stuff, pressure wash, and then go at the rusted areas with...
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    Mercruiser 140 Rochester 2 Barrel Carb pics

    Wyatt tore it down some more last night while I worked on the transom assembly degreasing, here are some pics! Seems to be cleaning up ok! At $25 for a rebuild kit, we're strongly considering giving it a shot! O'rileys quoted us at $220 and that's probably not even for a marine grade carb...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Continuing to make progress! Today it was pouring rain, so it was "let's work on the engine day and see what happens?" First, we pulled the cover that the carb connects to. We dubbed it, "the carb mix distributer thingy that the valve sucks down" Underneath, we found some rust on the right...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Ok! Asked some questions to the motor thread: Carb question: http://forums.iboats.com/forum/engin...rrel-carb-pics Linear trim sender: http://forums.iboats.com/forum/engin...eumatic-sensor
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    Mercruiser 140 Rochester 2 Barrel Carb pics

    Hi all! my buddy and I are in the process of restoring our Holiday i/o 18'. our carb "looks" like it's in pretty bad shape, but was hoping pics are enough for you guys to estimate if it's corroded beyond repair, or if replacing the gaskets might help it out! Link to our rebuild page below...
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    Mercruiser 140 Trim Linear pneumatic sensor

    Hi all! Have a 140 hp 1976 mercrusier i/o with a new upgraded Trim hydraulic motor. However, the trim sensor is the old style and appears to have not been used in a long long time. On our engine, the hydraulics on the trim sender have been disconnected for a while, and it appears to be...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Me laying down some epoxy in the garage on the second piece. My allergies and asthma are pretty bad so i threw the mask on because the airflow was less in the garage than outside. For those wondering: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007JZ1NIM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Wyatt cutting the first board of plywood. We kept 11"x 8' of plywood for trim pieces, or probably redesigning the console. First piece cut and done! You can see there's a small gap in the bottom of the transom. We're planning on filling it with either carpenter glue, or the 406 hardener (like...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Transom out. Pretty gross where it was in contact with the aluminum. putting that crane to work! It took lifting the boat up a couple inches + having people jump up and down to dislodge it. Guess it swelled from water damage. Carb is in pretty bad shape. Does anyone have similar experience...
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